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Ben Wheatley’s ‘Normal’ Teaser – Bob Odenkirk Stars in Neo-Western Thriller from ‘John Wick’ Writer

December 15, 2025 Alex DiVincenzo Ben Wheatley, Bob Odenkirk, Movies, normal, Videos

The teaser trailer for Normal introduces an unassuming Minnesota town where life is quiet, peaceful, predictable — until it isn’t. The neo-Western thriller explodes into theaters nationwide on April 17, 2026 via Magnolia Pictures. Ben Wheatley (Meg 2: The Trench, Kill List) directs from a script by Derek Kolstad (John Wick, Nobody). Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call […]

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Ben Wheatley’s Gory Dark Comedy ‘Sightseers’ Journeys to Blu-ray

November 7, 2025 Alex DiVincenzo Alice Lowe, Ben Wheatley, Edgar Wright, Home Video, Sightseers, Steve Oram

From executive producer Edgar Wright, Sightseers will be released on Blu-ray on December 30 via IFC Films. The 2012 British gory dark comedy is directed by Ben Wheatley (Meg 2: The Trench, Kill List). Special features: Audio commentary with film historians Kim Newman and Sean Hogan New (new) Audio commentary with director Ben Wheatley and actors Alice […]

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Ben Wheatley’s ‘Kill List’ Comes to 4K UHD in December from Severin Films

September 19, 2025 Alex DiVincenzo Ben Wheatley, Home Video, Kill List, Severin Films

From director Ben Wheatley (Meg 2: The Trench, Free Fire), Kill List will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on December 9 via Severin Films. The 2011 British slow-burn horror film has been newly scanned in 4K from the 35mm digital intermediate negative with HDR10. Disc 1 – 4K UHD: Audio Commentary With […]

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“Generation Z” – First Look Images Preview Ben Wheatley’s Zombie Series

October 18, 2023 Meagan Navarro Ben Wheatley, Generation Z, TV

Kill List, Free Fire, and High-Rise director Ben Wheatley announced plans for the Brexit zombie series “Generation Z” for UK’s Channel 4 back in 2019. UK broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled first look images at the six-part series, along with its cast. Channel 4 describes the series as a “coming-of-age parable for our very strange times – cut with a heavy dose of […]

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“Generation Z” – ‘Kill List’ Director Ben Wheatley Teases Upcoming Brexit-Themed Zombie Series

August 9, 2023 Meagan Navarro Ben Wheatley, Generation Z, TV

Kill List, Free Fire, and High-Rise director Ben Wheatley announced plans for the Brexit zombie drama “Generation Z” for UK’s Channel 4 back in 2019. Our friends at Fangoria report that Wheatley teased upcoming plans for “Generation Z” at a recent screening of his latest feature, Meg 2: The Trench. “Generation Z” was initially set to go into production in 2020, but we all know how […]

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‘Meg 2: The Trench’ Review – Ben Wheatley Packs Sequel to the Gills with Nonstop B-Movie Spectacle

August 3, 2023 Meagan Navarro Ben Wheatley, Jason Statham, Meg 2: The Trench, Reviews

The biggest complaint about 2018’s The Meg, an American and Chinese co-production loosely based on author Steve Alten’s novel, was that it lacked bite. The PG-13 action vehicle for Jason Statham brought the B-movie sense of fun, but it was too restrained regarding the megalodon carnage. Meg 2: The Trench answers the first film’s criticisms, though not in the way […]

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Ben Wheatley to EP ‘The Unravelling’, Which Turns the Entire World on One Man

April 27, 2022 Brad Miska Ben Wheatley, Cannes, Cannes 2022, Movies, The Unravelling, Tom Meeten

Of all the pandemic-inspired movies, this new one might provide the best commentary. Horror veteran Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers) is executive producing the new horror thriller, The Unraveling, which will reunite the creative team behind BAFTA and BIFA-nominated 2016 thriller The Ghoul, reports Deadline. The Unravelling follows Michael (Tom Meeten) as he experiences increasing […]

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‘Sightseers’ – Sardonic Mumblegore from ‘Kill List’ Director Ben Wheatley [Horrors Elsewhere]

February 11, 2022 Paul Lê Alice Lowe, Ben Wheatley, Editorials, Horrors Elsewhere, Movies, Sightseers, Steve Oram

People spend a great deal of time searching for their other half, and once they find that perfect love, they will do everything to keep it. That determination is plain to see in Ben Wheatley’s movie Sightseers, a romantic comedy without equal. Two awkward lovebirds’ road trip turns into an appalling travelogue as soon as […]

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‘The Meg’ Sequel Begins Shooting Under the Title ‘Meg 2: The Trench’

February 4, 2022 Brad Miska Ben Wheatley, Bingbing Li, Jason Statham, Meg 2: The Trench, Movies, The Meg, The Meg 2

Jason Statham will be back as Jonas Taylor in director Ben Wheatley‘s (Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England, High-Rise, Rebecca, In the Earth) upcoming sequel to big-budget shark attack horror movie The Meg, and we’ve learned today that the official shooting title is Meg 2: The Trench. Variety confirmed production is officially underway at the Warner Bros.-owned Leavesden Studios outside London, […]

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