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'Basic Instinct' And 'Showgirls' Writer To Take On The Virgin Of Guadalupe

6 August 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Even if the name Joe Eszterhas isn't immediately familiar to you, the resume certainly should be: "Showgirls," "Basic Instinct," "Jade," "Sliver"... a string of mid-'90s pulp classics marked by preposterous dialogue, hilarious performances and, in several cases, Sharon Stone. And no, none of these are comedies. Not intentional ones anyway.

I kid because I love. Eszterhas is a veteran writer whose work has gotten somewhat of a bad rap. "Showgirls" may not be high art, but it is thoroughly entertaining in all of its trashy glory. Well the writer, who hasn't put out a project since the 2006 Hungarian production "Children of Glory," is coming back to pen a script about the Virgin of Guadalupe, according to a report in Variety.

For those who don't know, the Virgin of Guadalupe is a work of religious art dating back to the 16th century. As the story goes, an image of the »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Joe Eszterhas Returns to Tell Story of the Virgin of Guadalupe

6 August 2009 6:22 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Joe Eszterhas was once the face of Hollywood excess. The Basic Instinct screenwriter was equally famous for drugs, womanizing and his multi-million dollar paychecks for scripts that either languished unproduced or became films like Showgirls, Jade and An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. But he quit the excessive lifestyle, moved to Ohio (much of his childhood was spent in Cleveland) and suffered throat cancer, the battle with which helped him find religion. Writing only one produced screenplay in the last few years (Children of Glory), he instead published a book about his new faith, the title of which, Crossbearer, manages to preserve his trademark self-aggrandizing tone. Now, according to Variety, he's poised to return to screenwriting with a 'labor of love' script about the Virgin of Guadalupe. Eszaterhas is working with MPower Pictures, the outfit run by Passion of the Christ producer Steve McEveety. THR quotes Eszterhas saying he »

- Russ Fischer

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Joe Eszterhas Is Back

5 August 2009 11:57 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Joe Eszterhas is back and he's found God. Or at least, he's found someone who's found God, in this case the virgin of Guadalupe, a mystical vision who appeared to a peasant in sixteenth century Mexico. The legend is widely credited with speeding the spread of Catholicism across Latin America.Eszterhas, who gave us a decade of sexually-charged power thrillers, from Jagged Edge to Basic Instinct and Sliver, is working on the so-far untitled script for Mpower Pictures, the inprint set up by The Passion Of The Christ producer Stephen McEveety.It's been a long journey from Showgirls to God's girl. Eszterhas has been out of Hollywood's for ten years, falling from grace after Jade and 1997's none-more-meta and none-more-awful Burn Hollywood Burn. He's since become a Catholic and, judging by this project, his days of horny strippers and over-sexed novelists are sadly at an end.  »

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Joe Eszterhas is back, born again and with a virgin

5 August 2009 5:31 PM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »

Hollywood and Joe Q. Public loves nothing better than the comeback kid story, that rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches-again tale. In the 1990s John Travolta came back from Look Who's Talking obscurity with his performance as hitman Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. Last year it was Mickey Rourke's turn thanks to his Oscar-nominated performance in The Wrestler. Now the stage is set for a screenwriter to be the next comeback kid: none other than Basic Instinct and Showgirls phenom Joe Eszterhas. To borrow the tagline from Superman, you too will believe that a man can fly!

Can you believe that Eszterhas has been Mia from the showbiz scene since 1997's Burn Hollywood Burn? But he has, and apparently it's not all due to the suck of that film or Jade or the fallout from Showgirls. The writer was diagnosed with throat cancer and battled that, then went on to find religion and stop his notorious party hard ways. »

- Patrick Sauriol

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George Clooney To Revisit 'ER'

22 January 2009 3:25 AM, PST | www.actressarchives.com | See recent Actress Archives news »

In 1994, after just one season on ABC's hit crime-drama "NYPD Blue," actor David Caruso left the show to pursue a career in feature films. After falling flat on his face as a leading man in films like "Jade" and "Kiss of Death, Caruso made a slow crawl back onto network primetime, establishing himself as a cautionary tale for any actors tempted to leave high-rated television shows for greener pastures. In 1999, after 5 seasons on NBC's critically acclaimed medical-drama "ER," George Clooney left the show to pursue a career in feature films. After giving award winning performances in films like the Coen Brother's "O Brother Where Art Though" ... »

- By Actress Archives

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A Look Back At Bug

5 January 2009 4:00 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Time for another edition of Everyone's A Critic, the feature that lets You tell the viewing public what rocks, sucks or just barely passes for entertainment, right here on the front page of Fangoria.com.

Todays review comes once again from Matt Molgaard, who takes a look back at the recent horror thriller Bug. And remember, as with any review, there are possible spoilers ahead...

William Friedkin has returned with another stellar horror installment: Bug. Bug is a chilling film that dives into the darkest, dankest crevices of the human psyche, and squirms. While theatrical trailers were deceptive, and redefined the term ’teaser’, the film itself exceeds expectations with the greatest of ease. For those with a fear of bugs, do not fear Bug. For those with a fear of the complexities that lie in our minds, mental instabilities and enigmas that cannot be solved: fear Bug. Schizophrenia, paranoia and »

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