Chris Evans is in early talks to join Warner Bros.’ upcoming adaptation of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” an individual with knowledge of the talks told TheWrap.
If signed, Evans would play the sadistic, diabolical dentist Dr. Orin Scrivello, a role played by Steve Martin in Frank Oz’s 1986 film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy. The sci-fi faustian tale follows a meek florist named Seymour whose life is changed forever when he discovers a mysterious and rare flytrap. Naming it Audrey II after a ditzy co-worker he has a crush on, Seymour and the plant become famous overnight as the plant sprouts to human size.
Also Read: Greg Berlanti to Direct 'Little Shop of Horrors' Musical Revamp for Warner Bros.
There’s just one problem: the plant feeds — and grows — on human blood. And when it gets big enough, Audrey II begins talking to Seymour, tempting him with...
If signed, Evans would play the sadistic, diabolical dentist Dr. Orin Scrivello, a role played by Steve Martin in Frank Oz’s 1986 film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy. The sci-fi faustian tale follows a meek florist named Seymour whose life is changed forever when he discovers a mysterious and rare flytrap. Naming it Audrey II after a ditzy co-worker he has a crush on, Seymour and the plant become famous overnight as the plant sprouts to human size.
Also Read: Greg Berlanti to Direct 'Little Shop of Horrors' Musical Revamp for Warner Bros.
There’s just one problem: the plant feeds — and grows — on human blood. And when it gets big enough, Audrey II begins talking to Seymour, tempting him with...
- 2/24/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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