Watts and Mortensen make PROMISES

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2006
Source: Variety

Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen will star in the movie Eastern Promises for Focus Features.

Eastern Promises will feature Watts as Anna, a midwife at a London hospital who finds herself wrapped up in the criminal underworld as she tries to discover the identity of a dead 14-year old patient.

Mortensen will play the mysterious Nikolai, a man with ties throughout a notorious crime syndicate.

Shooting will begin in November after Watts wraps Funny Games

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Comments/Responses

lracors • May 20, 2006, 08:44am •

Strange title, but I like both principal actor and actress choices. Could be good and intense.

• May 20, 2006, 11:51am •

I agree, iracors - both actors make this something I'd check out.

• May 20, 2006, 12:15pm •

Yeah, I gotta agree with posts 1 and 2; the cast alone gets me in the theater for this one. Mortensen was fantastic in A History of Violence.

coldhardtruth • May 20, 2006, 02:14pm •

Definately!

almostunbiased • May 20, 2006, 09:06pm •

I remember when they first told us about this movie. I thought it sounded interesting and original, these actors will make it good.

Who's directing?

• May 21, 2006, 03:56am •

Yeah I'll have to see this. I almost gave up on Mortensen until "A History of Violence" crossed my eyes. Naomi is just groovy.

lracors • May 22, 2006, 10:01am •

HOV was an enjoyable film. I've like to see the continue the story and finish the graphic novel. Some really messed up stuff unfolded in that book.

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