Greg Berlanti is set to direct a new feature film version of the classic musical Little Shop of Horrors for Warner Bros., and THR reports today that Chris Evans is now in talks to star.
Evans, the site notes, is in talks to play dentist Orin Scrivello, the secondary antagonist character played by Steve Martin in 1986’s film version of Little Shop of Horrors.
Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour, with Scarlett Johansson reportedly up for the role of Audrey. Billy Porter is on board to voice the killer plant Audrey II.
Little Shop of Horrors was first a Roger Corman film in 1960, which spawned an off-Broadway musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman.
In the musical tale, a nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
