Roger Corman spoke with Den of Geek about Death Race 2050 on the day after the presidential election. The film marks the first time Corman worked with McDowell. While the legendary filmmaker explained that he prefers to limit the interaction he has with actors to “text,” “subtext” and “his motivation” before passing it off to the director, he did make the time for a grooming tip. Because Corman keeps returning to the short story The Racer by Ib Melchior for inspiration, we wanted to know if he believed we were heading towards a dystopian future. “The idea of the car racing action film as a black comedy and with some social comment, is what makes the picture go,” Corman said. “As a matter of fact, the recent election makes some of the concepts here more pertinent. For instance, the United States of America has become the United Corporations of America. The president is now the chairman of the board of the United Corporations. He is a flamboyant, wild-talking person, entertaining and nevertheless holding strong to his dictatorial position. That’s not exactly what is happening, but is a possible future route.” According to the official synopsis: Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050, from Universal 1440 Entertainment, will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on January 17. It hits Netflix that same day.
