“Eastern Promises” is not getting its promised sequel, according to actor Vincent Cassel.
The star said that a planned follow-up to David Cronenberg’s 2007 film has been canceled despite a script in the works.
“[Cronenberg] had a wonderful script,” Cassel told The Independent. “We were ready to do it and I don’t know why it collapsed. Now I don’t think it will happen anymore.”
A sequel was first in the works as of 2012, but a budget could not be agreed upon between Focus Features and Cronenberg, as the director told IndieWire. Since then, a follow-up to “Eastern Promises” has been discussed in multiple iterations — both with and without Cronenberg, including most recently Steven Knight returning to pen the breakout film “Small Dark Look” with Jason Statham. But there’s been no movement on that 2020 project, either.
“I really wanted to see Nikolia go back to Russia, because one of...
The star said that a planned follow-up to David Cronenberg’s 2007 film has been canceled despite a script in the works.
“[Cronenberg] had a wonderful script,” Cassel told The Independent. “We were ready to do it and I don’t know why it collapsed. Now I don’t think it will happen anymore.”
A sequel was first in the works as of 2012, but a budget could not be agreed upon between Focus Features and Cronenberg, as the director told IndieWire. Since then, a follow-up to “Eastern Promises” has been discussed in multiple iterations — both with and without Cronenberg, including most recently Steven Knight returning to pen the breakout film “Small Dark Look” with Jason Statham. But there’s been no movement on that 2020 project, either.
“I really wanted to see Nikolia go back to Russia, because one of...
- 2/27/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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