In 1975, author J.G. Ballard published High-Rise, a satirical sci-fi novel that “takes place in a tower block, which is supposed to be a gleaming new, exciting and exotic home for its affluent residents, but ends up isolating and factionalizing them into all-out war, with the surface sophistication degenerating to primal savagery.”
An adaptation
of the book is happening for the last 30 plus years, development hell indeed. Director
Nicolas Roeg (The Man Who Fell to Earth) was the first one to try and tackle
the novel, and then it was Vincenzo Natali who wanted to make a spin-off the
book not a straight adaptation, now it’s time for director Ben Wheatley (Down
Terrace, Kill List, and Sightseers) to try and take over this mess and make
something out of it.
“The
scope of the film is exciting,” he says. “It will be challenging like [David
Cronenberg's 1996 adaptation of] Crash, but not as dark as Kill List. The book
is pretty out there though!”
Wheatley
is currently planning the HBO pilot of Silk Road, an untitled tv project for the
UK and his Freakshift.
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