New Trailer and Poster For HIGH-RISE, Starring Tom Hiddleston
Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing sent over this new trailer and poster for Ben Wheatley's newest film High-Rise, and it's another good reminder that this movie looks super interesting. I haven't seen the film yet, so I'm not sure if it gives away any of the story's best moments, but just to be safe, I'd say if you're already intrigued by the premise and the cast — which includes Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Moss, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, and Luke Evans — it might actually be worth skipping this trailer just to be safe. This one seems to put more of an emphasis on the societal allegory than any of the other trailers, and it looks like it could get pretty trippy. Wheatley is a hell of a filmmaker, and I'm looking forward to seeing how this adaptation of J.G. Ballard's novel turns out.
High-Rise hits theaters on May 13, but will be available On Demand starting on April 28.
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. HIGH-RISE is the latest film by cult British director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England), an ambitious adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel of the same name.