The iconic 1992 erotic thriller, Basic Instinct, Prepare a reboot With house at Amazon MGM Studios.
The study acquired property rights, together with United Artists and Scott Stuber. The original of the original, Joe Eszterhas, will write the script of the new version. The rights agreement was valued at $ 4 million.
It represents the largest sale of speculative script so far from 2025, and compromises Amazon MGM Studios at a payment of $ 2 million dollars to a potential payment of $ 4 million to the screenwriter if the film is made, explains the medium Thewrap.
The original film of 1992, Low instinctswas starring Michael Douglas y Sharon Stoneand directed by Paul Verhoeven, he follows Detective Nick Curran (Douglas) in the investigation of a brutal murder that leads him to a dangerous seduction game with the main suspect, Catherine Tramell (Stone), a police novelist manipulator.
It was a blockbuster raising more than $ 350 million in the Global Box Office.
It is classified as a cultural phenomenon, often remembered for its explicit content and the unforgettable Stone interrogation scene. Three decades later, it is still an undisputed reference of the genre of erotic thriller.
The medium reveals that Stone could return as Catherine Tramellas well as it is mentioned that The new version of Eszterhas It will be “anti-wake”.
Recall that the original film generated controversy between both feminist and between the gay community.
In shared statement to Thewrap, Eszterhas said:
“For those who wonder what an 80 -year -old man is writing an erotic and sensual thriller: the rumors about my cinematographic impotence are exaggerated and discriminated against by age. I call my writing partner the twisted little man, and lives in the depths of me. He was born with 29 years and will die with 29, and tells me that he is in the heights to write this work and offer the spectators a wild trip. That makes me very happy. ”
In addition to the script of Low instinctsEszterhas ha Escrito Flashdance (1983), Jagged Edge (1985), the next to be released Frankestein by Guillermo del Toro, and Deliver Me from Nowhere From Scott Cooper, a biographical film by iconic musician Bruce Springsteen. These two films are planned for this year's autumn.
Often, Eszterhas scripts address issues such as moral ambiguity, power, and sexuality.
Stuber, Nick Nesbit and Craig Baumgarten will be the producers of the reboot, with Adam Griffin as executive producer.
Source: https://cine3.com/el-thriller-erotico-basic-instinct-prepara-reboot-con-amazon-mgm-studios/
