David Cronenberg and Denzel Washington together for Robert Ludlum adaptation?

So, the masterful filmmaker David Cronenberg is in talks to direct an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's The Matarese Circle, starring Denzel Washington. (I came across this over on /film, which is a great site, well worth checking out.)

This, dear readers, could be very good indeed. I absolutely loved Cronenberg's recent films Eastern Promises and A History of Violence, he's as on the ball now as he's ever been but in a different way. Now as /film ponders that Viggo Mortensen might be cast, I just have to get more than a little excited about this. The idea of actors the calibre of Denzel and Viggo working together is pretty eyebrow raising, don't you agree?

For me, I don't think that David Cronenberg has made a film that didn't at least capture my attention and imagination, he's an absolutely terrific director. One thing that has me especially excited about the prospects of him doing a spy thriller like this is what he's going to do with action scenes, because the bath house fight in Eastern Promises was by far a lot more thrilling and memorable than any of the messy fights that were on show in the Bourne trilogy.

Yep, this could be amazing.