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David Cronenberg is in talks to direct The Matarese Circle, a global conspiracy thriller based on the 1979 book by late author Robert Ludlum. Denzel Washington is already attached to star in the movie. He will play one of the leads in the MGM production, with an adapted screenplay to be written by the duo Michael Brandt and Derek Haas who are know for their work on 3:10 to Yuma, Wanted and even the sequel to the movie.

The film is set during the Cold War,the novel follows two rival spies, one with the U.S CIA and the other a Soviet KGB, who team up to uncover and defeat a ruthless illuminati like organization called the Matarese that’s behing a century old conspiracy to crush world governments.

“The spies share a genius for espionage—and a life of terror and explosive violence. Sworn enemies, they have vowed to terminate each other—yet now they must become allies.”

So if Cronenberg takes up the reigns for this film, Viggo Mortensen is sure to follow. He has already told E magazine that they were discussing a possible third feature together. Washington is already signed on to play the American, while an actor in the Soviet role was not given. In 2007’s Easter Promises, Mortensen memorably played a Russian gangster/ informant, which earned him an Oscar nod.

This is surely going to be an interesting genre shift for David Cronenberg, who is known for his science fiction genre classics like Videodrome, Scanner, Crash and The Fly. But anyway this will surely be something totally different to what the Bourne has been doing for the last couple of years.