David Cronenberg, who is in Cannes with his In Competition film "A History of Violence," will next direct "Painkillers," a futuristic thriller says The Hollywood Reporter.
Producer Robert Lantos and Cronenberg confirmed the project on Friday, which has been in development for several years. Based on Cronenberg's first original screenplay in eight years, "Painkillers" is budgeted at $35 million and is being readied for release in late 2006.
The futuristic "Painkillers" follows a detective who is sent undercover to save humanity in a world where surgery is sex and pain is pleasure. The film has been budgeted at $35 million, the largest of any Cronenberg pic.
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