David Cronenberg to remake his remake of "The Fly"?

According to a posting on the Hollywood Reporter's "Risky Business" blog, it appears that Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg may be expressing interest in doing an update (read: remake) of his 1986 take on the sci-fi classic "The Fly". The 1986 version, which starred Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, was a big critical and financial success for Fox. A sequel followed a few years later, but without the participation of Cronenberg, Davis or Goldblum (and boy, did it show). Fox has mentioned interest in doing an update of "The Fly" for a while now, and Cronenberg has stated that he didn't want anything to do with it. Something must have changed his mind though, be it a decent screenplay or just the opportunity to make a even grosser film using today's CG-effects, but he is showing interest.

While I would rather see Cronenberg focus his efforts on projects such as "A History Of Violence" or "Eastern Promises", any new film from Cronenberg is always worth one's attention. I just hope we're spared the birth scene in this one. The birth scene in the 1986 version was...man, the working definition of the word "vile" (although I could just imagine Cronenberg laughing his ass off behind the camera during the shooting of that scene).