Director Greg Berlanti's remake of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS has Scarlett Johansson and Taron Egerton in talks for the roles of Audrey and Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed to voice the carnivorous plant. And today we learned that Chris Evans (SNOWPIERCER) is in negotiations to play the role of dentist Orin Scrivello, originally played by Steve Martin in the 1986 movie.
The Dentist is more specifically, Audrey’s abusive and sadistic boyfriend who finds great pleasure in his chosen profession. The role is flashy and comes with the scene-stealing signature song. Do you think Captian America is a good fit for the role? Let us know below!
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, Sarah Schechter, and Berlanti are producing the new adaptation which will shoot this summer.
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.