Overview

• Tim Burton is set to direct and produce the remake alongside Andrew Mittman and Tommy Harper with Kai Dolbashian as executive producer.
• Margot Robbie is in early conversations to produce the film with LuckyChap partners Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara and could star if the final script meets her approval.
• Gillian Flynn delivered a first draft of the screenplay but exited the project due to other commitments.
• Producers are actively searching for a replacement screenwriter to finalize the script before Green-lighting Robbie’s leading role.
• The remake will modernize the 1958 sci-fi horror cult classic about a giant heiress and follows Burton’s recent genre revival successes.