KILL LIST Director to Develop Psychedelic Civil War Movie
Kill List director Ben Wheatley has found a new film project to work on, and it sounds insane! If you haven't seen Kill List yet, you should check it out. The movie is a drama, dark comedy, gangster thriller, and occult horror, all rolled into one. It was a well made film that left a sick feeling in my stomach. This latest movie sounds like another good project for Wheatley to take on. He does a great job of mixing together genres to create a crazy unique experience.
The next movie he's working on is called A Field in England, a psychedelic U.K.-set Civil War movie that you can bet is going to be awesomely weird. It's described as being, "a psychedelic trip into magic and madness."
According to Film4, the story is set in 1648, and follows a small group of deserters "fleeing from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by two men: O’Neil and Cutler. O’Neil (Michael Smiley), an alchemist, forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field."
The movie will star Michael Smiley (Kill List), Peter Ferdinando, Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), Richard Clover (Wheatley's Sightseers), and Ryan Pope.
The movie will be Wheatley’s next film and starts shooting at the end of September, before his already announced Freakshift, which is set to shoot in early 2013. The director had this to say in a statement,
A Field in England is a project that we have been talking about for years and are very excited about making. It brings together the more psychedelic elements of Kill List and Sightseers and weaves in our take on Historical drama.
I'm really excited about this movie! After seeing Kill List I'm interested in seeing whatever this director makes. This is sure to be a fun and trippy movie. The next film we'll get to see from Wheatley is his twistedly dark comedy Sightseers, which opens up in England at the end of November, and will eventually hit U.S. theaters.
What do you think of the concept behind Wheatley's latest film?