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Meg 2: The Trench sets August 2023 release date

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During a panel at CinemaCon, Warner Bros. announced that the upcoming Ben Wheatley-directed sequel to the 2018 sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg will be released theatrically on August 4th, 2023. Meg 2: The Trench, which is based on the 1999 book The Trench by author Steve Alten, will see Jason Statham returning to his role as Jonas Taylor alongside […]

Movie Review – In the Earth (2021)

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In the Earth, 2021.Written and Directed by Ben Wheatley Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Monero, and John Hollingworth.SYNOPSIS:As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.While it features a pandemic similar in reaction […]

Exclusive Interviews – Ben Wheatley and Reece Shearsmith on In The Earth

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EJ Moreno speaks with the director and star behind In The Earth…In The Earth is a surreal and visually stunning horror experience. In speaking with its director and one of the actors, you can tell they enjoyed crafting this twisted film.Director Ben Wheatley opens up about his early memories of the horror genre and what […]

Director Ben Wheatley wants to make a Doom or Counter-Strike movie

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Although director Ben Wheatley (Rebecca, Free Fire) recently departed the upcoming Alicia Vikander-led Tomb Raider sequel due to the film’s delayed production, the filmmaker is still interested in returning to video game adaptations and has recently named two projects he would like to work on.During a recent episode of The Playlist podcast, Wheatley revealed that he would like […]

The Meg 2 director Ben Wheatley teases what to expect from the sequel

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Director Ben Wheatley (Rebecca, Free Fire) is set to helm the sequel to the 2018 Jason Statham-starring sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg, and now, the filmmaker has teased what fans can expect from the film as well as stating he intends to honour the scope of the titular Megalodon shark.“A lot of it is respecting The Meg, and trying […]

Watch a tense new clip from Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth

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Ahead of its US release this Friday, a tense clip has arrived online from writer-director Ben Wheatley’s low-budget horror In the Earth featuring Joel Fry and Reece Shearsmith; watch it here, courtesy of Bloody Disgusting…SEE ALSO: Read our review of In the Earth hereAs the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a […]

Ben Wheatley’s new horror In the Earth gets a trailer and four posters

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Neon has debuted the first trailer for writer-director Ben Wheatley’s (Kill List, Sightseers) return to low-budget horror, In the Earth, along with four character posters featuring stars Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, Joel Fry, and Reece Shearsmith; take a look here…As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – In the Earth

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In the Earth, 2021.Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, and Reece Shearsmith.SYNOPSIS:As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep into the forest for a routine equipment run.Ben Wheatley is a filmmaker whose prodigious talents are matched only by the infuriating inconsistency […]

In The Earth is Ben Wheatley’s epic return to horror! | Sundance 2021 Video Review

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In The Earth, 2021.Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, and Reece Shearsmith.Filmmaker Ben Wheatley recently debuted his remake of Rebecca on Netflix and it was met with mixed reactions. Thankfully Wheatley quickly returned to horror as this will surely be one of his most memorable films ever. In The Earth […]