Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen in Crimes of the Future

Kristen Stewart

Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg is gearing up to begin production of his upcoming sci-fi film Crimes of the Future, inspired by his 1970 film of the same name and has roped in Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen and Lea Seydoux to play the lead roles.

Viggo Mortensen

According to reports, Cronenberg's film will start filming in Athens, Greece this summer. This is the first original screenplay that has been written by Cronenberg since his 1999 sci-fi thriller eXistenZ, and his 2014 film Map of the Stars.

Like Cronenberg's previous feature Stereo, Crimes of the Future was shot silent with a commentary added afterwards. The commentary is given by the character Adrian Tripod (Ronald Mlodzik).

The film is set in a distant future where humans have evolved beyond their "natural state and into a metamorphosis, altering their biological makeup", claim reports. In this setting, a character named Saul Tenser embraces Accelerated Evolution Syndrome, sprouting new and unexpected organs in his body. "I have unfinished business with the future," Cronenberg said about his newest project. The filming begins in August.

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