‘Fatal Attraction’ Being Remade As An Event Series
By Russ Fischer/July 1, 2015 12:30 pm EST
The show is said to be planned as “a reimagining of the iconic thriller, in which a married man’s indiscretion comes back to haunt him.”
Indeed, it seems like Fatal Attraction now would likely undergo a revision of sorts; if nothing else, there’s a lot to explore in the story of an affair which goes very wrong for both participants.
Conversations about sex, romantic responsibility, and relationships are a lot different now than they were in 1987 when the original film hit theaters. The original story, in which a career woman played by Glenn Close has an affair with a married man (Michael Douglas) and then lashes out violently after he spurns her, was fairly forgiving towards the guy, despite the fact that his actions are directly related to the film’s outcome. (Even as his actions are not responsible for the savagery of the woman’s retaliation.)
I’d guess this TV series version will be more critical of the lead male character, even as it takes into account all the additional ways people now flirt and interact using technology. And will the new version of the Glenn Close character be as outrageously unhinged as she was in the film, or will this feature a more subtle form of retaliation after the affair is broken off? There are a lot of questions around this one, but since it isn’t even to the casting stage yet we’ll have to see what everyone cooks up.
