...so then he made High-Rise and Free Fire lol
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
High Rise definitely seemed like a hired hand sort of job that a few other directors might have done but Free Fire (which I haven't seen) didn't so much?
Rebecca and Tomb Raider are almost certainly jobs. But I might enjoy them.
Poor Takashi Miike.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 7 August 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
Wheatley/Jump def made H-R and FF their own!
He was interviewed about Tomb Raider, said yeah it was a job but one he was stoked to do. The right attitude
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
They might have been their own films but with more of an eye on commercial potential than they'd ideally want.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 7 August 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
Granted, yes. Not that they were particularly successful iirc...
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
High Rise starring a popular dude from Wallander and the Marvel movies, Free Fire set in America with some Hollywood actors - they definitely feel like more commercial moves, relatively speaking
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Friday, 7 August 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
Budget£6.1 million (approximately US$8 million)[2]Box office$4.1 million[3]
High Rise bombed
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 7 August 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
Wondering how they're gonna deal with the figure of the Evil Lesbian in 2020.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Friday, 7 August 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
Bombing doesn't mean they intended to bomb!
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Friday, 7 August 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
True true.
Cronenberg's Crash...this is how its done:
Budget $9 million[2]Box office $23.2 million[3]
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 7 August 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
Empire Of The Sun meanwhile
Budget $25 million[1]Box office $66.7 million[2]
dammit etc
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link
Budget $25 million[1]
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 7 August 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
for Spielberg I would guess that was pretty low!
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
hmm. not so. ehh
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
OK, you’ve waited long enough. Here’s the trailer for REBECCA – directed by Ben Wheatley, and starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, and Kristin Scott Thomas. Coming to Netflix 21 October. pic.twitter.com/rYRSlzN4Kv— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) September 8, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
Lol
well that looks like utter dogshit!
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
starring Armie Hammer
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
yikes
― Number None, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
waiting for LJ to weigh in
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
doesn't look hugely promising it's true. music in the trailer was a bit overbearing as well
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
Might have looked passable but ‘who cares’ if not for the music.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
should've kept it cornish and got aphex to do the music, not that pwei tit
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
I guess I'm in the minority even among Wheatley fans, in that I've liked all of his movies to one degree or another. Granted, Kill List and A Field in England are his/their peak to date, but I thought both Free Fire and High Rise were well constructed and entertaining.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
the godawful Free Fire is where i got off the bus and i will never watch it
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 22:23 (four years ago) link
think the music makes that trailer much worse. jury is out
― imago, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
as i keep saying though idrc about this. roll on tomb raider 2
― imago, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
Granted, Kill List and A Field in England are his/their peak to date
Nah, Sightseers.
― chap, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 12:50 (four years ago) link
Sightseers and Kill List are the only movies I'd revisit from this lot
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 12:52 (four years ago) link
― imago, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 bookmarkflaglink
Lol just say you are a fan and don't care than post this rubbish
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
'The Meg 2' finds its director with 'Rebecca' filmmaker Ben Wheatley (exclusive) https://t.co/K6KZl5EFgG pic.twitter.com/yX1bj1ItXn— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 23, 2020
weird career path
― na (NA), Friday, 23 October 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
Rebecca seems to have been universally panned as a waste of time so this kinda makes sense.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 23 October 2020 22:34 (three years ago) link
Statham panned The Meg 1 as a waste of time tbh
― Un-fooled and placid (sic), Friday, 23 October 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link
directors gotta make a living
― mh, Friday, 23 October 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
could be he is a hack
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Friday, 23 October 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
(nb: Statham said the script and original cut of The Meg was an entertaining violent dumb horror action film, but the released PG-13 cut was pointless)
this looks like the sort of thing Wheatley would sign onto and be happy to get paid off and fired from two years before production starts, or be happy to be paid more and get a chance to make a big-budget movie with no expectations if he stays attached
― Un-fooled and placid (sic), Saturday, 24 October 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/all-the-wrong-reasons-to-remake-rebecca?
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 October 2020 08:24 (three years ago) link
More interested in this than Rebecca... Ben Wheatley's directed the new Sleaford Mods video.
https://youtu.be/iKcbSOjIzjQ
― brain (krakow), Friday, 30 October 2020 10:42 (three years ago) link
Everybody’s gotta eat but still...never expected him to turn into Neil Marshall.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 30 October 2020 11:39 (three years ago) link
I think that's probably going to happen to lots of directors who were previously able to do their own thing at a decent budget. And maybe Neil Marshall didn't expect to turn into Neil Marshall, no offense meant to him because that has probably always been the lot of most directors.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 30 October 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
I was hoping that he'd get a chance to direct more episodes of Strange Angel (and that there would be a third season)
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 31 October 2020 23:02 (three years ago) link
I read somewhere Down Terrace is supposed to be a dark comedy? It's horrifying
― Dan S, Thursday, 4 March 2021 02:10 (three years ago) link
it reminded me of the Australian film Animal Kingdom from a year later. I thought that film was more interesting
― Dan S, Thursday, 4 March 2021 02:26 (three years ago) link
Down Terrace was pretty good though
― Dan S, Thursday, 4 March 2021 02:39 (three years ago) link
snuck this one out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lqkfo7IymU
― Number None, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link
Where do you watch this one? I couldn't find it on netflix or prime
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
It says "in theatres 4.23" right there in the trailer. The distributor's website has it still running in independent cinemas in Texas, Colorado, southern California and a few other cities (or a $7 digital rental) - multiplectra here didn't get it. Major cinemas in the UK appear to be reopening next week, so maybe check the programming at your local/s?
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
Ben Wheatley’s ‘In The Earth’ will be released in UK cinemas on 18 June 2021
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 16 May 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
Thanks
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 16 May 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
Thanks, sic.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, 16 May 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link