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The Fly (film series)

The film series of The Fly is a sequence of science fiction-horror movie, consisting of an original series started in 1958 and a remake series made in 1980s.

The Fly
Based on	short story The Fly by George Langelaan
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	1958-present
Running time	461 mins (5 films)
Country	United States
Language	English

The first movie of the series, The Fly, was produced and distributed by 20^thCentury Fox in 1958 as a colour movie. The two following black and white sequels, Return of the Flyand Curse of the Fly, both produced by Associated Producers, were released in 1959 and 1965 respectively. The Fly (1958 film) was then remade with the same name in 1986, directed by David Cronenberg. The remake movie received the Academy Award for Best Makeup in 1987. Its sequel, The Fly II was released in 1989. All five movies within the series were distributed by 20^th Century Fox.

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)	Composer(s)	Cinematographer	Editor(s)	Production Companies	Distributing Company	Running Time
The Fly (1958 film)	July 16, 1958	Kurt Neumann	James Clavell	Kurt Neumann	Paul Sawtell	Karl Struss	Merrill G. White	20th Century Fox	20th Century Fox	94 min
Return of the Fly	August, 1959	Edward Bernds	George Langelaan Edward Bernds	Bernard Glasser	Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter	Brydon Baker	Richard Meyer	Associated Producers Inc		80 min
Curse of the Fly	May, 1965	Don Sharp	Harry Spalding	Robert L. Lippert Jack Parsons	Bert Shefter	Basil Emmott	Robert Winter	Lippert Films		86 min
The Fly (1986 film)	August 15, 1986	David Cronenberg	David Cronenberg Charles Edward Pogue	Stuart Cornfeld	Howard Shore	Mark Irwin	Ronald Sanders	Brooksfilms SLM Production Group		96 min
The Fly II	February 10, 1989	Chris Walas	Mick Garris Jim Wheat Ken Wheat Frank Darabont	Steven-Charles Jaffe	Christopher Young	Robin Vidgeon	Sean Barton	Brooksfilms		105 min

The Original Series (1958-1965)

The fly (1958 film)

Main article: The Fly (1958 film)

The screenplay of the first move is based on a short story of the same name written by George Langelaan in 1957, presenting a scientist, namely André Delambre (David Hedisom), who accidently mixes his molecules with a fly in an experiment of his new invention, a matter transference device, and therefore transformed into a human-fly hybrid monster, leading to a series of inevitable tragedies.

Return of the Fly

Main article: Return of the Fly

Years after the first movie, Phillipe Delambre (Brett Halsey), the son of the scientist who turned in to human-fly hybrid has become an adult and decides to complete the work of his deceased father: the experiment on the matter transporter. He hires Alan Hines (David Frankham), who then turns out to be an industrial spy by the name of Ronald Holms, to help with the experiment. As the experiment going on the right track, Ronald’s conspiracy is shadowing on Phillipe step by step.

Curse of the Fly

Main article: Curse of the Fly

Martin Delambre (George Baker) encounters a beautiful young girl, Patricia Stanley (Carole Gray), one night on his way to Montreal. The loving couple soon get married, but they are both keeping horrible secrets to each other: Patricia was actually escaping from an asylum the night they met; and Martin is secretly experimenting on a teleportation project which has already made considerable victims with his father, Henri Delambre (Brian Donlevy). With Patricia being traced down, secrets of the couple are facing the risk of getting reviled.

The Remake Series (1987-1989)

The Fly (1986 film)

Main article: The Fly (1986 film)

A young scientist, namely Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), has successfully invented a matter transporter which can disassemble objects and automatically restore them after the transfer is complete. Deciding to personally experiences invention, Seth enters the transfer capsule, during which a fly flies in unexpectedly. Hence when machine recombines the disintegrated Seth's molecules, the molecules of the fly are also synthesised into Seth's body, which makes him a human-fly hybrid. At first, Seth's body became surprisingly strong and energetic, and his girlfriend Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife (Geena Davis) does not believe his statement about the accident. However, as Seth quickly mutates with teeth felling off and body decaying, Veronica finds herself have to accept this terrible yet unchangeable fact.

The Fly II

Main article: The Fly II

As a sequel, the film continues the story of the first movie: after Veronica giving birth to Seth's child, she dies from shock since the "thing" she delievered is a pupa. Her son was then named Martin Brundle (Eric Stoltz) and was taken care of by Anton Bartok (Lee Richardson), the sponsor of Seth's experiment. Martin was distinct from ordinary people since he was born: He grows rapidly and barely needs sleep. Martin is also born intelligent with camera-like memory that seems to surpass his deceased father. At the age of 5, he already possess a body of a 25-year-old. On Martin’s fifth birthday, Anton Bartok, the owner of the Bartok Industries, gives him a house of his own and offers him a job as repairing Seth's teleport machine. Since Martin has spent time in the Bartok complex with monitoring in the past five years, he wants to have his own privacy, and now he seems to achieve it. But in fact his life is still under the surveillance of the camera hidden in the house given by Mr. Bartok. When Martin finally discovers the truth of being used, he has already begun to mutate.

Production

Development

The Fly (1987 film)

In the early 1980s, producer Kip Ohman proposed to Charles Edward Pogue about the idea of remaking ​the classic sci-fi horror movie The Fly (1958 film). After reading the original novel by George Langelaan and watching The Fly made in 1958, Pogue was very interested in the remake plan, therefore he found Stuart Cornfeld to work with 20th Century Fox which responded positively. Pogue's initial idea of the screenplay was very similar to Langelaan's original work, but he and Cornfeld then felt the focus should be put on the protagonist's mutating process, not the final result of the mutation. Unexpectedly, the film script did not impress Fox, and the shooting intentions immediately fell through. After multiple negotiations, Fox finally agreed to distribute the film, only if Cornfeld and his crew raise the fund themselves.

Cornfeld found Mel Brooks to co-produce the film. The two had previously worked together in David Lynch's The Elephant Man. When Brooks and Confield began looking for the suitable director, their first choice was David Cronenberg. However, Cronenberg was busy with assisting Dino de Laurentis to prepare for Total Recall at the moment. After watching several short films made by Robert Bierman, Cornfeld decided to corporate with this young British director. However, when the pre-production of the film went on the right track, Bierman's daughter died in an accident. Brooks and Cornfeld waited for a month to let Bierman arrange the funeral and adjust his mood. But still, Bierman said that he could not resume his work in a short time. After three months, they had to cancel the contract. Knowing that Cronenberg had given up Total Recall, Cornfeld once again invited him. Cronenberg then agreed to be the director, but only if he could personally rewrite the script. the screenplay written by Cronenberg was very different, but it still retained the original basic plot and the core concept of genetic variation.

Possible Reboot

According to an interview in 2017 made by /Film with J.D. Dillard, the director of the American drama film Sleight, a plan of remaking David Cronenberg's The Fly was at its early phase of negotiations. Dillard disclosed in the interview that he might work with Alex Theurer, the co-writer of the Movie Sleight, for the remake movie: "For me – and this would be about The Fly, but this is also about Alex and my approach to remakes because post-Sleight that has been the conversation for what a lot of big flashy studio gigs are – no matter what, we want to start with character. " However, doubts on the possibility of the remake have been risen since the Disney/Fox merger taken place in 2019, owing to the well-known family-friendly Disney style.

Reception

The Fly (1987 film) won the Academy Award for Best Makeup in credit of the work of the Makeup team led by Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis. It was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for the Best Makeup and Hair as well as the Hugo Award for the Best Dramatic Presentation. Although Jeff Goldblum's acting was favoured by the national press,

Box Office Performance

Films	Release Date	Box office Performance			Budget
		North America	Other Territories	Worldwide
The Fly (1958 film)	July 16, 1958	$30,000,000	N/A	$30,000,000	$700,000
Return of the Fly	August, 1959	N/A	N/A	N/A	$225,000
Curse of the Fly	May, 1965	N/A	N/A	N/A	$90,000
The Fly (1986 film)	August 15, 1986	$40,456,565	$20,172,594	$60,629,159	$15,000,000
The Fly II	February 10, 1989	$20,021,322	$18,881,857	$38,903,179	$12,500,000