You know me, I don’t want to complain about remakes like a lot of people do. They are just a reality in this movie business we love so much. That said, I reject the notion that Tony Scott’s 1983 erotic vampire romance The Hunger needs to be redone, or that it even can be done effectively today.
However, it is indeed happening, and Warner Bros. has just named its director. Deadline reports Angela Robinson will direct a new version of The Hunger. The original film was a wild, sensual ride that, appropriately enough, starred a trio of sex symbols in Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, and David Bowie. The story follows a centuries-old vampire couple, the last of their kind, who enlists the aid of a human scientist to unlock the secrets of eternal life, only for a steamy and tragic love triangle to develop.
The story is based on Whitley Strieber’s 1981 novel, and will be adapted by Jessica Sharzer, whose script for A Simple Favor is delightfully sinful. Greg Berlanti is on board as a producer.
Robinson is best known for the lesbian spy comedy D.E.B.S. and the recent biopic Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. She was also a director on HBO’s True Blood and Showtime’s The L Word. On paper, she seems like the right choice for something like this which explores female sexuality, and her films have a loyal, if small, audience. So perhaps she can make something new out of a cult classic. Matching the hyper-sexuality of the previous film and its cast is going to be very tough.
