New Photos From Earthquake Disaster Movie Aftershock Starring Eli Roth
Posted 02.14.12 by Ryan
Back in November of 2010, writer-director-producer-actor Eli Roth (the Hostel movies) discussed one of the upcoming projects that he was producing — the action-thriller Aftershock, from Chilean director Nicolás López (Santos) that was based on an actual 8.8 Richter scale earthquake that hit Chile in February of that same year. At the time, Roth said the earthquake, which caused a tsunami and claimed 480 lives, was "terrifying enough" for the subject of a movie, and he may be right. SlashFilm has released the first bloody official images from the movie, which is currently in production.
Aftershock follows six friends who struggle to survive through the earthquake, with Roth also starring alongside an international cast that includes López regulars Ariel Levy and Nicolás Martínez, Hungarian actress Andrea Osvart, and Ukranian actress Natasha Yarovenko (Room in Rome).
According to Screen Daily, Aftershock already has distribution in 17 foreign countries, but not in the U.S. The report claims that U.S. distribution could be worked out after the movie finishes shooting later this year.
Aftershock will serve as López's English-language debut after directing two of Chile's highest grossing movies (F... My Life and F... My Wedding). López wrote the movie with Roth and Guillermo Amoedo (El Crack).