With Thanksgiving, Eli Roth has turned the 16-year-old Tarantino fake trailer into a feature film. The success of the horror spectacle has already led to good news for fans
16 years ago, the grindhouse double feature by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez was not just a great homage to the grungy station cinema of yesteryear. In addition to the feature-length films Death Proof and Planet Terror, short fake trailers such as Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving caused quite a stir.
Now that teasers such as Machete have long since become feature films, Roth has also released a Thanksgiving feature film in cinemas this year. It has already been so successful that good news for fans has been announced
Eli Roth’s horror tale Thanksgiving gets a sequel
As Deadline reports, Sony-owned studio TriStar Pictures has officially commissioned Thanksgiving 2. Director Eli Roth also announced the good news in an Instagram
In his post, the filmmaker promises that serial killer John Carver will kill again. Roth wants to start work on the Thanksgiving 2 script immediately and give himself a year to do so. The slasher sequel is scheduled for release in 2025.
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With a budget of 15 million dollars, the first Thanksgiving installment has already grossed around 30 million dollars at the global box office since its release two weeks ago, according to Box Office Mojo. Enough money for the studio to produce a sequel. A new, long-lasting horror franchise may now await us with Roth’s Thanksgiving.
In the home theater: You can pre-order Thanksgiving on Blu-ray now
