Tag: Sightseers
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Meg 2: The Trench Director Ben Wheatley Just Wants You To Enjoy The Monster Mayhem [Exclusive Interview]
Of course Ben Wheatley had a monster movie in him.Before he directed “Meg 2: The Trench,” Jason Statham’s second “giant prehistoric shark threatens the world” outing, Wheatley proved himself capable of floating between genres with a remarkable ease. Nasty, head-splitting horror movies like “Kill List.” Pitch-black comedies like “Sightseers.” Impossible literary adaptations like “High-Rise.” Slick…
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Ben Wheatley: ‘Early on the pandemic felt like a time for getting a crossbow ready to hunt for petroleum’
The director on his new horror movie set during a pandemic, fearing he’d never work again, and why audiences love Jason StathamFor many of us, much of the past year will have felt like the plot of a horror film. So when, in March 2020, the British writer and director Ben Wheatley, 48, found himself…
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‘Rebecca’ Trailer: Lily James and Armie Hammer Take on Daphne du Maurier’s Gothic Classic
Ben Wheatley has emerged as one of contemporary cinema’s most dynamic genre filmmakers, thanks to projects such as “Kill List,” “Sightseers,” “High Rise,” and “Free Fire,” and now he’s taking on one of the most famous genre stories ever written: Daphne du Maurier’s Gothic classic “Rebecca.” Backed by Netflix, Wheatley’s “Rebecca” is the first major…
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Rob Brydon, Alice Lowe, Monica Dolan join Simon Bird’s directing debut ‘Days Of The Bagnold Summer’
Days Of The Bagnold Summer, the feature directorial debut from The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird, has signed several key cast ahead of an autumn shoot.Monica Dolan (Pride), Rob Brydon (The Trip) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers) have joined the project, an adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name.Tamsin Greig (The Second Best Exotic…
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Billie Piper, Penelope Wilton Join Sally Hawkins in ‘Eternal Beauty’
Rising multi-hyphenate Craig Roberts has beefed up the British cast for his upcoming second feature, Eternal Beauty, now in production in Wales.Alongside the already announced — and new Oscar nominee — Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water, Paddington), Billie Piper (Yerma, Doctor Who), Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Sightseers) and David Thewlis (Fargo,…
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‘High-Rise’ Director Ben Wheatley Reportedly Working On Mystery Marvel Film
British filmmaker Ben Wheatley is one of those people that always gets brought up in the discussion of who would be a great filmmaker for a superhero movie. After impressing critics and audiences with films like “High-Rise,” “Sightseers,” and “Free Fire,” Wheatley’s brand of storytelling seems tailor-made for a big-budget superhero franchise. Well, according to…