Crimes of the Future Trivia | 33 facts about the new film

“Crimes of the Future” is a new film by David Cronenberg and a return to form for the auteur. The film had its world premiere at Cannes 2022.

Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new film.

1. Crimes of the Future is a 2022 internationally co-produced body horror film
2. It is written and directed by David Cronenberg
3. It stars Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart
4. The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival
5. There it was in competition for the Palme d’Or
6. The film received a six-minute standing ovation
7. It marks Cronenberg’s return to the science fiction and horror genres for the first time since eXistenZ (1999)
8. The film was a thriller set to begin production in early 2003 under the title Painkillers
9. The film was expected to explore the world of performance art
10. It took place in an anaesthetized society where pain is the new forbidden pleasure, and surgery and self-mutilation, being performed in public and on camera, have come to be regarded as the new sex
11. Ralph Fiennes was attached to star as Saul Tenser after Nicolas Cage
12. Although he was the first option for the main role, he dropped out
13. The was intended to be shot in Toronto, Canada on a budget of $35 million
14. ThinkFilm had picked up worldwide rights
15. With a scheduled release for late 2006 in North America
16. However, the project never came through
17. In a mid-2000s interview, director David Cronenberg brushed the project aside
18. Stating that it was not happening and that he had lost interest in making it anyway
19. In February 2021, during a chat with GQ magazine, Viggo Mortensen revealed that he was working on a project with Cronenberg
20. In April, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart were among the cast announced for the film
21. Natalie Portman was initially supposed to play Seydoux’s part
22. Seydoux was in turn up for Stewart’s role
23. Portman dropped out of the film because of conflicting schedules with Thor: Love and Thunder
24. In August 2021, Tanaya Beatty, Yorgos Karamihos, Nadia Litz and Yorgos Pirpassopoulos joined the cast of the film
25. Principal photography began on August 2, 2021
26. It concluded on September 10, 2021, in Athens, Greece
27. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 79% rating
28. Based on 100 critics
29. With an average rating of 6.3/10
30. The site’s consensus reads, “Quintessential if not classic Cronenberg, Crimes of the Future finds the director revisiting familiar themes with typically unsettling flair”
31. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100
32. Based on 37 reviews
33. Signifying “generally favorable reviews”