Joe Eszterhas Pens Erotic, Sexual Thriller

LOS ANGELES—Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, best known for penning carnal classics Basic Instinct and Showgirls, returns to the Hollywood screen trade with the erotic thriller Lust. Described as a cross between Basic Instinct and Fatal Attraction, according to the Hollywood Reporter, Lust tells the story of a “30-year old beauty who is married and in love with an older Miami-based fashion magazine publisher, only to be seduced by a younger charming playboy on a business trip in Los Angeles. The playboy has an Russian assistant who is in love with him, and in this twisted jealous love triangle, secretly videotapes him and his new lover having sex to show it to her husband.” The movie promises to have “plenty of steamy sex scenes, set against the backdrop of the high-stakes world of real estate brokering in Miami.” “There are a lot twists and turns that only Joe Eszterhas can do,” said producer Scott Steindorff. “There’s reason why he was the top writer for many years: the guy knows how to write. And there hasn’t been a great sexual thriller since Unfaithful.” Steindorff and Eszterhas plan on attaching a director and stars to the picture in the next few weeks with the goal of selling the project at Cannes. Production expects to commence in the summer.