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7 August 2009 12:19 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Joe Eszterhas (”Basic”, “Showgirls”, “Sliver”) is reportedly working on a new project, writing a script that is about The Virgin of Guadalupe, a vision who appeared to a Mexican peasant in the 16th century. The legend of this vision is widely credited as the instigation of the spread of Catholicism in Latin America. Eszterhas is working on the script for Mpower Pictures, the print company run by Stephen McEveety, the producer behind Mel Gibson’s “The Passion Of The Christ”. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from Joe Eszterhas and The Virgin of Guadalupe. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Empire) …

- Costa Koutsoutis

6 August 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Even if the name Joe Eszterhas isn't immediately familiar to you, the resume certainly should be: "Showgirls," "Basic Instinct," "Jade," "Sliver"... a string of mid-'90s pulp classics marked by preposterous dialogue, hilarious performances and, in several cases, Sharon Stone. And no, none of these are comedies. Not intentional ones anyway.

I kid because I love. Eszterhas is a veteran writer whose work has gotten somewhat of a bad rap. "Showgirls" may not be high art, but it is thoroughly entertaining in all of its trashy glory. Well the writer, who hasn't put out a project since the 2006 Hungarian production "Children of Glory," is coming back to pen a script about the Virgin of Guadalupe, according to a report in Variety.

For those who don't know, the Virgin of Guadalupe is a work of religious art dating back to the 16th century. As the story goes, an image of the …

- Adam Rosenberg

5 August 2009 11:57 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Joe Eszterhas is back and he's found God. Or at least, he's found someone who's found God, in this case the virgin of Guadalupe, a mystical vision who appeared to a peasant in sixteenth century Mexico. The legend is widely credited with speeding the spread of Catholicism across Latin America.Eszterhas, who gave us a decade of sexually-charged power thrillers, from Jagged Edge to Basic Instinct and Sliver, is working on the so-far untitled script for Mpower Pictures, the inprint set up by The Passion Of The Christ producer Stephen McEveety.It's been a long journey from Showgirls to God's girl. Eszterhas has been out of Hollywood's for ten years, falling from grace after Jade and 1997's none-more-meta and none-more-awful Burn Hollywood Burn. He's since become a Catholic and, judging by this project, his days of horny strippers and over-sexed novelists are sadly at an end.  …

3 articles from 2009