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Ben Wheatley Celebrates 15 Years Since His Micro-Budget Breakout ‘Down Terrace’ and Teases ‘Heavyweight’ Action Film With Bob Odenkirk
The director talks his 2009 debut, turning things up a notch with 'Meg 2: The Trench' and his upcoming crime thriller with Bob Odenkirk.
Made on a shoestring budget and shot over a little more than a week, it was lapped up for giving a uniquely dark and hilarious twist to the standard gangster flick while adding splashes of U.K. kitchen-sink social realism into the mix. After landing “cult director” status thanks to his “Down Terrace” follow-ups — the gritty psychological horror “Kill List,” murderous black comedy “Sightseers” and trippy period feature “A Field in England” — he then upped the stakes (and A-list stars) with J.G. Speaking to Variety ahead of the Scottish festival, he discusses whether he enjoyed making the leap from “handmade, cottage industry stuff” to choppy studio waters and his next feature, the recently-announced crime thriller with Bob Odenkirk.
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