Paramount+ is not going to be ignored, Dan. Instead, they’re taking a cue from Amazon Prime and stretching a traditional ‘80s thriller into the present toast of Hollywood: an eight-hour film.
Paramount+ has had a reboot of Fatal Attraction within the works since 2021. This time round, Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan tackle the roles originated by Michael Douglas and Glenn Close; a so-good-they’re-bad-for-each-other coworker duo who, upon starting an affair, veer into dicey territory fairly rapidly. Don’t fear, although: there’s loads of foreplay to go round right here, as a brand-new trailer demonstrates.
It’s a story as outdated as time, by which we imply 1987: handsomely-suited businessman Dan Gallagher (Jackson) strikes up an affair with equally handsomely-suited coworker Alex Forrest (Caplan). At first, it’s all enjoyable, video games, and drunkenly getting caught within the rain—till Alex begins exhibiting up at Dan’s residence and spending time round his spouse (Amanda Peet). A flash-forward in time exhibits us that Dan is now in jail for Alex’s homicide—however as he insists, he’s going to show he didn’t do it. The recreation is about!
Billed as a “deep-dive reimagining” of the unique movie, the brand new Fatal Attraction will play out over eight episodes. Here’s hoping the sheer physique warmth of this reboot is sufficient to distract from yet one more reminder that TV is swiftly remodeling into one thing that appears quite a bit like motion pictures. Give Lizzy Caplan 22 episodes price of intrigue, or give us loss of life!
The sequence premiere of Fatal Attraction will likely be obtainable for streaming on Paramount+ on April 30.
