Filmmaker Paul Verhoeven will re-team with his “RoboCop” and “Starship Troopers” writer Edward Neumeier for the new political espionage thriller “Young Sinner”.
Verhoeven, coming off rave reviews for his wild lesbian nun film “Benedetta,” spoke with MovieMaker and says the new film will draw on themes of iconic erotic thrillers like his own “Basic Instinct” from 1992, but dubs it an “innovative version” of films in that genre.
Set in Washington, D.C., the story follows a young female staffer who works for a powerful Senator and is “drawn into a web of international intrigue and danger, and of course there is also a little sex” according to Neumeier.
Verhoeven is also adamant he would not “be adding all kinds of digital elements. As little as possible.” The pair have also already consulted with a former Intelligence officer in an effort to “keep us real about Capitol Hill and the spy business”.
“Benedetta” opened in July in France and is in limited release in U.S. cinemas now ahead of a December 21st PVOD premiere.
