Painkillers Expected Release Date U.S. : 2006 (Subject to change)
Expected Release Date U.K. : 2006(subject to change)
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Painkillers Cast : Ralph Fiennes
Director : David Cronenberg
Painkillers Written By : David Cronenberg
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Painkillers Based On : The life and works of French artist Orlan.
Premise/Synopsis : It is set in the world of radical performance artists and observes plastic surgery as performance art.
Genre : Drama

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Painkillers Status : Early days

How excited are we about Painkillers : 7 Out Of 10


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Wednesday 18th May 2005: Movie News: Painkillers: Item Posted by: Loretta Francis: David Cronenberg will direct "Painkillers," a futuristic thriller that follows a detective who is sent undercover to save humanity in a world where surgery is sex, and pain is pleasure. The film has been budgeted at $35 million, the largest of any Cronenberg project. Cronenberg wrote the screenplay for the film that will be released late 2006.

Thursday 17th February 2005: Painkillers:
David Cronenberg will direct "Painkillers." It is set in the world of radical performance artists and observes plastic surgery as performance art.

Friday 20th February 2004: Painkillers Update:
Ilze has sent in the following quote in an interview from David Cronenberg in connection with Painkillers "Because a film takes two or three years of your life, I have to be excited about a script and Painkillers just isn't doing it. I may return to it at a later date, but I've just begun working on a new idea that may or may not be my next film."

Friday 16th January 2004: Painkillers Update:
Ilze has been in touch to advise that Ralph Fiennes is probably signed up for a role in Painkillers and not Nicolas Cage.

8/1/02
Nicolas Cage has signed onto the latest David Cronenberg project Painkillers. The film is based around French artist Orlan's treatise on "Le' Art charnel". She will play herself in the film. Orlan has been speaking to French newspaper France-Soir;

“David Cronenberg wrote a movie called Painkillers, based on my treatise on “L’Art charnel” and the fight against pain,” she said. “I will be playing my own role and I also know that Nicolas Cage will be part of the cast. As for when shooting will begin, I will know more about that during this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where I will be presenting my work to the public.”

Movie Headlines elaborated on the story and gives an insight into the artist;

"Orlan is famous for her special approach to art, as she uses her own body for artistic purposes. She has had no less than nine plastic surgery operations and has exhibited digital photos and sculptures of her own body. It therefore comes to no surprise that her unique art has crossed the path of Cronenberg. The human body has always been a recurring theme in the latter’s movies, from The Fly to eXistenZ to Crash. Painkillers should be further proof of that fascination…" (appeared at Movie Headlines)

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