It’s been over five years since David Cronenberg directed a film. And the 2014 film, “Maps to the Stars” was, perhaps, not the best film to end on, if you’re a longtime fan of the legendary filmmaker. But thankfully, it appears that Cronenberg is far from done and is actually expanding his skill set by working on a new Netflix TV series, “Consumed.”
According to his appearance at the recent Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal (via World of Reel), Cronenberg said that he’s currently in pre-production on a brand-new TV series for Netflix that will be based on his recent novel “Consumed.” The 2014 novel marked the first book from Cronenberg and tells the story of two journalists that embark on a quest around the world to find out what happened in the mysterious death of a French philosopher.
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As mentioned, this marks the first filmmaking project for Cronenberg since 2014’s “Maps to the Stars.” However, he’s probably best known for films such as “The Fly,” “Crash,” “Eastern Promises,” and “A History of Violence.” The idea that the filmmaker is venturing into the world of streaming television can’t be seen as too shocking, especially considering he’s been very vocal recently about the creativity that comes with the streaming realm.
Back in 2018, he hinted at a possible Netflix future, and said, “There was a lot of discussion about Netflix, and streaming series, and so on, and I was saying that I thought that was the future of cinema, and that it was really an interesting idea, the idea of doing a TV series, a streaming series. Whether I end up doing something like that is a whole other thing. Obviously, it would be a huge commitment of time and so on. To do eight hours of TV is a lot. [But] once again, the idea of a series as being more novelistic than a movie.”
No word on when we might see “Consumed” arrive on Netflix, or even when we might get an official announcement. However, it does appear that there’s still some filmmaking life left in Cronenberg, after all.
