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Lionsgate Prepping Sex Addiction Thriller
Filed under: Drama », Thrillers », Deals », Scripts »
Normally, the thought of an erotic thriller would make me roll my eyes. It's been done -- again and again. However, this one might have something going for it -- or at least enough to keep an eye on it for the next while. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Lionsgate has grabbed Peter Medak to direct an upcoming erotic thriller called Addicted. Now Medak has been all over the place as a director. The same guy who directed Zorro, the Gay Blade with George Hamilton (something too priceless to be fake) is the one who directed one of my favorite films -- Gary Oldman's Romeo is Bleeding. Beyond that, he's done a ton of television from Faerie Tale Theatre to House M.D.Addicted is based on a novel by Zane -- not Billy Zane, just "Zane." It's about an African-American professional named Zoe whose personal and professional life is in turmoil because she's got an obsessive addition to sex. Zoe finds a female therapist and tries to work through her story -- one that includes sexual forays with an artist and another with a violent, destructive man. On the path to destruction, she tries to uncover the source for her dysfunction, which leads to "a climax that can threaten her sanity, her marriage...and her life." So basically, it sounds like Bliss with more dysfunction and lots more cheating. Christina Welsh adapted the novel, which will go into production this fall in Atlanta. So far, there is no cast attached -- any ideas? I'm going to throw out a more obscure name -- Gloria Reuben, who previously worked with Medak on the Anne Rice adaptation Feast of All Saints.
Erotica for Lionsgate
Filed under: Drama », Deals », Lionsgate Films », Newsstand », Politics »
Back when Basic Instinct 2 was released, I wrote a post about a Hollywood Reporter article that blamed the decline of the erotic thriller in the US on politics, rather than the dismal quality of recent films in that genre, and asked readers for their thoughts on the subject. Most of the commenters said they'd love to see a good erotic thriller, but that most of Hollywood's attempts of late have failed on both counts, particularly the "thriller" angle. So, while Lionsgate's new deal for the rights to Zane's to-be-published Addicted won't do much for those in search of suspense with their erotica, it nevertheless is a sign that at least one (small, smart) studio isn't feeling political pressure to keep sex out of their films.According to Variety, Addicted "revolves around a successful black woman who has a series of affairs, threatening her marriage and motherhood" and, like all of Zane's books, "takes an unflinching look at female sexuality." The funny thing about this project is that instead of emphasizing either the story's unusual (at least for Hollywood), female-centric take on sexuality or the erotic nature of Zane's work, Lionsgate is selling it as a logical successor to their successful Tyler Perry films. Say it with me now: HAAAA! Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the Perry films admired for their strong family values? How, exactly, does that fit in with a hot movie about a married woman and her multiple affairs? Oh no. Please tell me she doesn't see the error of her ways, reform and return meekly to her husband at the end, or something. Zane readers, do her books usually end with a good, moral resolution? Help us out here.
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