The 78th edition of the Edinburgh Film Festival is taking place this August and Deadline reports that the fest will premiere a brand new genre movie from director Ben Wheatley. Wheatley, whose films include Kill List, Free Fire, High Rise, Meg 2: The Trench, and In the Earth, directed the upcoming BULK in secret, and […]
The 78th edition of the Edinburgh Film Festival is taking place this August and Deadline reports that the fest will premiere a brand new genre movie from director Ben Wheatley.
Wheatley, whose films include Kill List, Free Fire, High Rise, Meg 2: The Trench, and In the Earth, directed the upcoming BULK in secret, and he’s calling it a true “midnight movie.”
The film is being described as “a return to the thrillingly free-spirited filmmaker’s homegrown, kaleidoscopic works like In The Earth and A Field in England.”
“I’m very excited and proud to be premiering BULK at Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness,” Wheatley said. “This is a midnight film through and through. Car chases, gun fights, sci-fi, and romance. Thanks to Edinburgh for having us. It’s going to be a wild night.”
“We could not think of a better way for us to launch the second year of Midnight Madness at EIFF than with a new trip from a true visionary of cinema,” festival director Paul Ridd said in a statement. “It is guaranteed to bring the house down in August. Bring it on.”
Executive Producer Ollie Madden adds, “Ben Wheatley is one of a kind, and BULK is truly the result of his unique and brilliant filmmaking brain. It was an honour to work with him on this secret project, for which Midnight Madness at EIFF is the perfect launchpad. Can’t wait for it to surprise and delight audiences in the way it did us.”
