Drew Barrymore Desires To Remake Cult Horror Comedy ‘Demise Turns into Her’

Hollywood remakes—be they sequels or reboots—are so extraordinarily in vogue that they verge on being among the many solely motion pictures that appear to get made today. So it is sensible that Drew Barrymore is soft-pitching a remake of the 1992 cult basic darkish horror comedy movie, Demise Turns into Her.

Talking on her eponymous speak present, Barrymore mentioned she desires to work with buddies Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler to revive a bunch of older movies. And chief amongst them is Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis’ Demise Turns into Her.

“We’ve batted round some concepts,” Barrymore mentioned. “As a joke, we are saying we’ll make the Three’s Firm film, however I’m actually bullish on Demise Turns into Her, a remake of that.”

The unique film, starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis, adopted two girls tasked with determining be immortal and continually needing to do upkeep on their more and more decrepit our bodies. For all intents and functions, Demise Turns into Her, as Entertainment Weekly notes, was The Substance earlier than The Substance was a glint in director Coralie Fargeat’s eye. And similar to The Substance took house a number of awards final season for its make-up and visible results, Demise Turns into Her additionally bagged an Oscar for its visual effects. The movie was later tailored right into a Broadway show, absolutely solidifying its cult basic standing.

Not like Sandler, who’s been deep in respiratory recent life into his personal classics, together with Comfortable Gilmore 2 on Netflix, Barrymore’s hope to remake Demise Turns into Her has but to manifest past the “wouldn’t or not it’s neat if” part. Regardless, her want to remake the movie is pretty much as good an excuse as any for followers to take a look at the unique (which we included in our 12 sci-fi fantasies you’re due to rewatch suggestions) and uncover why it stays so potent to today.

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