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Selena Gomez to star in earthquake thriller 'Aftershock'
Eli Roth and
Selena Gomez will star in earthquake thriller Aftershock.
The low-budget project, which Hostel director Roth co-wrote with
Nicolas Lopez and Guillermo Amoedo, centres on a devastating natural disaster
that hits Chile. The quake strikes an island that houses an insane asylum,
causing the inmates to break free.
The movie will follow on from The
Last Exorcism and be released
under the 'Eli Roth Presents' banner.
Lopez will direct Aftershock with Roth in the lead role, and his
past collaborators Ariel Levy, Nicolas Martinez and Lorenza Izzo among the
supporting cast. Selena Gomez, who starred in the recent Monte Carlo, signed up
for a cameo role after visiting Chile for a concert.
Roth told Deadline that he has been a fan of Lopez's films since
his 2004 debut Promedio Rojo.
"This collaboration marks the beginning of what we call
Chilewood, making genre films for the global market using all the resources
Chile has to offer," Roth said.
"We are making a smart elevated disaster genre movie with
superb production value, something really big. The film's going to be very
scary, very intense, and very real."
The Weinstein Company and Relativity Media are reportedly in talks
with Aftershock's producers about securing distribution in the US.
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