“To those who question what an 80-year-old man is doing writing a sexy, erotic thriller: the rumors of my cinematic impotence are exaggerated and ageist,” said Eszterhas in a statement. “I call my ...

In The Hollywood Reporter's podcast, 'It Happened in Hollywood,' Joe Eszterhas — the swaggering screenwriter of such iconic films as 'Flashdance' and 'Showgirls' — has emerged from self-imposed ...

Catherine Tramell will be at it again. Joe Eszterhas, 80, who wrote the 1992 erotic thriller "Basic Instinct," is now writing a reboot to the iconic, controversial movie that is expected to be ...

Sharon Stone knows a thing or two about Basic Instincts. She’s starred in two of them. Having played Basic Instinct‘s femme fatale, Cathrine Tramell, in Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 original and the 2006 ...

It will be released with Scott Stuber’s United Artists banner and Amazon MGM Studios. The 1992 erotic crime thriller will receive an updated spin, to be written by the original screenwriter Joe ...

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CLEVELAND (AP) - Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, a lifelong smoker, said Friday that he has throat cancer and apologized for glamorizing cigarettes in his movies. The man whose credits include ...

LOS ANGELES -- "Basic Instinct" screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is moving from racy to religious for his next Hollywood project. The writer whose credits include the sexually explicit megabomb "Showgirls" ...

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 16: Mel Gibson attends the UK Premiere of ‘Daddy’s Home 2’ at Vue West End on November 16, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Paramount ...