Facts out of the way: Ben Wheatley, of the great filmography Down Terrace, Kill List, Sightseers and A Field in England, has co-written (with Amy Jump) and directed a long awaited adaptation of J.G. Ballards beloved novel High-Rise. Anticipated. His biggest production to date, High-Rise will star Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller and Elisabeth Moss. Highly Anticipated. The first image is here.
Debuted by Empire, this premiere image from High-Rise reveals reflections of Robert Laing, essayed by Hiddleston. Laing is one of many characters in a luxury high rise apartment building which descends into chaos and class warfare.
The novel (which features one of the greatest opening sentences) was published in 1975 and thats when the film is set. Wheatley previously told io9, its going to look like the 70s. Its going to be very styled in that way. Were looking at the Ridley Scott adverts of that period. Its going to be modern in a way that the 70s looked. In a way that, I dont know what the future looks like anymore, which is quite funny. Were already in Buck Rogers land now. Arent we? Weve all got phones, its not that exciting. But back then they had a real idea of what the future was going to be like, and it was much more stylish.
High-Rise has a presence at Berlins European Film Market. No word on an official premiere just yet.
