One has embodied the likes of devious demigod Loki and the moody musician/vampire Adam, while the other has directed thought-provoking films like Kill List, Sightseers, and A Field in England. They both have impressive, diverse résumés, and Tom Hiddleston and Ben Wheatley are coming together in the upcoming High-Rise, based on the 1975 J.G. Ballard novel of the same name. Very little has been revealed from the film, but today the first look at Hiddleston as anti-hero Dr. Robert Laing was unveiled.
Empire revealed the first photo of Hiddleston. Directed by Wheatley off a screenplay penned by constant collaborator Amy Jump, High-Rise stars Hiddleston, Luke Evans as "class warrior/documentarian Richard Wilder", Jeremy Irons as "Anthony Royal, the building’s architect", Sienna Miller as "Charlotte, Royal’s aide", and James Purefoy as "upper-class nitwit, Pangbourne." The film has yet to receive a released date, so stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates.
For those unfamiliar with the book, here's the official synopsis: "When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on “enemy” floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle."
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Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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