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Mel Gibson Breaks Silence After Facing Furious Backlash For “Mocking” Deaf Interpreter At Fan Expo

“When will Hollywood think he has exhausted all his chances at redemption and blacklist him?” a netizen asked.

Bored Panda · Aug 31

Basic Instinct writer Joe Eszterhas reveals massive amount he was paid to stay away from writing sequel

The original Basic Instinct screenwriter has revealed he accepted $1.5 million to stay away from the 2006 sequel, while promising the forthcoming reboot will embrace the controversy that helped make the first film a global hit.

BANG Premier · Jul 6

Joe Rogan raises concerns over Trump’s military-style immigration tactics

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The Independent UK · Jun 4

33 Years Later, A Controversial Director May Or May Not Be Rebooting A Classic Erotic Thriller

Writer Joe Eszterhas is courting controversy with his 'Basic Instinct' reboot. Hiring Emerald Fennell is one way to do that.

Inverse · Apr 7

First Thing: Israel tells Iranians their lives are at risk if they use trains as Trump deadline looms

Legal experts say an attack on civilian infrastructure would constitute a war crime. Plus, the US origins of Mexico’s toxic waste problem

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7

‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot

He was the screenwriting colossus behind Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Showgirls and more. Now clean, ‘Hollywood’s Shakespeare’ talks about today’s scared studios, his refugee trauma – and taking acid with Hunter S Thompson

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7

Sharon Stone says she’s not involved in Basic Instinct reboot: ‘I don’t know why you’d do it’

The original film’s 80-year-old writer Joe Eszterhas will take a $2m fee for a new script but Stone will play no role in the film

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2025

‘A wild and orgasmic ride’: Basic Instinct set for ‘anti-woke’ reboot

Original writer Joe Eszterhas is signed on for the new films, with the 80-year-old intending to unleash the ‘twisted little man’ inside him on the script

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025

30 years ago, 'Species' showed where the Venn diagram of exploitation, B-movie nonsense, and serious sci-fi drama meets

How Species' lofty science-fiction ideas were consumed by its monster instincts.

Space · Jul 7, 2025

What links Paul Verhoeven’s convent romp to the Sopranos?

From Benedetta to Showgirls – via Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill – we shimmy down the rabbit hole with the controversial film-maker

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2022