UPDATE: Emerald Fennell’s team has denied that the filmmaker is in talks to direct a Basic Instinct remake. A representative for the filmmaker commented, “there’s no truth in this. She is not involved in any way,” per Variety.
To paraphrase a popular Star Wars meme, somehow Emerald Fennell returned. Since her critically acclaimed (and honestly pretty good!) debut feature Promising Young Woman, with each subsequent film the writer-director has managed to attract bigger box office — and a greater number of detractors along with it. Like the pink slime in Ghostbusters II, however, Fennell seems to feed off of that hate, growing stronger with every Reddit thread wondering why people on the internet hate her so much.
