It’s been three years since Warner Bros. announced that they’ll be re-remaking Little Shop of Horrors with Greg Berlanti set to direct and Matthew Robinson writing the script.
While it may appear to be in development hell or even dead in the water, Collider shares some potential casting news that’s tied to recent reports that Little Shop of Horrors was revealed as one of the recipients of California’s Film & Television Tax Credit Program. As the site notes, you don’t apply for tax credits unless you plan to put a project into production.
With that comes two really big casting rumors – and I stress rumors, although the website’s source is extremely reputable.
After winning an Emmy for the FX series “Pose”, Billy Porter (pictured below) is allegedly being eyed to voice the man-eating plant Audrey II in Warner Bros.’ new feature adaptation of Little Shop of Horrors. As we know, the plant is named after Seymour’s love interest, Audrey, who the site claims has heard “chatter” about Lady Gaga (“American Horror Story: Hotel”, Machete Kills, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) taking on the role.
“Charles B. Griffith voiced ‘Audrey Jr.’ in the original 1960 movie directed by Roger Corman, while Levi Stubbs voiced Audrey II in Frank Oz‘s 1986 version starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene and Steve Martin as a nitrous oxide-addicted dentist — a role that Chris Evans has lobbied for in recent months.
This new project would also be a musical. “The film is based on an original idea from James Corden, who is producing the feature project with his Fulwell 73 partner Leo Pearlman.”
