Nicolas Lopez and Eli Roth's story Aftershock is getting quite a big response and now has multiple offers on the table.
According to Deadline, the new script has started a bidding war to get the earthquake thriller. The project will be the Eli Roth Presents and Roth is also set to star in the film. It was written by Roth, Lopez and Guillermo Amoedo.
The plot said to revolve around an insane asylum on an island. During a violent quake, the inmates escape and wreck havoc. The story was inspired by Lopez's experience in the earthquake that devastated Chile in 2010. Production has already begun and is four weeks in development.
Aftershock will be the English-language debut for director Lopez whose previous films Que Pena Tu Vida and Que Pena Tu Boda were the top grossing films in Chile in 2010/2011. This new film is expected to be a microbudget project that could be bought up by Weinstein Company or Relativity Media.
“I’ve been a huge fan of Nicolas Lopez since his remarkable debut Promedio Rojo and have watched him grow into one of the best young filmmakers out there,” Roth said. “He has the incredible combination of commercial sensibility with an artistic eye, and what he has done here in Chile with their film industry is revolutionary. 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. 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.”
Along with Roth in the cast is Selena Gomez who came to the set for a cameo after finishing a concert in Chile. Stars well known in Lopez's projects are also onboard including Ariel Levy, Nicolas Martinez and Lorenza Izzo. Natasha Yarovenko, Andrea Osvart and Miguel Asensio are all attached to the project as well.
Lopez Talked about the project saying: “I have been writing, producing and directing feature films since I was 17, and now that I’m 28 it’s time to cross over to the worldwide market, especially when you have someone like Eli Roth as your Godfather. I was a fan of Cabin Fever and Hostel, and I love that we’re mixing our sensibility. People will be shocked when they see this movie. It’s nothing that you could expect. I want this to be my Robocop.”
