Even as David Cronenberg prepares to start filming A Dangerous Method in a matter of days, he’s busy putting the cast together for his adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel Cosmopolis. According to Variety, Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard have joined the cast, with the project set to shoot in New York City and Toronto from March to May 2011. The report also includes word that Cronenberg himself is scripting the film, which he hasn’t done since 1999′s eXistenZ.
Cosmopolis the novel follows a single day for a young billionaire (the novel places him at 28 years old) as he crosses New York City in his limo to get a haircut. Along the way he encounters numerous major traffic delays (from a riot to a presidential motorcade), several chance encounters with his new wife and two stalkers. He additionally loses incredible amounts of money over the course of the day by betting against the yen. He may actually be embracing his downfall. Colin Farrell would play the billionaire while Marion Cotillard takes the role of the wife. Most of the novel takes place in the confines of the limo, so it should be interesting to see how this translates to the screen.
David Cronenberg is currently focused on A Dangerous Method, an adaptation of Christopher Hampton’s play “The Talking Cure”. That movie stars Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Kiera Knightley and Vincent Cassel. You can read more about that here. He’s also planning a sequel to Eastern Promises and he’s also attached to direct a remake of his earlier movie The Fly, itself a remake, for Fox.
