After a long absence from Twitter, it seems the internet darling, Tom Hiddleston is back on social media and has caused an excited frenzy by treating us to a first look at him as Dr. Laing in the big screen adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel HIGH-RISE.
During the late Spring of 2014, the British actor was in Belfast shooting the upcoming movie with co-stars Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy and Reece Shearsmith and the movie has been taken to market in Berlin by Hanway Films.
HIGH RISE focuses on a new residential tower built in London on the eve of Margaret Thatcher’s rise to power, 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 all is not what it seems and 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.
HIGH RISE is being brought to the big screen by British director, Ben Wheatley (A FIELD IN ENGLAND, DOCTOR WHO), and has been adapted into a screenplay by Amy Jump (Sightseers, Kill List).
Recorded Picture Company are set to release the film, which is due out later this year. Â
