director Cronenberg, writer Knight, and actor Mortensen. The film was said to be made by Webster's new production company Shoebox Films in collaboration with Focus Features and was to begin production in early 2013. That August, however, Cronenberg stated that Eastern Promises 2 was "dead": "We were supposed to start shooting 'Eastern Promises 2' in October ... [But] It's done. If you don't like it talk to James Schamus at Focus. It was his decision." On December 2, 2020, Knight revealed that the sequel became the upcoming separate Martin Zandvliet film Small Dark Look starring Jason Statham. References External links David Cronenberg's Preparation for Directing Eastern Promises, an Amazon.com reference list Interviews Film Comment interview with David Cronenberg Village Voice interview with Cronenberg GreenCine Daily interviews Cronenberg & Viggo Mortensen Viggo Mortensen interview Rotten Tomatoes Interview with Cronenberg and Mortensen 2007 Interview about Eastern Promises for SBIFF at UCSB 2007 films 2007 crime thriller films British crime thriller films Canadian crime thriller films Alliance Films films BBC Film films Serendipity Point Films films Films scored by Howard Shore Films about the Russian Mafia Films directed by David Cronenberg Films set in London Films shot in London Human trafficking in the United Kingdom Film controversies in the United Kingdom 2000s English-language films English-language Canadian films 2000s Russian-language films Ukrainian-language films Films with screenplays by Steven Knight Films about child abduction Films about child prostitution Films about human trafficking Films about the Federal Security Service Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award winners Works about sex trafficking 2007 multilingual films British multilingual films Canadian multilingual films 2000s Canadian films 2000s British films Canadian gangster films