Brian De Palma Sets Summer Shoot in Portugal for Sweet Vengeance
The true-crime thriller marks the auteur’s planned return for what he has signaled could be a final feature.
Overview
- The Film Stage reports De Palma will direct Sweet Vengeance, with principal photography planned in Portugal this summer.
- Casting announcements are expected shortly, and no release date has been disclosed.
- De Palma first detailed the project in 2018, saying it draws on two real murder cases and adopts television true-crime storytelling techniques.
- Unnamed sources told The Film Stage to expect two quintessential De Palma set pieces, a detail not yet officially confirmed.
- The film follows the poorly received 2019 release Domino, after which De Palma said he intended to make “one other film,” prompting speculation this could be his last.