David Cronenberg’s new Fly script rejected by 20th Century Fox

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 15 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Over a month ago we looked upon the startling news that David Cronenberg had written a follow-up to his 1986 sci-fi horror classic THE FLY, news which certainly galvanized the fanboy community; we’re always suspicious (or just short of apoplectic) when we hear about unnecessary sequels/reboots, but this one was different. This was Cronenberg returning to what may be his defining work, and I’m positive that most of us would be curious to discover what that would look like…

Keep on dreaming, folks, because it doesn’t look like it’s happening.

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Eric Walkuski

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