So far we only had the teaser poster for Ben Wheatley’s upcoming JG Ballard adaptation HIGH-RISE but know we’ve got more updates for this highly anticipated production. With Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller and Jeremy Irons already confirmed, we’ve received the official news that Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss have been added to the exciting cast.
HIGH-RISE is directed by Wheatley from a screenplay by his regular collaborator Amy Jump. Evans and Moss join a slew of the UK’s finest actors including James Purefoy and Wheatley’s regular players Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando, along with comedian Dan Renton Skinner.
Welsh actor Luke Evans is known for his role as Bard in THE HOBBIT trilogy, and the likes of FAST AND FURIOUS 6. Evans will next be seen as the lead in DRACULA UNTOLD. Golden Globe winner Elisabeth Moss stars as Peggy Olsen in HBO’s hit series Mad Men, while her film work has included ON THE ROAD, and GET HIM TO THE GREEK . Wheatley had this to say about the additions:
“Elizabeth Moss and Luke Evans are great additions to our cast. I’m really excited to be working with both of them. I’m looking forward to see what they will bring to the complex relationship between Richard and Helen Wilder.”
The film is slated to start filming this July in Belfast, with Jeremy Thomas producing through Recorded Picture Company.
High-Rise centers on a new residential tower built on the eve of Thatcher’s England, at the site of what will soon become the world’s financial hub. Designed as a luxurious solution to the problems of the city, it is a world apart. Enter Robert Laing (Hiddleston), a young doctor seduced by the high-rise and its creator, the visionary architect Anthony Royal (Irons). Laing discovers a world of complex loyalties, and also strikes up a relationship with Royal’s devoted aide Charlotte (Miller).
But rot has set in beneath the flawless surface. Sensing discord amongst the tenants, Laing meets Wilder, a charismatic provocateur bent on inciting the situation. Wilder initiates Laing into the hidden life of the high-rise and Laing is shocked at what he sees. As the residents break into tribal factions, Laing finds himself in the middle of mounting violence. Violence that he also finds emerging in himself.
