New Teaser Trailer Emerges from Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise
John Squires
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There was a time when J.G. Ballard’s seminal 1975 sci-fi novel High-Rise was considered to be unfilmable, but that was of course before director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers), well, filmed it. While we’re still waiting for a release date, a new teaser has arrived, so check it out!
Scripted by Amy Jump, the film stars Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, Crimson Peak), Jeremy Irons (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), Sienna Miller (American Sniper), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold), and Elizabeth Moss (“Mad Men”). It chronicles the savage breakdown of social order inside a giant residential apartment block.
Synopsis:
High-Rise stars Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. Laing quickly settles into high society life and meets the building’s eccentric tenants: Charlotte (Miller), his upstairs neighbor and bohemian single mother; Wilder (Evans), a charismatic documentarian who lives with his pregnant wife, Helen (Moss); and Mr. Royal (Irons), the enigmatic architect who designed the building. Life seems like paradise to the solitude-seeking Laing. But as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble, and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.
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