Who’s in the mood for an erotic thriller?
Adrian Lyne is the filmmaker most associated with the genre in the ’80s and ’90s — “Fatal Attraction,” “9½ Weeks,” “Indecent Proposal,” “Lolita,” and “Unfaithful.” At a high level, erotic thrillers were basically film noirs, but with more graphic sexuality.
Some more non-Lyne titles that exemplified the genre in the ‘90s: “Basic Instinct,” “Bound,” and “The Last Seduction.” Of course, not all were winners, “Wild Things,” “Sliver,” “Disclosure,” “Body of Evidence,” and “Malice.”
Now comes a report that Kate Hudson and Ana de Armas are attached to star in “Palm Grove,” an original, big-screen erotic thriller written by James Morosini and set to be directed by Kornél Mundruczó (“Pieces of a Woman”).
Plot details are still mostly under wraps, but the story, set in Miami, follows a picture-perfect wife who uncovers her husband’s double life, “igniting a seductive power game that turns betrayal into the most intoxicating game of her life.”
There’s no distributor or production start date just yet, but this one will be hitting the market this week.
Mundruczó recently premiered his much-delayed Amy Adams-starring “At the Sea” at the Berlin Film Festival, where it was panned by critics. The Hungarian filmmaker behind “Pieces of a Woman” and “White God” tends to make his best films when close collaborator Kata Wéber pens the screenplays. James Morosini (“I Love My Dad”) is the writer behind “Palm Grove.”
“Palm Grove” now joins three other erotic thrillers announced recently. There’s “Homewreckers,” starring Glen Powell; Netflix’s “An Innocent Girl,” starring Kerry Washington; and the Joe Eszterhas-penned “Basic Instinct” reboot.
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