Overview

• Margot Robbie is negotiating to produce the remake through her LuckyChap banner and could take on the title role if a deal closes.
• LuckyChap partners Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara would join Robbie as producers under Warner Bros.’ multi-year first-look agreement.
• Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn has departed the project and Warner Bros. is actively searching for a new screenwriter to rework her initial draft.
• Tim Burton remains attached to direct and produce alongside Andrew Mittman, Tommy Harper and executive producer Kai Dolbashian.
• The studio aims to give the 1958 sci-fi horror classic a modern female empowerment angle while building on Burton’s recent genre success and the post-Barbie LuckyChap partnership.