David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen are set to revisit the shady underworld of London’s Russian mob with a currently untitled sequel to “Eastern Promises.”
Little is known about the project right now, but original scriber Steve Knight has penned the sequel. The film is already set up at Focus Features and they hope to get it in front of cameras next winter. Though the news seems to be coming out of left field, the film has actually been in the works since the spring of 2009. At the time, it was in merely in discussion stages as Cronenberg, Knight and producer Paul Webster batted around ideas. Well, clearly they found a direction to go in, but with no mention of Naomi Watts, we wonder just where the story will pick up. Needless to say, we are definitely excited and intrigued. “Eastern Promises” is one of the finest films for both the actor and director, and we’re curious to see where the story goes next.
The film will mark the duo’s fourth straight film together; they are clearly relishing their working relationship. The pair are already hard at work prepping the forthcoming Freud/Jung drama, “The Talking Cure” with Keira Knightley, Vincent Cassell and Michael Fassbender which is set to go in front of cameras in May.
