David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen are teaming up for the third time with their upcoming film ‘A Dangerous Method’. If this is even half as good as their previous collaborations – A History of Violence and Eastern Promises – we’re in for a treat! Austrian/German newspapers TT and Heute have got their hands on the first photos from the film. A Dangerous Method is based on “The Talking Cure” play by Christopher Hampton. The film chronicles the intense relationship between Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and his student Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), and how it gave birth to competing theories of psychoanalysis. A Dangerous Method began filming in May for a ten week shoot in Vienna, Zurich and Munich. It is set to hit cinemas next year, possibly in time for awards season.  I can’t wait!

This looks great, I’m a big fan of  muddy, sword and sandal films. With Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dogsoldiers) directing and a great cast – Dominic West (McNulty), Noel Clarke, Michael Fassbender, Olga Kurylenko, Riz Ahmed and David Morrissey I’m in, two thumbs up!

The movie speculates on the fate of Rome’s reputedly ‘lost’ Ninth Legion*, who in this take are north of Hadrian’s Wall, engaged in a bloody battle and facing a bit of trouble getting out of hostile Pict country.