Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Ben Wheatley's (
Kill List,
Sightseers) latest film,
High-Rise (2015), starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, James Purefoy, and Elisabeth Moss. The label plans an early 2016 theatrical release.
Synopsis: An ultramodern skyscraper offers its residents everything they might need, becoming a sort of strongly class-conscious society isolated from the outside world. A false utopia that fragments and culminates in an orgy of violence. With this adaptation of High-Rise, J.G. Ballard's key work, Ben Wheatley directs his most ambitious film to date, backed by a star-studded cast.