Director David Cronenberg, along with producer Paulo Branco, is bringing Don DeLillo's novel "Cosmopolis" to the screen. Cronenberg will write and direct the adaptation of DeLillo's 2003 novel. The story revolves around a twentysomething multimillionaire who embarks on an unexpected twenty-four hour journey through New York City.
Cronenberg is best known as the visionary director who brought us such mind-benders as SCANNERS and VIDEODROME. Lately, he's been more focused on tough, thoughtful thrillers, including A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and EASTERN PROMISES. DeLillo, often hailed as one of the most important voices in American fiction (and a personal favorite of mine), is a prolific writer who has written fifteen novels in his career. COSMOPOLIS will mark only the second direct adaptation of those works (the first being this year's END ZONE, with Josh Hartnett and Sam Rockwell).
As one of my best friends summed it up in one line in an email (subject line: "exciting!"), "davidcronenbergdirectingcosmopolispleasedontcast ashtonkutcher!" He's got a point, as a film version of COSMOPOLIS is going to need to a truly special leading man to make the whole thing work. Any DeLillo fans out there with some casting ideas?
Shooting is set to begin in 2010.
Source Variety
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