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Old 07-01-15, 12:54 PM
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Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

http://deadline.com/2015/07/fatal-at...se-1201466473/

EXCLUSIVE: Lock up your rabbits. Paramount is rebooting its iconic thriller Fatal Attraction into a one-hour event TV series with Maria and Andre Jacquemetton (Mad Men) exec producing and writing. The series is being developed under the auspices of Paramount Television Production. Fox Broadcasting Network is on-board and has commissioned the script. Stanley R. Jaffe and Anonymous Content’s Rosalie Swedlin are exec producing. Fox’s president of entertainment, David Madden, actually developed and supervised the original feature when he was an exec at Paramount. Although exact details are being kept under wraps, Deadline understands the reimagining will explore how a married man’s indiscretion comes back to haunt him.

The original 1987 film, directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close, was about as zeitgeisty as a film could get and had a huge influence on countless subsequent psycho-sexual thrillers. The film, which sees Douglas’ successful and married attorney embark on an ill-advised weekend affair with Close’s publishing exec only for her to begin stalking him and his family, also gave birth to the term “bunny boiler.” That was in reference to the unforgettable scene when Close’s character kills Douglas’ daughter pet rabbit and leaves it on the family’s stove to boil away. No word yet on whether there’ll be any repeat of that seminal moment.

Paramount’s relatively young TV division has been expanding ambitiously under TV president Amy Powell. The company is mining its parent studio’s library for TV adaptations, including plans to develop an HBO series based on Shutter Island with both Martin Scorsese and Dennis Lehane’s involvement; as well as an American Gigolo series in development with Jerry Bruckheimer. Paramount TV also inked a first-look deal with Kyle Killen, creator of Lone Star, Awake and Mind Games, and his recently launched company Chapter Eleven. That deal stems out of the three year, first-look production deal Anonymous and Paramount announced last year that gives Paramount a first look to produce and distribute Anonymous’ TV programming across multiple platforms.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Considering how many movies (TV or otherwise) have been made about psychopathic women in the interim, what's the point of this? In 1987, it felt fresh. They'd need to really find a new twist to put on it to make this worth the trouble.

Also, I could argue that Fatal Attraction was just an update of Clint Eastwood's PLAY MISTY FOR ME.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

https://deadline.com/2021/11/fatal-a...aa5dee56334940

Wow, 6 year bump with some news.

Lizzy Caplan was cast as the lead "Alex"

and ordered to series at Paramount +

and looks like there is a new creative team behind it. Thread title needs an update.

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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...1f8015afde10e9

Paramount+ is moving forward with its Fatal Attraction television series.

The ViacomCBS-backed streamer has handed out a formal order for the drama that had been in development there with a script-to-series commitment since earlier this year. Alongside the series order comes casting news that Lizzy Caplan (Castle Rock, Masters of Sex) will lead the cast for the update of the 1987 favorite.



Alexandra Cunningham (Dirty John) will serve as writer, showrunner and exec producer on the drama from Amblin Television. Cunningham will exec produce alongside Kevin J. Hynes (Perry Mason), with whom she shares a co-story credit. Amblin’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey will exec produce for Amblin.



The new Fatal Attraction is described as a deep-dive reimagining of the psychosexual thriller and explore themes including marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes toward strong women, personality disorders and coercive control. Caplan will take on the role of Alex — previously portrayed by Glenn Close in the movie — who likewise becomes obsessed with her lover after a brief affair.

“Alexandra brings an incredibly strong and nuanced point of view to a story that became a cultural phenomenon but has thus far only been told from the male gaze,” said Nicole Clemens, president of original scripted series at Paramount+. “Partnered with Kevin, they will bring the next explosive chapter of this story to a new generation with a balanced eye to the complexities of the human psyche.”



Fatal Attraction was among the Paramount Pictures IP that was put into development at the former CBS All Access in February. The drama, along with updates of Love Story, The Parallax View, The Italian Job and Flashdance, remain in the works as Clemens looks to put her stamp on the streamer since adding oversight of originals earlier this year.

Fatal Attraction joins a rapidly growing slate of originals at Paramount+ that also includes Happy Face, The Good Fight and Evil (all from Robert and Michelle King); the Alex Kurtzman-led Star Trek franchise and the upcoming The Offer, The Game, Mayor of Kingstown, Yellowstone prequel 1883 and Showtime import Halo.

Caplan’s credits also include Truth Be Told, Party Down, The Class, True Blood, Freaks and Geeks and Mean Girls, among others. She’s repped by WME, Rise Management and Jackoway Austen.

A premiere date for Fatal Attraction has not yet been determined.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Lizzy Caplan means I will watch.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Limited series, I'm guessing? Or will Lizzy ruin a different man's marriage each season?
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

It's the same guy. Every week he tells Lizzy/Alex that he has to break it off with her, and every week she keeps him in line by killing a different pet. The wife can't figure out why their pets keep dying and starts to slowly go insane, which only makes the husband want to help her more, keeping the vicious cycle going.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Lizzy is hot. As long as it's R rated material with some steamy love scenes and her going bonkers, it should be fun. I could see her pulling off rejected psycho lover.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Originally Posted by DJariya
Lizzy is hot. As long as it's R rated material with some steamy love scenes and her going bonkers, it should be fun. I could see her pulling off rejected psycho lover.
I hope so. I thought she was going to be an amazing young psycho Annie Wilkes and that didn't turn out so great.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jos...aa5dee56334940

Lizzy is going to be stalking Joshua Jackson. He signed on as the male lead.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Cool. Just don't put him in another fat suit for this, please.

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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23


I really like this cast.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

So is this going to be the plot of a single movie stretched out over a longer period of time? So much for trying to be original...
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

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So is this going to be the plot of a single movie stretched out over a longer period of time? So much for trying to be original...
The plot of the movie was weeks/months truncated into 2 hours. I don't see why you can't broaden the story in 10 hours. Life and being tormented by a scorned lover takes awhile you know.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Call it a hunch but I don't think a 2022 "reimagining" of the film will present the Michael Douglas character quite so sympathetically.

Man in the late 80s/90s, Douglas was "victimized" by the likes of Glenn Close, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore... oh that poor guy. Now imagine someone being victimized by Janet Reno in the 90s. Besides Richard Jewell.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Originally Posted by DJariya
The plot of the movie was weeks/months truncated into 2 hours. I don't see why you can't broaden the story in 10 hours. Life and being tormented by a scorned lover takes awhile you know.
I can't imagine it being any different from You except from the victim's POV.
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re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Paramount announced this premieres Sunday, April 30th

Breaking News - Paramount+ Announces New Original Series "Fatal Attraction" to Premiere on Sunday, April 30 | TheFutonCritic.com

2 episode premiere. 8 episode season total.

Jackson and Caplan have the same character names as the movie. Dan Gallagher and Alex Forrest.

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Re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Some lines can never be uncrossed. Fatal Attraction is streaming April 30th, exclusively on Paramount+.

Joshua Jackson (Dan Gallagher) and Lizzy Caplan (Alex Forrest) star in the Paramount+ Original series Fatal Attraction, a deep-dive reimagining of the classic psychosexual thriller and ‘80s cultural touchstone.

The series also stars Amanda Peet, Alyssa Jirrels, Toby Huss, Reno Wilson, and Brian Goodman.
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Re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Looks good. I'm very interested in this, especially being an adult R rated sexual thriller.
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Re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

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Looks good. I'm very interested in this, especially being an adult R rated sexual thriller.
Of course I said the same thing about American Gigalo and that didn't pay off at all.
But sure, it could be cool. Big fan of Lizzy Caplan and think she'd be great in this.
-- Of course I said the same thing about Castle Rock S2 and that didn't pay off either.
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Re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

I’m inching closer to getting a Paramount subscription and actually keeping it.

They seem like they’re interested in developing good stuff.

Although I’m not super interested in the whole Yellowstone universe (probably watched the 2-hour pilot about 3 different times over the years and have never it made it Episode 2 lol) .
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Re: Fatal Attraction (Paramount+) S: Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Peet - premieres 4/30/23

Awesome. That's exactly what I wanted from this series. Right down to Lizzy's new interpretation of Alex's most famous line.

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