DAVID CRONENBERG ANNOUNCES HIS NEXT HORROR-THRILLER, ‘THE SHROUDS’

David Cronenberg and Vincent Cassel.

Cronenberg is on a roll! The famed director has his new body-horror film, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, premiering at Cannes next week, and according to Deadline, his next project will be the Vincent Cassel-starring thriller, THE SHROUDS.

Cronenberg collaborator and French icon Vincent Cassel (Eastern Promises, Dangerous Method) will play Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, who builds a novel device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud. This burial tool installed at his own state-of-the-art – though controversial – cemetery allows him and his clients to watch their specific departed loved one decompose in real time. Karsh’s revolutionary business is on the verge of breaking into the international mainstream when several graves within his cemetery are vandalized and nearly destroyed, including that of his wife. While he struggles to uncover a clear motive for the attack, the mystery of who wrought this havoc, and why, drive him to reevaluate his business, marriage and fidelity to his late wife’s memory, as well as push him to new beginnings.

According to Deadline: “….FilmNation and CAA Media Finance will be launching sales on The Shrouds, which heralds from veteran producers Saïd Ben Saïd (SBS Productions), Martin Katz (Prospero Pictures) and Michel Merkt, the three producers behind Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars.”

“We are thrilled to be going on a journey into the newest world from the distinctive imagination of David Cronenberg. His ability to write smart and unconventional screenplays and then translate them into unique experiences on screen makes him a unique voice in film,” stated Elle and Benedetta producer Saïd Ben Saïd.”’

Production on the film is slated to begin in March 2023.

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