Overview

• Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and producer Scott Stuber closed the rights deal for the untitled Basic Instinct relaunch in July 2025.
• The agreement guarantees Eszterhas $2 million upfront and up to $4 million if the project moves into production, making it the year’s largest spec script sale.
• The reboot is being positioned as an explicitly “anti-woke” reinterpretation of the 1992 erotic thriller at the center of past cultural debates.
• Producers attached include Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists alongside Craig Baumgarten and Adam Griffin of Vault Entertainment.
• Negotiations are underway for Sharon Stone to return as Catherine Tramell, the character she originally portrayed in the 1992 hit.