Film at Eleven

Sci-Fi Wire (via) appear to be quite desperate to get the hype machine going for Death Race 3000, the upcoming remake of Roger Corman’s seminal exploitation flick.

On the subject of Death Race 2000, they quote Corman as saying:

I like Death Race 2000 very much. It won a poll as the greatest B movie ever made. I think what made it work was the idea of killing the old lady and getting 10 points. And, also, we were talking really about the manipulation of society and the bloodlust that was in it. I thought if you go back to gladiatorial games—if you look at wrestling and these various things that are brutal—the audience loves it. You go to car races, and everybody wants to see the crashes. So it was partially that which led to Death Race 2000.

However, even though he has a producer credit for the remake, which is to be directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (not a good sign) - who also co-wrote the screenplay (a really bad sign) - Corman sounds less than enthusiastic about it.

Technically, according to the contract, I am executive producer. They send me each script; I have discussion and send my notes, but I don’t spend that much time on it, because I don’t believe I will have that much influence.

To me, this sounds very much like it’s going to be another Rollerball.

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