Director Greg Berlanti's remake of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS has snagged a killer cast including Scarlett Johansson as Audrey, Taron Egerton as Seymour, Chris Evans as dentist Orin Scrivello, and Billy Porter as the voice the carnivorous plant, Audrey II. And today we learned that the remake begins shooting this summer.
The story centers on
Seymour, a meek florist who works at the aptly named Skid Row Florists, where he is under the thumb of the owner, Mr. Mushnik, but where he also is secretly in love with Audrey, who also works at the struggling shop. Seymour becomes a celebrity when discovers a venus flytrap-looking plant he dubs Audrey II, but his life becomes disastrously complicated when the plant demands to be fed human blood, and then eventually people themselves.
Marc Platt (SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD), Sarah Schechter (CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA), and Berlanti are producing.
The last time we saw the killer plant on the big screen was back in THE DARK CRYSTAL director Frank Oz's 1986 remake, which Oz directed from a screenplay written by Howard Ashman. David Geffen produced. It starred Rick Moranis as Seymour, Ellen Greene as Audrey, Steve Martin as Orin Scrivello, and Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II. Vincent Gardenia joined them as Mr. Mushnik with Jim Belushi as Patrick Martin, John Candy as Wink Wilkinson, Christopher Guest as The First Customer, and Bill Murray as Arthur Denton. You can buy it on Blu-ray right over HERE.