Paramount+ has released the official trailer for their “deep-dive reimagining” of Adrian Lyne’s iconic and highly successful 1987 psychosexual thriller “Fatal Attraction”.
The eight-episode series adapts the Michael Douglas and Glenn Close-led feature about a husband’s extra-marital affair and stars Joshua Jackson (in the Douglas role), Lizzy Caplan (in the Close role), Amanda Peet (in the Anne Archer role), Alyssa Jirrels, Toby Huss, Reno Wilson and Brian Goodman.
The show will explore “fatal attraction and the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes toward strong women, personality disorders and coercive control”.
The original followed a married man whose casual affair turns dangerous when his lover begins to stalk him and his family. It became known for the famed ‘bunny boiling’ scene where the scorned woman kills the family’s pet rabbit, and a revised ending involving a shootout rather than a suicide.
The series version premieres with a double-episode on April 30th with the remaining six episodes to be available to stream weekly on Sundays on Paramount+ where available. Alexandra Cunningham (“Dirty John”) serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer.
Other executive producers include Kevin J. Hynes, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey.
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