Producer Eli Roth on RZA’s ‘Iron Fist’

Eli Roth, the horror filmmaker and co-star in Quentin Tarantino’s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, recently gave Sci Fi Wire an update on development of his collaboration with hip-hop maestro RZA to produce the kung fu movie, THE MAN WITH THE IRON FIST.

Although RZA is currently on a music tour, the two are presently working on the script. “I’m just sitting down with him, but Quentin has been mentoring RZA for years, and he’s ready to do it, and he’s directed music videos,” said Roth. “He knows kung-fu movies the way Quentin knows kung fu and like the way I know horror movies; he’s seen everything.”

Without being specific, Roth hinted that RZA is using iconic figures from the martial arts world while creating something unique that draws on his knowledge of film and music.

“He’s got this whole movie figured out,” Roth said. “But it’s his own universe, his own world. It’s got hip-hop mixed in with kung fu; it’s got a multiracial cast; he’s got people lined up and all of these martial-arts stars and choreographers he’s already talked to about it. It’s really going to be spectacular.”

Roth mentions that no time table has been set to move the production beyond its early planning stage yet and that the focus is only on getting the script right at the moment.

Source: Sci Fi Wire