A New Take on The Fly Is Coming From a Very Intriguing Director

A caller reminder of the freaky results that travel from tampering with quality is connected the way, arsenic Nikyatu Jusu—who made fantabulous 2022 folk-horror communicative Nanny—is moving connected a caller mentation of The Fly. According to Deadline, which broke the news, her movie volition beryllium “set successful the beingness of [David Cronenberg’s] film,” and won’t beryllium a consecutive remake. Jusu volition nonstop and pen the script.

Deadline said the crippled is “under wraps,” but if it’s based connected David Cronenberg‘s 1986 classic, which won an Oscar for its ooey-gooey make-up effects, we tin conjecture determination volition beryllium plentifulness of assemblage fearfulness successful store for audiences.

Cronenberg’s movie besides pokes into themes involving the cutthroat satellite of technological discoveries and shady corporations backing out-there research, and makes large usage of the chemistry betwixt then-married leads Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. (Say it with me: “Cheeseburger!”) Cronenberg’s The Fly was itself inspired by a brace of 1950s releases: George Langelaan’s abbreviated story, and the 1958 movie starring Vincent Price.

The Fly is conscionable the latest fearfulness task that Jusu has taken on; arsenic Deadline reminds us, she archetypal spoke of expanding her 2019 abbreviated movie Suicide by Sunlight, which is astir Black vampires, successful 2022. Also successful 2022, we learned she was going to nonstop a Night of the Living Dead sequel—though there’s been nary caller update connected either task lately.

However, precocious past week we learned the Brad Anderson-directed Twilight of the Dead, the last George A. Romero movie successful the precocious fearfulness master’s zombie series, conscionable took a large measurement guardant by announcing Milla Jovovich and Betty Gabriel arsenic its stars.

Deadline suggested Jusu’s The Fly is advancing acknowledgment successful portion to a renewed involvement successful assemblage horror—courtesy of existent Demi Moore deed The Substance. What bash you deliberation of The Fly buzzing backmost astir again?

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