Chris Evans in Negotiations to Star in Little Shop of Horrors

Chris Evans is in talks to star in another movie adaptation of Little Shop of Horrors. Scarlett Johansson and Taron Egerton are also reportedly looking at roles while Billy Porter is set as the voice of Audrey II. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Evans would play Dr. Orin Scrivello, a dentist and abusive boyfriend of the character Audrey. Johansson is circling the Audrey role while Egerton could potentially play the lead character, Seymour. Greg Berlanti, the director of Love, Simon and the producer of DC's Arrowverse shows, will reportedly direct the film. Warner Bros. has supposedly been trying to get these actors since the fall. Porter is signed up while Evans is the only actor said to be in negotiations at this time. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/03/27/chris-evans-wasnt-originally-on-the-list-for-captain-america"] Little Shop of Horrors is a Roger Corman movie released in 1960. It was developed into a stage musical in 1982 that has continued to play around the world ever since. The stage musical was then adapted into another movie in 1986 with Rick Moranis as Seymour and Steve Martin playing the dentist. The story revolves around a geeky plant shop attendant named Seymour who's secretly in love with Audrey, one of the workers at the shop. Seymour returns to the store with a bizarre, venus flytrap-esque plant that he names Audrey II. The plant quickly attracts customers to the store and gives Seymour the attention he's always desired. The plant begins speaking to Seymour and demands human blood to stay alive. Seymour abides and turns to some dark places to keep his fame intact. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-disney-animated-movies&captions=true"] Evans may be best known as the good-mannered Captain America but recently played a dirtbag trust fund heir in Rian Johnson's thriller Knives Out. Egerton, Johansson, and Porter are coming off a critically-acclaimed 2019 that saw Egerton play Elton John in Rocketman, Johansson earning raves for her performances in Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit, and Porter winning an Emmy award for the FX series Pose, which was renewed for a third season. The writers of the Little Shop of Horrors musical eventually went to Disney to work on The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast. All three of those movies placed in the top five of IGN's list of the best Disney movies. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who thinks the director's cut of the 1986 movie holds up tremendously well and implores all IGN readers to watch it.

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