Joe Eszterhas, who wrote the 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct, will return to pen the screenplay for Amazon MGM Studios‘ planned reboot.

United Artists and Scott Stuber have recently acquired the rights to the franchise relaunch, which, for now, remains untitled. Producers include Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for UA and Craig Baumgarten for Vault Entertainment. Vault’s Adam Griffin serves as executive producer. 

Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone starred in director Paul Verhoeven‘s original. The film follows the detective Nick Curran (Douglas) as he investigates the murder of a wealthy rock star in San Francisco. He begins an intense relationship with Catherine Tramell (Stone), an enigmatic writer, the musician’s former girlfriend, and the prime suspect for his murder.

A sequel, Basic Instinct 2, was released in 2006. The film stars Stone, but was made without the involvement of Verhoeven or Douglas. It was broadly panned.

“To those who question what an 80-year-old man is doing writing a sexy, erotic thriller: the rumours of my cinematic impotence are exaggerated and ageist,” Eszterhas said in a statement to TheWrap, who broke the news of Amazon MGM’s reboot. “I call my writing partner the TWISTED LITTLE MAN and he lives somewhere deep inside me. He was born 29 and he will die 29 and he tells me he is ‘sky high up’ to write this piece and provide viewers with a wild and orgasmic ride. That makes me very happy.”

Beyond his work on Basic Instinct, Eszterhas has worked on Jagged Edge, Showgirls, Flashdance, and Betrayed.