Wuthering Heights filmmaker Emerald Fennell has been tapped and is currently in negotiations to direct a Basic Instinct reboot, according to screenwriter Joe Eszterhas.
“The producers are negotiating with a really interesting director – a Brit, Emerald Fennell – who did Promising Young Woman and Wuthering Heights,” Eszterhas told The Guardian in an interview. “Her sensibility is exactly right. She’s someone who is not afraid of controversy and sexuality. So I’m thrilled by that. I hope it works out.”
We’ve reached out to Fennell’s reps for further comment.
Eszterhas is the screenwriter behind the original Basic Instinct, starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas. Last summer, it was reported that Eszterhas had locked a deal with Amazon to write a reboot of the thriller.
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