The first trailer for the Fatal Attraction reboot was released Monday showing Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson in a relationship that turned deadly.
Kaplan, 40, plays Alex Forrest — a role made famous by Glenn Close in the 1987 classic — Jackson, 44, fully portrays Michael Douglas’ character Daniel Gallagher.
The cooler part of the minute-and-a-half clip came when Alex is on the phone and says, “I’m not going to be ignored, Dan.”
The clip opens with a shaggy, bearded Dan wearing a blue prison uniform as he sits during court proceedings.
Turns out he was charged with second degree murder of Kaplan’s character but maintained his innocence.
Oh oh: Kaplan, 40, plays Alex Forrest — a role made famous by Glenn Close in the 1987 classic — Jackson, 44, portrays Michael Douglas’ character Daniel Gallagher
He judges, he says: “Every day I’ve been here, I’ve been talking about Alexander Forrest because I need to understand what she did, how she died, and why.”
Dan – who is married to a woman named Beth (Amanda Peet) – is shown beginning an affair with Alex as their flirtation in a bar turns into a heated and heavy romance.
She tries to force him to stay but the family man replies, “I didn’t think that was what we were doing.”
Then things take a spooky turn as Alex shows up at his job and even winks before finding her at his house and meeting his wife, Beth.
Things eventually got so bad that Dan eventually had to admit his affair to Beth as he told her: “I gotta tell you something about her.” I choose to lose control.
His wife was crushed by the news, telling him, “It’s probably for us.”
It cuts to several dramatic scenes including Dan and Beth’s daughter nearly drowning and Alex having trouble lifting a bell.
It ends dramatically with Dan declaring: “I didn’t kill that woman and I’m going to prove it.”
Interesting: Kaplan, 40, plays Alex Forrest — a role made famous by Glenn Close in the 1987 classic — All Jackson, 44, portrays Michael Douglas’ character Daniel Gallagher
The cooler part of the minute-and-a-half clip came when Alex is on the phone and says, “I’m not going to be ignored, Dan.”
The clip begins with a bearded, shaggy Dan in a blue prison uniform sitting during court proceedings as he says: ‘Every day I’ve been here, I’ve been talking about Alexander Forrest because I need to understand what she did, how she died and why’
Forbidden Fruit: Dan is shown beginning an affair with Alex while they were flirting in a bar with a wedding ring
Heating: Turns into a hot, heavy romance
She tries to force him to stay but the family man replies, ‘I didn’t think that was what we were doing.’
Instead of a feature film like the original 1987 film, this iteration of the action thriller will be split into eight episodes that will air on Paramount Channel+.
The first three episodes will drop on Sunday, April 30 in advance of the weekly release schedule.
The original Fatal Attraction starred Michael Douglas as Dan Gallagher, a married man who is stalked and tormented by the woman (Close) with whom he had a brief affair.
Fatal Attraction was met with critical acclaim and became a massive box office hit, grossing $320.1 million worldwide.
Blonde ambition: Dan is married to a woman named Beth (Amanda Peet)
Uh-oh: Then things take a spooky turn as Alex shows up at his job and even winks before finding her at his house and meeting his wife, Beth.
Things eventually got so bad that Dan eventually had to admit his affair to Beth as he told her: “I gotta tell you something about her.” I choose to lose control
Oh no: It cuts to several dramatic scenes including Dan and Beth’s daughter nearly drowning and Alex having trouble lifting a bell
Coming soon: Instead of a feature film like the 1987 original, this iteration of the thriller will be split into eight episodes that will air on Paramount+.
Highly anticipated: The first three episodes will drop on Sunday, April 30 ahead of the weekly release schedule
The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, Close-Up.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in June, Joshua claimed that the new series will be “the most emotionally intense version of the story” it has been updated to date.
That allows us to update some of the film’s sexual politics, and because we have eight hours to tell the story, it also allows us to dig deeper into that character of Glenn Close and… give a much richer sense of how that woman came to be (who she is), why she did the things she did, he explained.
This movie is basically every man’s worst nightmare, and our show is a nightmare. It’s a nightmare for men.
A reboot of the harrowing tale of an unfaithful husband and his vengeful lover that shocked audiences 35 years ago may not even feature the gruesome death of a pet rabbit. Pictured: Michael Douglas (left) and Glenn Close (right) in the original 1987 version
