Paul Verhoeven eyes a new BASIC INSTINCT?
Could Sharon Stone and Paul Verhoeven team on a new erotic thriller?
Matt here Things have gone quiet over Paul Verhoeven's strange decision to direct The Thomas Crown Affair sequel (which for the quality of the picture, was fully supported by me... just I thought it was beneath him at this stage of his career) likely to be more based on the 1964 Peter Ustinov movie Topkapi than the 1999 Pierce Brosnan picture. I'm not quite sure what the status of that picture is right now as it's been quiet for a few months and IMDB no longer even list Verhoeven as the director (though I believe he is still involved) but Variety have word on a future, different potential directing project over at Relativity Media. They say he is in talks to direct an "erotic thriller" from unknown t.v. writer Wendy Miller which will be a Risky Business meets Fatal Attraction kind of movie. Verhoeven directed possibly the most famous erotic thriller in history with Basic Instinct in the early 90's...
Story centers on a college intern who finds himself trapped in a dangerous affair with the bosss wife. Relativity, which picked up the script in May, has fast-tracked the project and is eyeing a first-quarter 2009 start date. Miller is penning a rewrite under Verhoevens direction.Michael De Luca (The Love Guru, 21, Ghost Rider) is producing. Verhoeven last directed possibly the best film of his long career with the WW-II espionage thriller Black Book.Discuss: Would you like to see the boss' wife played by Sharon Stone... could Verhoeven make the veteran actress interesting again? EDITOR'S NOTE: Sharon Stone is not mentioned by Variety for this movie, it's pure hypothetical casting (not a rumor) on my part because I think it might be interesting to discuss and think about.