Last year, Viggo Mortensen let the world know that he and his A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, and A Dangerous Method director David Cronenberg were teaming up again for a project that would take Cronenberg “back to his origins” and feature “body horror type stuff”. This new movie they made together is called Crimes of the Future, it’s set to receive a theatrical release in June – and you can watch the trailer in the embed above!
Mortensen is joined in the cast of Crimes of the Future by Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty, Nadia Litz, Yorgos Karamichos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Welket Bungue, Don McKellar, and Lihi Kornowski. Scripted by Cronenberg, the film tells the following story:
As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed… Their mission – to use Saul’s notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.
Mortensen previously said this “strange film noir story” was something Cronenberg originally wrote a long time ago, but recently pulled off the shelf and “refined”. This marks the first time Cronenberg has directed one of his own original screenplays since eXistenz in 1999.
Robert Lantos produced Crimes of the Future alongside Panos Papahadzis. Steve Solomos is co-producer. Joe Iacono, Thorsten Schumacher, Peter Touche, Christelle Conan, Aida Tannyan, Victor Loewy, and Victor Hadida served as executive producers. Bonnie Do and Laura Lanktree are associate producers.
How does the trailer for Crimes of the Future look to you? Are you excited to see Cronenberg dealing with body horror again? Let us know by leaving a comment below!