On the back of David Cronenberg’s Crimes Of The Future being announced for this year’s Cannes Film Festival line-up, Neon has released an insane-looking first teaser for the sci-fi film, which promises a return to the iconic filmmaker’s roots in body horror.

Despite sharing the same name as the Cronenberg’s 1970 film, the feature is not a remake; the story is set in the not-too-distant future where humankind has had to adapt to a synthetic environment. This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, altering their biological makeup through both natural and surgical means. While some embrace the limitless potential of trans-humanism, others attempt to police it. Either way, ‘Accelerated Evolution Syndrome’ is spreading fast.

One of those publicly embracing AES is beloved performance artist Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), sprouting new and unexpected organs in his body. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs and their removal in avant-garde performances.

All the while, Timlin (Kristen Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks the pair’s movements – which is when a mysterious group comes to light whose mission is to use Saul’s notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

In an interview last year, Stewart described the project as being “set in a world where people have evolved to a point where we don’t feel physical pain.” She also reveals further details, explaining that “sex has changed quite a bit, and the new art form is growing organs. Viggo [Mortensen] is a famous performance artist. Léa Seydoux is his partner who tattoos these organs and displays them. My character becomes enamoured with Viggo’s artist.”

This sci-fi body horror marks Cronenberg’s first feature since 2014’s Maps to the Stars.

Crimes of the Future is due to release in June, following a premiere at Cannes. The exact date is yet to be announced.