Ben Wheatley has been building an impressive portfolio over recent years and next up for the Billericay-born director is his Martin Scorsese-produced action-thriller Free Fire.
There’s a few familiar faces in his cast as well, I say a few, I mean the likes of Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley, Noah Taylor, Enzo Cilenti, Babou Ceesay, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Michael Smiley are all signed up and ready to go as they started principal photography today. Film4 and the BFI back the film, STUDIOCANAL have rights in the UK and this time, Andy Starke and Ben Wheatley’s Rook Films is producing the film set in Boston in the late seventies.
Larson plays a woman who has brokered a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Irishmen (Murphy and Smiley) and a gang (led by Hammer and Copley) who are selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are fired in the handover, a heart-stopping game of survival ensues. The film is written by Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump.
Ben Wheatley, who has just completed his dystopian High-Rise starring Tom Hiddleston and Sienna Miller, is fast becoming one of the UK’s favourite filmmakers after the excellent three that includes Sightseers, Kill List and A Field In England.
Free Fire is currently set for a 2016 release and we’ll be sure to bring you all the news as we hear it.
Dan loves writing, film, music and photography. Originally from Devon, he did London for 4 years and now resides in Exeter. He also has a mild obsession with squirrels and cake. The latter being more of a hobby. Favourite movies include HIGH FIDELITY, ALMOST FAMOUS, ROXANNE, GOOD WILL HUNTING, JURASSIC PARK, too many Steve Martin films and Nolan's BATMAN universe. He can also be found on www.twitter.com/danbullock
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