David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ Goes to Sideshow, Janus for U.S. Release
Sideshow and Janus Films have picked up the U.S. rights to David Cronenberg’s sci-fi drama The Shrouds.
The U.S. deal follows a world bow in Cannes, a North American premiere in Toronto and additional play at the New York Film Festival next month. Sideshow and Janus plan a spring 2025 theatrical release.
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Sideshow and Janus Films are also reteaming with body horror director Cronenberg after earlier releases of films like Videodrome and Naked Lunch. “This is Cronenberg at his wittiest, most personal and romantic in this thought-provoking thriller with knockout performances from Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger,” the distributors said in a joint statement.
Cronenberg originally pitched the project, inspired by his real-life grief over the loss of his wife in 2017, to Netflix executives as a TV series. But after financing a first episode, the streaming giant passed on going further with the project.
The Shrouds stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, a businessman overwhelmed with grief at the death of his wife who builds a device — a high-tech shroud — to watch her body decompose in real-time. But one night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated and Karsh looks to track down the perpetrators.
“It’s a fictionalization of some real emotions, some real people. But basically, despite the fact that there’s some reality, some autobiography involved, none of that makes it a good film. It needs to be a good film,” Cronenberg told The Hollywood Reporter in a story ahead of competing in Cannes.
The U.S. distribution deal for The Shrouds was negotiated by Sideshow and Janus Films with SBS International. The producer credits are shared by Sa?d Ben Sa?d, Martin Katz and Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent.
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