EXCLUSIVE: Stoked Bros Media is producing a reimagining of Strictly Sexual, the cult 2008 comedy from director Joel Viertel.
Written by Stevie Lengthy, the unique low-budget title ranked as one of many most-watched films on Hulu through the streamer’s earliest days, per reporting from NPR. The story facilities round two profitable girls, sick and bored with courting and relationships, who resolve to maintain two younger males of their pool home for strictly sexual functions. Throughout the ensuing months, nevertheless, the {couples} turn out to be nearer and start to develop romantic emotions.
Amber Benson, Johann Urb, Kristen Kerr, Trevor Murphy, and Lengthy starred within the pic, which was adopted up by Strictly Sexual: The Sequence, a 2011 spin-off produced by Viertel and Lengthy that reunited a lot of the unique solid.
Viertel will return to direct the remake, with Lengthy co-writing the script alongside Stoked Bros Media co-founder and former NBA participant turned filmmaker Jarnell Stokes (Break the Cycle). Aisha Wynn and Demetrius Shipp Jr. (All Eyez on Me) will produce, with the latter additionally serving as government producer. Casting is underway, with manufacturing anticipated to start later this 12 months.
In an announcement to Deadline, Viertel mentioned, “I’m so excited to work with Jarnell and Aisha to convey this new incarnation of a narrative I maintain close to and expensive to a contemporary viewers. Their ardour for the undertaking even satisfied me to step again into the directing chair, and I’m trying ahead to exploring all of the methods by which the tradition has modified since we made the unique.”
Said Stokes: “We’re thrilled to convey a recent perspective to Strictly Sexual, a movie that turned a protracted working favourite on Hulu and has resonated with audiences for its daring tackle girls and trendy relationships. The remake will honor the unique’s wit and allure whereas increasing on the characters’ tales to mirror immediately’s various evolving conversations round love and dedication. We predict this movie will even be an amazing collaborative instance of how Stoked Bros approaches its crossover of sports activities and leisure.”
Stokes co-founded Stoked Bros Media along with his brother, Isaiah, in 2022. A two-time Gold Medalist who has performed basketball professionally since 2014, he’s not too long ago made a transfer into movie because the producer of titles like Break the Cycle, Helen’s Useless, Slayers, and Dig, amongst others.
Stokes is repped by Progressive Artists, Evoke Leisure, and Mendelsohn Legislation.
