Paramount is banking on getting a good following for its upcoming reboot of the 1987 movie "Fatal Attraction." The big question that has cropped up is whether the new television series will present the same big emotional arcs as the movie had.
"Fatal Attraction" was a monster hit that raked in over $300 million worldwide back in 1987, The Guardian reported. The dramatic movie, which tackled the age-old theme of marital indiscretion, was directed by Adrian Lyne; it romped away with several awards.
"Fatal Attraction" set the standard for modern-day psycho-thrillers. The flick featured Michael Douglas as the family man whose brief affair had major repercussions, while Anne Archer portrayed his wife. Glenn Close played Alexandra Forrest, the beautiful but deranged "other woman" who adamantly refused to be ignored.
The original film's screenplay was done by James Dearden, who revealed how Close initially refused to be blasted away. Close later on expressed in interviews that she had regrets over the way the mental disorder of her character was portrayed in the 1987 film.
The movie, as the stars themselves later on acknowledged, had a huge impact on their respective careers. Close, Douglas and Archer have remained active doing movies.
The small screen adaptation that will be broadcast on Fox will be a one-hour event series that will have "Mad Men" Maria and Andre Jacquemetton as executive producers and writers, Deadline reported. Incidentally, Fox Television Studios President David Madden developed the original film while he was at Paramount.
This early, fans who loved the film are wondering if the TV remake will offer the same edge-of-your-seat excitement that the big screen version offered. Among the memorable scenes are when Close's character goes berserk, and when she kills the pet rabbit of Douglas' onscreen daughter.
The stars that will play the central characters of the TV series have not yet been revealed.