‘Lady Macbeth’ Director to Tackle Crime Film Based On ‘Eastern Promises 2′ Script

William Oldroyd, who won acclaim for his feature debut Lady Macbeth, has come on to direct the crime thriller Body Cross for Focus Features, which had been developing the project as a potential sequel to Eastern Promises, Collider has confirmed. Steven Knight wrote the script years ago, and Focus execs have been high on it ever since, but since script stalled out as a sequel to Eastern Promises, the studio decided to use it to tell an original story. Once slated to return, Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel are no longer expected to be involved, and Body Cross will serve …

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