Paramount+’s Fatal Attraction Series to Star Lizzy Caplan

A reimagining of the ’80s psychosexual thriller, Fatal Attraction has been ordered to series at Paramount+, with Lizzy Caplan (Castle Rock, Masters of Sex) attached to star.

Caplan stars as Alex, who becomes obsessed with her lover after a brief affair. The series will explore fatal attraction and the themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes toward strong women, personality disorders and coercive control.

Additional cast is yet to be announced.

Alexandra Cunningham (Dirty John, Chance) serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer on the series alongside executive producer Kevin J. Hynes (Perry Mason), with whom Cunningham shares co-story credit, and executive producers Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey for Amblin Television.

“Alexandra brings an incredibly strong and nuanced point of view to a story that became a cultural phenomenon, but has thus far only been told from the male gaze,” said Nicole Clemens, president of Paramount+ original scripted series. “Partnered with Kevin, they will bring the next explosive chapter of this story to a new generation, with a balanced eye to the complexities of the human psyche.”