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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Margot Robbie tipped as favourite to star in 'wild and orgasmic' Basic Instinct reboot
Aussie A-Lister Margot Robbie has emerged as a favourite to star in a 'wild and orgasmic' reboot of the '90s cult classic Basic Instinct. The Wrap reported this week that Amazon MGM Studios' United Artists had acquired the rights to an as-yet-untitled reboot of the controversial 1992 erotic thriller. News of the reboot sent fans into a frenzy on social media, with many offering their pick to take on the film's antagonist Catherine Tramell, played in the original by Sharon Stone. 'OMG Margot Robbie would be perfect for this,' one film fan wrote on X,' while another offered a similar sentiment: 'remake it with Margot Robbie.' It seems the market agrees, with UK bookmaker William Hill placing the Barbie actress as one of the favourites to star. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. They currently have Margot at 3/1 odds, just behind Oppenheimer star Florence Pugh at 2/1. Other actresses in contention include Sydney Sweeney (5/1), Anya Taylor-Joy (6/1), Ana de Armas (8/1), and Jodie Comer (10/1). Pop star Lady Gaga, meanwhile, is the outside chance at 12/1 odds. Joe Eszterhas, the Hollywood veteran screenwriter behind the 1992 original, has inked a $4million deal to pen the reboot, the publication reported. 'To those who question what an 80-year-old man is doing writing a sexy, erotic thriller: the rumours of my cinematic impotence are exaggerated and ageist,' he said in a statement. 'I call my writing partner the Twisted Little Man, and he lives somewhere deep inside me. 'He was born 29 and he will die 29 and he tells me he is 'sky high up' to write this piece and provide viewers with a wild and orgasmic ride. That makes me very happy.' The original Basic Instinct, starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas, was a box office phenomenon, grossing more than $350million globally. The film followed Douglas as Detective Nick Curran, who becomes embroiled in a dangerous seduction game with novelist Catherine Tramell (Stone), a prime suspect in a murder investigation. The film, known for its explicit content, including Stone's now-iconic interrogation scene, shot the actress into the stratosphere. The sequel, released in 2006 with Stone reprising her iconic role, failed to match the hype of the original, grossing just $38.6 million globally, far below its $70 million production budget. Back in 2023, Stone revealed that Robbie would be the perfect choice to play her in a film adaptation of her life. The blonde bombshell sat down with The Lady Gang Podcast in 2023 to discuss the person who could fill the diva's stilettos. 'I adore Margot Robbie so probably her,' offered the Casino actress. 'She is so talented. After I saw her playing Tonya Harding I was like you're it.'
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Basic Instinct' Writer Joe Eszterhas Penning Reboot For Amazon MGM's United Artists
Amazon MGM Studios' United Artists and Scott Stuber have acquired rights to one of the most iconic '90s erotic thrillers. Basic Instinct (1992) writer Joe Eszterhas is returning to pen a not-yet-titled reboot of the Paul Verhoeven-helmed box office hit, which starred Michael Douglas as Detective Nick Curran and Sharon Stone as his case's seductive prime suspect Catherine Tramell, a manipulative crime novelist. More from Deadline Tom Bateman To Star Opposite Lili Reinhart In Amazon MGM & MRC's 'The Love Hypothesis' Ryan Gosling & Will Ferrell To Star In Action Comedy 'Tough Guys' For Amazon MGM Studios - The Dish Lili Reinhart To Topline Rom-Com 'The Love Hypothesis' For Amazon MGM Studios & MRC Producers include UA's Stuber and Nick Nesbit and Vault Entertainment's Craig Baumgarten, with Adam Griffin executive producing. Grossing nearly $353M worldwide, Basic Instinct received mixed reviews at the time, but ultimately became an influential piece of work in the erotic thriller genre, infamous for its NSFW interrogation scene featuring Stone. In 2006, Stone returned for a critically-reviled sequel from writers Leora Barish and Henry Bean, directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Eszterhas is a Hungarian-American journalist-turned-screenwriter whose hit titles include Flashdance (1983), Jagged Edge (1985) and Basic Instinct (1992). Becoming known for his provocative style of screenwriting that explores themes of sexuality, power, and moral ambiguity, Eszterhas opened up about his time in the film industry in his acclaimed memoir Hollywood Animal (2004). Stuber's next films include Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein for Netflix and Deliver Me from Nowhere, the Scott Cooper-directed Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White for 20th Century Studios and Disney, both of which premiere this fall. Best of Deadline The Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office Everything We Know About 'Stranger Things' Season 5 So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery
Telegraph
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Now is not the time for a sexy drama with a potentially murderous nurse
The first series of The Couple Next Door (Channel 4) was an erotic thriller set in Leeds, a concept I'm still laughing about two years later. It was about a nice young couple who became embroiled in a relationship with their neighbours, who happened to be Britain's hottest swingers, and ended up as a case of attempted murder. It did good business, ratings-wise, so we're back in the neighbourhood for another spin. Same street, different couples, although the local Peeping Tom (Hugh Dennis), is still around, doing a spot of community service. This time, the nice young duo are doctors: heart surgeon Lottie (Annabel Scholey, a dead ringer for the Princess of Wales) and anaesthetist Jacob (Sam Palladio). Along comes a foxy redhead, Mia, who pitches up at the hospital one day to start work as a nurse. Soon she has moved into the house directly across the street from Lottie and Jacob. She wastes no time befriending them, and by 'befriending' I mean trying to seduce them both. Which doesn't take long. Until the end of episode three, in fact, if you want to skip straight to the soft porn. 'Do you think I go around Europe having threesomes?' Mia asks, and the answer on this evidence is: absolutely, yes. If you're wondering how a nurse can afford to rent the kind of house suitable for a double-income household of hospital consultants – well, Lottie and Jacob wonder about that too. Everything about Mia is mysterious. Series one felt as if it was trying to do something different, but series two is the familiar tale of a malevolent female who worms her way into a household (Fatal Attraction, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, etc). Mia is running from something in her past, which is glimpsed in flashbacks. She claims to be from Norway, which doesn't impress the ward sister, who huffs: 'You might think that makes you exotic but we have all sorts in here, so don't go thinking you're special.' There is a taste issue – the suggestion of a nurse being involved in patient deaths inevitably brings to mind Lucy Letby – but you don't come to Channel 4 looking for good taste. Overall, it's enjoyably trashy despite an unsophisticated script and some hammy acting. The whole thing feels unreal. Aimed at an international market (it's a co-production with Starz in the US), it maintains the glorious fiction that the Leeds suburbs look exactly like the set of Desperate Housewives.
