Eli Roth Wants to See You at Sundance

· "Eli Roth lines up Cotton, Species" isn't just a euphemism for what happened during the filmmaker's latest oversexed message-board visit. It's the headline announcing Roth's return to writing-directing after his successful acting stint as an Inglourious Basterd. He's announced he'll be angling his new exorcism film Cotton for a world premiere at this winter's Sundance Film Festival, putting together the script for his sci-fi debut Endangered Species along the way. The Park City Albertson's will order an extra case of Kleenex just to be safe. [Variety]

Mark Wahlberg considers setting sail, Gregg Araki goes back to school, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.

· Mark Wahlberg is close to a starring-producing deal for a remake of Reykjavic-Rotterdam, Iceland's hit dramatic thriller and official submission for the foreign-language prize at next year's Oscars. The story concerns a disgraced freight-ship captain busted for smuggling, then roped back into the game for one last job while his friend makes off with the man's family. One must presume it'll be Americanized to follow a truck driver instead; El Paso-Peoria has a ring to it, no? [Variety]

· If there's one subject Gregg Araki has always shied away from, it's youth sexuality. He is finally taking the plunge with Kaboom, which tracks the sexual awakening of a group of college students. Among them: Thomas Dekker, Rooney Mara and, making her American debut, Catherine Breillat's clothes-allergic muse Roxane Mesquida. [THR]

· The duo behind the $11,000-budget hit Paranormal Activity have received what you might call a healthy raise: Director Oren Peli and producer Jason Blum will begin work next week on their $5 million follow up Area 51, about some young troublemakers who sneak their way into the infamous military base and UFO research facility. [Variety]

· Your next object of dogged church protest may have arrived with The Vatican Tapes, characterized as a horror thriller in the devil-possession vein. Lionsgate picked it up Monday and should start receiving hate mail by lunchtime. [THR]