Teasers: Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future”

By
Garth Franklin
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Teaser Cronenbergs Crimes Of The Future
NEON

When it comes to the body horror genre, no-one comes close to the legend that is Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg. “The Fly,” “Dead Ringers,” “Videodrome,” “Crash,” “Naked Lunch,” “Scanners,” “eXistenZ,” “Rabid,” “Shivers,” – from the late 1970s through to “eXistenZ” in 1999 he made numerous weird and wild masterpieces.

For much of the past twenty years though he’s been playing in more straightforward with highly acclaimed dark genre dramas like “A History of Violence,” “Eastern Promises” and “Cosmopolis”. His last directorial effort, “Map to the Stars,” was eight years ago though he has been popping up as an actor in recent years such as his recent recurring onscreen role in “Star Trek: Discovery”.

Now though he’s back behind the camera and back in the pure body horror genre with “Crimes of the Future” which has just been announced as part of the Cannes Competition Official Selection next month where it will have its world premiere.

To celebrate the news, NEON has released the first poster and trailer for the film which stars Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux and Kristen Stewart. In addition, Metropolitan Films has released a quite different international teaser – both clips are available below.

Set in the near future, the human species is adapting to a synthetic environment and the body undergoes new transformations and mutations.

With his partner Caprice (Seydoux), celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser (Mortensen) publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.

Timlin (Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed… Their mission – to use Saul’s notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

NEON has set a U.S. theatrical release for “Crimes of the Future” in June.