David “Deprave” Cronenberg, the King of Venereal Horror is on a roll. I recently saw his A History of Violence starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, and William Hurt (in an amazing performance). The movie is a departure from the horror genre and his new project I Kill is probably going the same (mainstream) route.

I Kill (Io Uccido) will be based on the bestseller by Giorgio Faletti which sold over 5 million copies worldwide. I Kill seems like a literal translation of Io Uccido but maybe my Italian is misleading me. The author Giorgio Faletti is an actor, who spent some time in cabarets until he got his break on TV in 1982. Giorgio Faletti started writing in the 1990s and hit gold in 2002 when he published Io Uccido, his second book. The rights to the book were purchased by Aurelio De Laurentiis who paid (reportedly) 700,000 Euro for the movie rights.

In an interview Giorgio Faletti assured that the film production will have an adequate budget so that the production values remain high. An experienced writer and director, Davide Ferrario, is set to do the screenplay.

I’m eagerly anticipating Cronenberg’s new movie as I liked A History of Violence. The movie reminded me of Takeshi Kitano’s Fireworks which is definitely a compliment.