Episode 2: Teleportations and Transformations: Cronenberg's 'The Fly' Takes Flight

For tonight’s feature on The Last Late Show we’ll look at the startling remake of a 1950’s sci-fi classic that would test the skills of a Canadian Legend and his top-tier crew to re-define the parameters and pitfalls behind the science of teleportation gone wrong and the radical new developments that’d lead to an Academy Award in groundbreaking special effects. Tour the backlot of what would become a sci-fi tour-de-force in the making, that would span 3 years, 4 re-writes, 2 studios, 2 directors and a leading man that even the head of 20th Century Fox would say –

“Was a horrible mistake.