Overview

• Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists secured the rights to reboot the 1992 erotic thriller and commissioned original writer Joe Eszterhas to pen the screenplay.
• The deal guarantees Eszterhas $2 million upfront with the potential to double to $4 million if the film moves into production, making it the largest spec sale of 2025.
• Producers Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists, Craig Baumgarten for Vault Entertainment, and executive producer Adam Griffin have joined the reboot’s creative team.
• The project is being positioned as an “anti-woke” reinvention of the franchise, though specific story details and creative direction remain under wraps.
• Casting for Catherine Tramell is still unsettled, with Sharon Stone’s potential return under consideration but no official decisions announced.