Two projects that filmmaker David Cronenberg was linked to and ultimately dropped out of over the past year was both a sequel to "Eastern Promises" and a remake of his own classic "The Fly." Now, talking with The Playlist, Cronenberg has revealed that Fox shot down the project immediately after it was pitched - "it was a budget problem, … [Read more...]
Pattinson, Cronenberg To Re-Team
May 27, 2012 by
Working together on "Cosmopolis" obviously agreed with them as filmmaker David Cronenberg and actor Robert Pattinson look to be reuniting for the former's next feature, the news breaking on the eve of the debut of "Cosmopolis" in Cannes tomorrow. Pattinson tells Les InRockuptibles (via RPLife) that "I'm filming another movie with Cronenberg but I … [Read more...]
Cronenberg: No “Fly 2”, Maybe “Eastern” Sequel
November 19, 2011 by
A little while back "A History of Violence" and "A Dangerous Method" director David Cronenberg revealed that he has working on a script for a part remake/mostly sequel to his 1986 body horror classic "The Fly". The original followed a scientist (Jeff Goldblum) who accidently crosses his DNA with a humble housefly. The results are disturbing, … [Read more...]
David Cronenberg To Climb “Across the Table”
August 7, 2011 by
Media Rights Capital has acquired the film rights to Jonathan Lethem's dark comedy thriller novel "As She Climbed Across the Table" and is packaging it as a vehicle for David Cronenberg ("A History of Violence," "Eastern Promises") to direct reports Deadline. The novel is a love triangle between an academic, his particle-physicist girlfriend, and … [Read more...]
