Thanksgiving was director Eli Roth’s horror hit of 2023, but the director’s big 2024 movie couldn’t be more different. Thanksgiving was a surprising success upon its release in late 2023, with the dark comedy slasher film finding a weird connection with fans of the genre. However, Eli Roth will be making a massive leap in an entirely different direction in 2024, as the director’s next film is nothing like Thanksgiving.
2023’s Thanksgiving follows an axe-wielding masked maniac who wears a Pilgrim costume and slaughters the residents of Plymouth, Massachusetts in over-the-top ways. Interestingly, Thanksgiving was originally a gag trailer in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse, with Eli Roth directing a fake Thanksgiving-themed horror trailer for the film. 2023 finally saw this tease get paid off, with Thanksgiving releasing as a feature film and earning $46.5 million at the box office.
Eli Roth’s Next Movie After Thanksgiving Is 2024’s Borderlands
As it turns out, Eli Roth’s next movie after Thanksgiving is 2024’s Borderlands. Roth is helming the highly-anticipated adaptation of the beloved video game franchise of the same name, with the director being tasked with bringing the world of Borderlands to the big screen for the first time. The first trailer for Borderlands is out now, giving a look at the cast, tone, and scale of Borderlands – and it couldn’t be more different than Thanksgiving.
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Tonally, Thanksgiving and Borderlands are totally different, with the former being a tongue-in-cheek gory slasher film, and the latter being a wacky action comedy meant to appeal to a wide audience. The scale of the films is different as well, with Thanksgiving having a budget of $15 million and Borderlands clearly having a much bigger blockbuster budget. Borderlands‘ cast is also full of massive A-list actors, while Thanksgiving‘s cast is much less notable.
Eli Roth Passed Off Some Directing Duties On Borderlands To Focus On Thanksgiving
Interestingly, Eli Roth ended up passing off some directing duties on Borderlands to focus on Thanksgiving. Borderlands had to undergo some reshoots in January 2023, but due to Roth’s commitment to Thanksgiving, he couldn’t return. Thus, Roth gave director Tim Miller his blessing to take over the project’s reshoots, allowing him to focus on his horror hit.
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The impact of Borderlands will probably be much bigger than that of Thanksgiving, with this choice saying a lot about Eli Roth. Roth choosing Thanksgiving over Borderlands shows that he clearly has a lot of passion for the horror film, with it being a true passion project for the director. Although Roth did direct most of Borderlands, he ended up choosing Thanksgiving over it, finally bringing the teased film from years ago to life.
