Naomi Watts is Set to Star in Eastern Promises

May 25, 2006 - Viggo Mortensen is reuniting with his A History of Violence director David Cronenberg for the crime drama, Eastern Promises. Naomi Watts has also signed on to star in the film which is set to begin production later this year.

Eastern Promises follows a London hospital's midwife (Watts) as she searches for the family of a young girl who died giving birth on Christmas Eve. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the search leads her to a Russian crime boss (Mortensen) in London's shady crime community.

Viggo Mortensen recently completed work on Alatriste for writer/director Agustin Diaz Yanes. Naomi Watts will next be seen in the indie drama, The Painted Veil, opposite Edward Norton and Liev Schreiber.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter