Paul Feig Goes Full Fatal: Another Erotic Thriller Incoming

Paul Feig Goes Full Fatal: Another Erotic Thriller Incoming

Paul Feig has apparently decided that what 2026 needs is more erotic thrillers, because nothing says "cultural moment" like Fatal Attraction for the streaming generation. After "The Housemaid" made actual money, 20th Century threw their checkbook at "Persona," which sounds like it will feature beautiful people making terrible decisions in expensive locations. The comparison to Fatal Attraction feels lazy — every erotic thriller gets that reference, like every space movie is "the next Star Wars." But Feig knows how to build tension, and if anyone can make middle-aged desire feel dangerous again, it's the man who made Melissa McCarthy a action hero.

Meanwhile, Ryan Gosling's infamous "Lovely Bones" firing finally got the director's perspective, ten years too late to matter. Peter Jackson admitted they "got it wrong" when Gosling gained sixty pounds for the role without telling anyone. The image of fat, unemployed Ryan Gosling will always be funnier than whatever Mark Wahlberg actually delivered in the finished film.

And Kacey Musgraves is doing denim collaborations now, because apparently every musician needs a fashion line and every fashion brand needs a celebrity face. The matching denim trend feels very 2003 Britney and Justin, which means it's either perfectly timed or completely doomed.

The Verdict: Feig's thriller will probably work because he understands that good erotic thrillers are actually comedies where nobody gets the joke until it's too late.