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Joe Eszterhas Signs Record Deal to Pen Basic Instinct Reboot

Backed by a $2 million guarantee with a possible $4 million payout, the untitled reboot marks the year’s largest spec script sale with a provocative 'anti-woke' angle.

Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone dancing in scene from the film 'Basic Instinct', 1992. (Photo by TriStar/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists have secured Joe Eszterhas for the untitled reboot with a $2 million guarantee and up to $4 million total in the biggest spec script deal of 2025.
  • The project reunites Eszterhas with the franchise he co-created in 1992’s Basic Instinct.
  • Production is being overseen by Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists and Craig Baumgarten with Adam Griffin executive producing for Vault Entertainment.
  • Insiders say the new screenplay will be framed through a deliberately "anti-woke" lens, highlighting its cultural positioning.
  • Sharon Stone is in preliminary talks to reprise her role as the manipulative novelist Catherine Tramell.