Netflix is taking a brand new swing within the remake race, planning a reimagining of a basic Keanu Reeves film. In 1988, years earlier than the period of The Matrix or John Wick, Reeves starred in Harmful Liaisons, a interval piece based mostly on the 1782 French novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The three-time Oscar winner additionally stars Glenn Shut, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman, and Peter Capaldi.
Deadline has reported that Netflix is engaged on a brand new Harmful Liaisons TV collection, which is able to transfer the setting to 2025 London. Temper creator and star Nicôle Lecky is helming the mission as author and govt producer, which is being developed by Netflix UK. The present is being produced by Drew Comins’ Artistic Engine and Fifth Season.
1988’s Harmful Liaisons is ready in pre-revolutionary Paris, and primarily follows a noblewoman who plots to spoil her ex-lover’s engagement to a youthful girl. Varied petty grudges and wishes intersect because the protagonist and others wield their standing in manipulative relationships, hurting others and ruining their very own possibilities at true happiness.
Directed by Stephen Frears and written by Christopher Hampton, Harmful Liaisons received Oscars for Finest Artwork Path-Set Ornament (the Manufacturing Design class on the time), Finest Costume Design, and Finest Tailored Screenplay. Nonetheless, its performances have been additionally broadly praised, and each Shut and Pfeiffer earned appearing nominations, alongside the film’s Finest Image nomination.
Harmful Liaisons was additionally reasonably profitable on the field workplace, grossing $34.7 million towards a finances of $14 million, and maintains a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 94%. Netflix’s Harmful Liaisons is now set to discover themes of energy imbalances in wealth and relationships towards a contemporary backdrop, making for a really complicated new story.
The connection to this acclaimed basic and the razor-sharp supply materials may make Harmful Liaisons each a streaming hit and a critically acclaimed entry. Netflix most likely hopes that this collection shall be a competitor on the Emmys and Golden Globes as soon as it’s launched, as whether it is performed effectively, it could possibly be one other very refined collection about class dynamics.
Among the many earlier diversifications of the Harmful Liaisons story is Netflix’s personal 2022 French movie, a modern-day highschool retelling, which acquired poor evaluations. Relatively than going for a campy rom-com retelling, Netflix could now have extra success with the fabric by delving into the darkest components of its themes, whereas nonetheless shifting the setting.
- Launch Date
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December 21, 1988
- Runtime
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119 minutes
- Director
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Stephen Frears
- Writers
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Christopher Hampton, Choderlos de Laclos
