Hollywood to remake 1986 horror classic The Fly

According to foreign media reports, the 1986 film "The Fly" directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and others is expected to be remade.

Cronenberg's The Fly is based on the 1957 short story and 1958 film of the same name.

"The Fly" was released in North America on August 15, 1986 and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It tells the tragic story of a scientist who developed a machine for time and space transmission, but accidentally had an accident while conducting experiments and merged with a fly that flew into the experimental cabin, resulting in fatal changes to himself.

Deadline reports that Nikyatu Jusu, the director of the 2022 horror film "Nanny," is developing a film based on Cronenberg's 1986 classic "The Fly," with Nikyatu Jusu serving as screenwriter and director.

The report emphasized that the new version of the film is set in the "Fly" universe, rather than a simple remake, so the new version of the film is expected to tell an original story.

Deadline points out that the new version of "The Fly" happens to take place in an era when body horror films are very popular. The satirical film "Perfect Material" relied on word of mouth to earn $43 million in box office worldwide with a meager budget of $17 million.