Amazon Prime has announced that it will be rebooting the 80s movie 9 1/2 weeks after it set pulses racing in the 80s.
The film starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke shocked viewers with its risque sex scenes and the reboot is set to star one of the original actors.
It has been reported by MailOnline that will once again feature Kim Basinger but this time she won’t be the lead.
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The reboot will take shape in the shape of a ten-part TV series that will feature Kim as the role of the professor.
It hasn’t yet been revealed who will play the two lead roles but it has been reported that the filming will take place in the summer.
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The new TV series is set to follow the book rather than the film that was written by American journalist Ingeborg Day under the name of Elizabeth McNeill.
The story talks about a one-night stand that turned into a relationship that lasted nine and a half weeks.
The movie that was released in 1986 was a controversial erotic drama that set tongues wagging.
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In the film two strangers, Wall Street trader John (Mickey Rourke) and art gallery assistant Elizabeth (Kim Basinger), start up a new relationship.
Even though the romance starts off as a courtship it becomes extremely sexual
John began to push for more daring and kinky scenarios, including striptease and bondage – which shocked viewers in its time.
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The film featured a number of raunchy sex scenes and themes of BDSM.
The release date was postponed in the USA a few times due to the explicit nature of the scenes.
After becoming a Bond girl in 1983 Kim became a sex symbol and filmed 9 1/2 weeks the following year.
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