It happens eventually to every filmmaker and actor associated with R-rated movies*, and now Eli Roth, the “torture porn auteur” who gave us Hostel and Hostel II, is making the transition to family-friendly fare — in order to make the kids happy, of course.

No, it has nothing to do with the money, which comes more easily with younger-targeted, lower-rated releases (especially when your last movie disappoints). It has to do with the realization that kids don’t have enough movies made for them, and they’d apparently like to see what Eli Roth’s talent is like. Only, up until now, they haven’t been allowed. As Roth defends the move:

“Everyone I know has been saying ‘When are you gonna do a movie my kids can see?’ And finally, I’m gonna make a movie that 13-year-old kids can see.”

The movie, which Roth is still scripting, is described as being inspired by Cloverfield and Transformers, with all the “mass-destruction” and “chaos and pandemonium” that would entail. But it won’t be too scary, as it’s being planned strictly to receive a PG-13 rating. Roth says he feels “like he pushed the violence in R rated movies about as far as [he] can push it,” and that he’s “bled out.”

However, he isn’t completely done with the gore and promises that the unrated DVD version of this planned PG-13 movie will feature some gratuitously violent scenes shot specifically to be left on the cutting room floor. Hey, as long as the hypocritical studios allow it, that’s a brilliant idea.

* Here’s a sampling of others who did it for the kids:

• Mark Wahlberg on making Invincible: “It’s a movie my kids can see - my nieces and nephews. I haven’t had that. None of my nieces and nephews have seen Boogie Nights, thank God! I haven’t made too many PG movies.” (via IMDb/WENN)
• Jodie Foster on making Nim’s Island: “I was dying to do something lighter and I was excited about a movie my kids could see.” (via Just Jared)
• Gary Sinise on making Mission to Mars: “I can take my kids to it and that’s a nice thing to be able to do. They’ve been asking me when I’m going to do something that they can see.” (via The Cranky Critic)
• The Rock on making The Game Plan (by way of reporter Marshall Fine): “Meanwhile, he’s just happy he’s finally made a movie that his 6-year-old daughter can see (”She sat all the way through it,” he notes). Like Joe in “The Game Plan,” Johnson found that parenthood required adjustments to his life that he never imagined himself making.” (via NY Daily News)
• Gary Oldman on making Lost in Space: “I wanted to do a movie my son could see.” (via Entertainment Weekly)
• Vin Diesel on making The Pacifier: “I needed to do a film that my niece and nephew could see. I needed to do a film that my godchildren could see. I needed to do a film that would dispel the fact that the only movie I’ve ever done was “Iron Giant” for these toddlers.” (via MTV)