Robert Pattinson (Remember Me) has signed on to star in Cosmopolis, a forthcoming adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel set to be directed by David Cronenberg.
Pattinson will play Eric Packer, a financial wunderkind who, on a tumultuous day, risks his entire fortune to bet against the yen. His deed puts him in the crosshairs for assassination in a drama that is a study of capitalism in a slightly futuristic metropolis.
Most of the novel is set in a limousine, as Packer is transported from place to place.
Marion Cotillard and Paul Giamatti are also said to be involved in some capacity.
Pattinson will next be seen in Francis Lawrence’s Water For Elephants, opposite Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and James Frain; while Cronenberg’s latest directorial feature A Dangerous Method, with Keira Knightley and Michael Fassbender, will open later this year.
Deadline reported this story.
