Following the success of Basic Instinct, Eszterhas produced two films in 1997, both of which he wrote: Telling Lies in America and An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn.
In 2011, it was announced that actor-director Mel Gibson had commissioned a screenplay from Eszterhas: a historical biopic on Judah and The Maccabees, titled M.C.K.B.I.[REF]