--Eli Roth, who recently starred alongside Brad Pitt in "Inglourious Basterds," is certainly keeping busy. Speaking in Mexico at the Morelia Film Festival, Roth revealed that he'll soon be showing "Cotton" to the Sundance team for a potential January 2010 festival premiere and that he's currently busy developing scripts for sci-fi project "Endangered Species" and "Grindhouse" tie-in "Thanksgiving." (Variety)

--We already reported on this last week, but it looks like Oren Peli's "Paranormal Activity" found footage follow-up, "Area 51," will land in front of cameras next week. (via press release; check out Variety for additional details) Read more...

We'll be seeing Eli Roth soon enough when he appears on August 21 as Sgt. Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds." For those who are worried that the "Hostel" director has been gone too long from behind the camera, there is hope. Roth revealed his next two two projects in an interview with Empire.

First up is an entirely new sci-fi story, "Endangered Species." Roth had nothing specific to say about the project other than the title. Said the man himself, "that's the first time I've uttered those two words."

The next bit of news is potentially more exciting for fans who are familiar with Roth's past work. Read more...

Filmmaker Eli Roth burst onto the scene a few years back with the gory, gruesome, great “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel” films, but has kept a relatively low profile ever since. Recently, he stopped by the MTV studio to tell us about his new top secret sci-fi screenplay, and the revolutionary double-barreled plan to finally film his “Grindhouse” trailer.

“I’m almost done with my new script,” revealed Roth, whose upcoming return to glory also includes his first major acting role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” this August. “I was actually almost done with it before ‘Basterds,’ but I had to put it down, and that was actually a good thing I took time away from it, but I’m going to finish that up and start shooting this fall.” Read more...

FROM MTV.COM It's been one heck of a year for movies, and not just for us fans but for those men and women who churn out those spellbinding flicks. So as we cue up the turkey and yams, we've reached out to our picks for "Actors We're Most Thankful For" and chatted them up about those big 2008 memories (and what they have coming up, of course).

So with that in mind, click here for our "Most Thankful For" round-up, which includes new interviews with Robert Downey Jr., Harrison Ford, Sarah Jessica Parker, Josh Brolin, Russell Brand and "Cloverfield" helmer Matt Reeves.

The MTV Movies Blog crew will be back Monday, December 1, so until then, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!