With shooting wrapped on his sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” Tim Burton has lined up his next film: a remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror film “Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman” that will be released by Warner Bros.
“Gone Girl” screenwriter Gillian Flynn will handle the script for the remake, though it is unclear whether she and Burton will approach the project as a faithful adaptation or put a new spin on the concept. The original film starred Allison Hayes as a wealthy heiress who hunts down her cheating husband after an alien encounter turns her into a giant.
“Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman” stands as one of the most famous cult sci-fi films of all time, produced on a shoestring $88,000 budget and grossing $480,000 at the U.S. box office.
Burton is currently in post-production on “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the sequel to his famed 1988 horror comedy starring Michael Keaton that will be released by Warner Bros. in theaters on Sep. 6. Flynn, who worked with David Fincher on “Gone Girl” in 2014, is also attached to adapt her novel “Dark Places” into a limited series for HBO.
Burton and Flynn are repped by WME, and the project was first reported by Deadline.
