After completing "Alien vs. Predator", Anderson resumed work on his planned remake of "Death Race 2000", which was released as "Death Race" in 2008. The science fiction action thriller film stars Jason Statham, and Anderson directed it based on his own screenplay. Anderson refers to it as more of a prequel than a remake on the commentary of the home video releases. The film received an average reception by critics, and scored a solid B+ on a Cinemascore poll. It grossed little over $75 million on a budget of $45 million, failing to prove a commercial success on the level of Anderson's previous two films. Anderson wrote and produced a straight-to-video prequels, "Death Race 2" (2011), and ' (2013), which was set before the events of the 2008 film. Later, ' (2018), a sequel to the first film, in which he wrote and executive produced the film.