Iconic 80-year-old filmmaker David Cronenberg has officially wrapped filming on his horror movie “The Shrouds” just a month after it began filming in mid-May in Toronto.
The story follows Karsh (Vincent Cassel), an innovative businessman and grieving widower who builds a device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud.
He builds a cemetery where visitors can watch the bodies of their loved ones decompose. He soon re-evaluates his invention when people begin to vandalize the graves, including that of his wife.
Guy Pearce, Diane Kruger, Sandrine Holt, Elizabeth Saunders, Jennifer Dale, Matt Willis, and Steve Switzman co-star in the film which has not set an official release date. Kruger replaced Lea Seydoux, who was originally cast as the female lead.
The project is said to be part of an aborted Netflix project, originally conceived as a series until the streamer got cold feet after reading the second episode.
The film follows on from the director’s long history in the genre, including the likes of “The Fly,” “Dead Ringers,” “Videodrome” and more recently “Crimes of the Future”. He’s also had great success with more dramatic fare such as “A History of Violence,” “Eastern Promises” and “A Dangerous Method”.
Source: World of Reel
