It certainly looked like we were going to get a Hostel TV series from Peacock and Eli Roth. However, that is looking like it won’t be happening after all. Eli Roth revealed in an interview that ran earlier this Summer that the series was off at Peacock. They’ve recently had massive success with Crystal Lake, the Friday the 13th prequel series. It looks like they’re not going forward with Hostel though.
“Peacock said no,” Eli Roth reveals in the interview that was uploaded to YouTube on August 4, 2026. “They’re not gonna do it. We were surprised and that’s their decision.”
He went on, “Chris Briggs and I wrote the scripts and we love them, and I definitely want to turn them into something. So it might not be a TV series, but I still want to continue Hostel.”
Paul Giamatti was attached to star in the series, with Eli Roth coming back to write, produce, and direct.
Here’s what we heard about the series back in 2024.
There aren’t any plot details as of right now, but it’ll be a modern adaptation of the series and an elevated thriller. Franchise producers Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss are also coming back. Briggs is co-writing the script with Roth. It might seem a bit strange for Giamatti to be in a horror series like this, but he’s a huge fan of the genre.
The first Hostel was released in 2005 and set in a world where the rich can pay to torture and murder captured victims. 2007 saw Hostel: Part II with Roth directing that film as well. 2011 saw Scott Spiegel take over as director for Hostel: Part III.
What Is Eli Roth Up To Lately?
Eli Roth’s latest movie was Ice Cream Man, which was released earlier this year.
Ice Cream Man follows an idyllic summer town descending into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results. The film stars Ari Millen (“Orphan Black”) as the titular character, along with Benjamin Byron Davis (Guardians of the Galaxy 3), Karen Cliche (Thanksgiving), Dylan Hawco (“Heartland”), Sarah Abbott (Netflix’s The Body, Poser), Shiloh O’Reilly (Thanksgiving), Kiori Mirza Waldman, Charlie Zeltzer (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Charlie Storey (Thanksgiving).
Eli Roth also started his company The Horror Section, a studio founded to shine light on underseen and upcoming filmmakers in the horror genre. They previously put out the excellent Dream Eater last year. For more information, visit horrorsectionstudios.com.
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