Tim Burton to direct Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman remake with Gone Girl writer
Feb. 1, 2024The 1958 film is a cult classic
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Tim Burton is teaming up with Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn for a remake of the independent 1958 sci-fi classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.
PerDeadline, Burton is set to direct with Flynn crafting the screenplay. The original black-and-white film stared Allison Hayes as Nancy Fowler Archer, a wealthy heiress who has a close encounter with an alien (in one of those classic metal spaceships no less) and becomes a giantess. The cult classic was part of a slew of sci-fi films about giant humans including The Amazing Colossal Man and War of the Colossal Beast.
Flynn adapted her own novel Gone Girl, for David Fincher’s feature film, and adapted her other novel Sharp Objects for an Emmy-nominated HBO limited series. She’s set to adapt one of her other popular novels, Dark Places, for HBO and will serve as co-showrunner and head writer.
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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