film profile], will take on one of the lead roles.
Announced initially as a co-production between Canada and Greece (although other participating countries could soon be confirmed), the film will shoot mainly around Athens from August to early September 2021, taking in locations such as the Iris Film Theatre, the Arcade of Anatolia and the harbour of Piraeus in the Attica region. Greece has a co-production treaty with Canada, and offers cash rebate and tax relief to international productions.
The original 1970 film followed the director of a dermatological clinic named Adrian Tripod, searching for his mad scientific mentor, Antoine Rouge. Rouge disappeared following the outbreak of a plague resulting from cosmetic products, which grew to claim the lives of all adult women. The script for the new film was written “a long time ago,” as Mortensen stated in an interview, “now he’s refined it and wants to shoot it.”
Award-winning director David Cronenberg is gearing up for a 30-day shoot in Greece for his long-awaited science-fiction movie titled “Crimes of the Future.”
Cronenberg’s latest shares a title with his 1970 sci-fi film, which follows a dermatologist named Antoine Rouge who “disappears after a catastrophic disease is caused by cosmetic products.”
It’s unclear if the Canadian director plans to directly translate his earlier work for his new film.
According to
Screen Daily: “Shooting will take place over 30 days from August 2 to September 10, mostly around the capital, Athens, including at the Iris cinema, Arcade of Anatolia, and harbor of Piraeus. Local Greek outfit Argonauts Productions will serve as the Greek co-producer and production service company.”
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Announced initially as a co-production between Canada and Greece (although other participating countries could soon be confirmed), the film will shoot mainly around Athens from August to early September 2021, taking in locations such as the Iris Film Theatre, the Arcade of Anatolia and the harbour of Piraeus in the Attica region. Greece has a co-production treaty with Canada, and offers cash rebate and tax relief to international productions.
The original 1970 film followed the director of a dermatological clinic named Adrian Tripod, searching for his mad scientific mentor, Antoine Rouge. Rouge disappeared following the outbreak of a plague resulting from cosmetic products, which grew to claim the lives of all adult women. The script for the new film was written “a long time ago,” as Mortensen stated in an interview, “now he’s refined it and wants to shoot it.”
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Published Apr 28, 2021
Canadian director David Cronenberg has scheduled a 30-day shoot in Greece for his long-awaited next film project,
Crimes of the Future. Sharing a name with his 1970 film/screenplay, the new movie is set to begin filming on August 2.
Few details about the forthcoming project have been made available, but a new report by
IndieWire points out that the project will star frequent Cronenberg collaborator Viggo Mortensen, who hinted that the pair were working on a new project earlier this year. So far, no other actors have been identified in the cast. It s something he wrote a long time ago, and he never got it made, Mortensen told