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David Cronenberg May Team With Denzel Washington For Non-BOURNE Ludlum Thriller THE MATERESE CIRCLE!!’


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David Cronenberg (“Eastern Promises”) is negotiating to direct “The Matarese Circle,” adapted from the Robert Ludlum novel by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas ("3:10 to Yuma").

Denzel Washington is attached to star in the MGM political thriller.

Variety describes the premise:

Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, book revolves around two men — one American, one Soviet — who must cooperate in order to foil a sinister plot to topple the world’s governments.

Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.

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GREAT! I'm sure the "Fly Opera" project was fun but
by CarmillaVonDoom
Oct 7th, 2008
09:19:11 PM
second
by wuzilla
Oct 7th, 2008
09:20:02 PM
OMG SECOND
by BurgerKing
Oct 7th, 2008
09:20:09 PM
OMG FOURTH
by BurgerKing
Oct 7th, 2008
09:20:37 PM
Casting
by ALDEN
Oct 7th, 2008
09:21:25 PM
Denzel + Cronnenberg... didn't see it coming
by hegele
Oct 7th, 2008
09:21:42 PM
um...
by Noddy93
Oct 7th, 2008
09:23:03 PM
honestly
by Noddy93
Oct 7th, 2008
09:23:25 PM
With that crew - color me interested!
by Amy Chasing
Oct 7th, 2008
09:23:42 PM
Interested
by Crow3711
Oct 7th, 2008
09:29:08 PM
Where does Viggo fit in to all of this?
by argonaught
Oct 7th, 2008
09:51:43 PM
Will Denzel have a nude fight scene?
by Rev. Slappy
Oct 7th, 2008
09:52:20 PM
Sounds about as exciting as a bowl of soup
by The Crystal Skull
Oct 7th, 2008
09:58:48 PM
No Viggo!!!!
by TheWaqman
Oct 7th, 2008
10:10:14 PM
A BOWL OF SOUP?
by George Peppard
Oct 7th, 2008
10:15:47 PM
I want more... w e i r d
by CENOBITE
Oct 7th, 2008
10:18:30 PM
Please!
by Spiral_Jacobs
Oct 7th, 2008
10:55:15 PM
ColWTH
by BadMrWonka
Oct 7th, 2008
11:21:00 PM
WTF happened to Cronenberg???
by StraightToHell
Oct 7th, 2008
11:22:23 PM
Toppling the world's governments
by BillEmic
Oct 8th, 2008
12:08:21 AM
uh.
by WhinyNegativeBitch
Oct 8th, 2008
12:46:45 AM
StraightToHell...
by WhinyNegativeBitch
Oct 8th, 2008
12:52:14 AM
Didn't they already do Sum of All Fears?
by sloanist
Oct 8th, 2008
01:04:00 AM
Where Did These Movies Go
by topaz4206
Oct 8th, 2008
01:13:09 AM
Viggo
by Vern
Oct 8th, 2008
01:57:29 AM
I hope he's doing it for the money
by TroutMaskReplicant
Oct 8th, 2008
02:53:54 AM
Just yesterday I thought "What's Cronenberg doing now"?
by DerLanghaarige
Oct 8th, 2008
03:12:24 AM
Isn't this a sequel to THE MATERESE FALCON?
by newc0253
Oct 8th, 2008
03:21:37 AM
WOW! Cronenberg just gets better and better!
by Maniaq
Oct 8th, 2008
04:03:42 AM
Cronenberg kicks ass
by C0ns
Oct 8th, 2008
04:09:56 AM
Bonfire of the Vanities!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Oct 8th, 2008
04:17:35 AM
On topic this time
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Oct 8th, 2008
04:21:11 AM
Vive la Viggronenberg!
by raw_bean
Oct 8th, 2008
04:30:38 AM
Ladies and gentlemen the missiles are flying
by kwisatzhaderach
Oct 8th, 2008
05:08:18 AM
David Cronenberg's Red Heat II
by ev1ldead
Oct 8th, 2008
05:17:00 AM
Denzel's balls make an appearence.
by Stuntcock Mike
Oct 8th, 2008
05:53:29 AM
Where's the Cronenberg Ferrari movie?
by Stuntcock Mike
Oct 8th, 2008
05:55:29 AM
I love what Cronenberg's doing these days.
by Knuckleduster
Oct 8th, 2008
07:08:17 AM
I've heard a number of people...
by Knuckleduster
Oct 8th, 2008
07:14:23 AM
Cronenberg has not made a bad film yet
by Samuel Fulmer
Oct 8th, 2008
07:50:52 AM
Samuel Fulmer: "Exitenz" is not exactly what you'd call a good f
by Pdorwick
Oct 8th, 2008
08:49:08 AM
About Damn Time
by toxicbuddha
Oct 8th, 2008
08:50:10 AM
Cronenberg's range
by skimn
Oct 8th, 2008
08:50:54 AM
am suprised = was suprised
by skimn
Oct 8th, 2008
08:51:58 AM
Will it have VIGGO'S MASSIVE BALLS
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Oct 8th, 2008
08:58:50 AM
It's called existenz
by Samuel Fulmer
Oct 8th, 2008
09:12:12 AM
Well eXistenZ is the best videogame movie ever made.
by Cameron1
Oct 8th, 2008
09:43:31 AM
Wow, this sounds amazing!
by unionJACKass.webs.com
Oct 8th, 2008
09:55:36 AM
the 'new' animation is several years old
by ArcadianDS
Oct 8th, 2008
10:47:59 AM
Aracadian
by skimn
Oct 8th, 2008
10:54:25 AM
I don't think denzel will be believable as a soviet...
by donwillymo
Oct 8th, 2008
11:02:26 AM
I have a solid recollection for movies I guess
by ArcadianDS
Oct 8th, 2008
11:03:58 AM
His best film is "Spider".
by Pdorwick
Oct 8th, 2008
11:14:24 AM
Carpenter
by Mr. Zeddemore
Oct 8th, 2008
11:16:58 AM
Zedd
by skimn
Oct 8th, 2008
12:10:44 PM
Prince of Darkness is a must see
by ArcadianDS
Oct 8th, 2008
12:16:31 PM
All of Carpenter's work is "middle ground".
by Pdorwick
Oct 8th, 2008
12:21:40 PM
Cronenberg+ Denzel = ?
by fassbinder79
Oct 8th, 2008
12:41:01 PM
Viggo and Denzel already did nuke-threat Russky movie
by JackRabbitSlim
Oct 8th, 2008
01:23:10 PM
"THEY TRIED TO KILL MY WIFE!"
by Mullah Omar
Oct 8th, 2008
02:01:21 PM
Pdorwick
by skimn
Oct 8th, 2008
02:07:42 PM
why even talk about carpenter??
by FleshMachine
Oct 8th, 2008
02:28:47 PM
Plot sounds...
by Subtlety
Oct 8th, 2008
02:35:17 PM
FleshMachine
by skimn
Oct 8th, 2008
03:02:40 PM
Carpenter fucking sucks.....
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Oct 8th, 2008
04:05:48 PM
hey, that sounds cool!
by The Amazing G
Oct 8th, 2008
06:21:06 PM
as the owner of some big internet porn site or something
by The Amazing G
Oct 8th, 2008
06:21:26 PM
That's not an argument against him DGDB.
by Cameron1
Oct 8th, 2008
07:55:48 PM
I second the They Live comment!
by the power of GREYSKULL
Oct 8th, 2008
09:40:06 PM
Somebody ought to give Cronenberg
by SnootyBoots
Oct 8th, 2008
10:26:35 PM
Danny
by Mr. Zeddemore
Oct 9th, 2008
05:11:42 AM
Carpenter is better than people say..but this is about CRONENBER
by ScottinDC
Oct 9th, 2008
08:32:10 AM
The ZEL and VIG had previous onscreen xp together
by halberd
Oct 10th, 2008
12:51:52 AM

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