This news really hits home -- one of the first movies my boyfriend made me watch in our relationship, many many a moon ago, was Roger Corman's The Wasp Woman, a favorite of his since he was a kid. The 1959 film is lo-fi camp brilliance, telling the story of a high-powered cosmetics executive (played by actress Susan Cabot, whose tragic life almost got made into its own movie awhile back) whose youth-rejuvenating Royal Jelly concoction turns her into the titular stinging nightmare. Which the film visualizes like this:
It's incredible. Go watch the movie right now if you've never seen it -- I guarantee a good time will be had. Anyway news has broken today that one of our (me and my boyfriend, that is) heroes, Amy Sedaris, is remaking the movie with her Strangers With Candy partner Paul Dinello as director. Before writing this post I forwarded this information to my boyfriend and his reply was, "I might cry." Which is the exact correct response. Anyway production is slated to begin on the film next summer -- that's all we know for now but do stay tuned for every whisper of news as I'll be all over this like a wasp woman hopping on any supermodel half her age.
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There's also a documentary on Cabot on P:rime
I watched both Wasp Woman and the (3ep) doc. The film had me laughing out loud. The doc was so sad, especially the tragic end for her and her son(poor kid). I'm glad I was high For WW, it made it hysterical.
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