Cronenberg didn’t want to do a remake
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The sequel, titled “The Fly 2” (1989), did not have either of the main actors nor the original director attached. The film follows the life of the deceased couple’s mutated son. The boy’s aging process is grossly accelerated to the point where he matures to full adulthood by the age of 5. He takes over his father’s old lab and returns to developing the teleportation device, but runs into trouble with his sinister old sponsor, Anton Bartok. Eventually, he learns about his father’s fate and tries to prevent himself from suffering the same one.
This project was championed by Mel Brooks, a legendary actor-director known for mid-century satirical hits like “Blazing Saddles” (1974) and “Spaceballs” (1987). The comedian moved into producing later in his career, which included an uncredited role as producer on the first “The Fly” film. Brooks was interested in creating a follow-up to the smash hit horror, but he and Cronenberg butted heads over their visions for the project. Cronenberg didn’t care to do a straight-up remake, he told CinemaBlend. He did have particular idea for the sequel, but was shot down by Brooks, who was interested only in doing “more of the same.” The director was “not interested” in doing a remake, and consequently Cronenberg was not attached to “The Fly 2” at all.
David Cronenberg And Mel Brooks Had Very Different Visions For The Fly 2
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By Shae Sennett/June 7, 2022 4:08 pm EST
“The Fly” (1986) stars Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, a young scientist that creates a teleportation device which can transmit matter from one stationary pod to another by dissolving and reassembling it. This attracts the attention of a young journalist (Geena Davis) and the two fall in love. When he attempts to test his invention out on himself, a housefly sneaks into the pod with him and their DNA is melded together through the teleportation process. What follows is a grotesque transformation as the scientist slowly evolves into an unseemly hybrid creature he affectionately nicknames “The Brundlefly.”
Cronenberg didn’t want to do a remake
The sequel, titled “The Fly 2” (1989), did not have either of the main actors nor the original director attached. The film follows the life of the deceased couple’s mutated son. The boy’s aging process is grossly accelerated to the point where he matures to full adulthood by the age of 5. He takes over his father’s old lab and returns to developing the teleportation device, but runs into trouble with his sinister old sponsor, Anton Bartok. Eventually, he learns about his father’s fate and tries to prevent himself from suffering the same one.
This project was championed by Mel Brooks, a legendary actor-director known for mid-century satirical hits like “Blazing Saddles” (1974) and “Spaceballs” (1987). The comedian moved into producing later in his career, which included an uncredited role as producer on the first “The Fly” film. Brooks was interested in creating a follow-up to the smash hit horror, but he and Cronenberg butted heads over their visions for the project. Cronenberg didn’t care to do a straight-up remake, he told CinemaBlend. He did have particular idea for the sequel, but was shot down by Brooks, who was interested only in doing “more of the same.” The director was “not interested” in doing a remake, and consequently Cronenberg was not attached to “The Fly 2” at all.
This project was championed by Mel Brooks, a legendary actor-director known for mid-century satirical hits like “Blazing Saddles” (1974) and “Spaceballs” (1987). The comedian moved into producing later in his career, which included an uncredited role as producer on the first “The Fly” film.
Brooks was interested in creating a follow-up to the smash hit horror, but he and Cronenberg butted heads over their visions for the project. Cronenberg didn’t care to do a straight-up remake, he told CinemaBlend. He did have particular idea for the sequel, but was shot down by Brooks, who was interested only in doing “more of the same.” The director was “not interested” in doing a remake, and consequently Cronenberg was not attached to “The Fly 2” at all.
