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

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 outlandish gore.” Check out the first look images below.

The plot for the six-part series: “In a small British town, tensions come to a head when a mysterious military convoy crashes outside the Sunnywise Retirement Home. The vehicles were carrying a toxic substance, which, as a result of the crash, leaks into the local environment and infects the residents of the retirement community. The symptoms of this infection quickly manifest – an overwhelming appetite for raw flesh. They’re old, they’re angry and they’re on the rampage. As the military scrambles to control the outbreak and keep everything out of the media spotlight, a group of regular teenagers find themselves in the thick of the battle against these flesh-eating baby boomers.”

More specifically, “a chemical leak outside a care home starts an apocalypse led by old-aged pensioners hungry for human flesh.” With the elderly affected by the toxic substance, the generational divide is about to get wider, and gorier.

The coming of age parable is currently in production and filming in Wales.

“Generation Z” stars Robert Lindsay (Wimbledon), Sue Johnston (“Downton Abbey”), Paul Bentall (The World’s End), T’Nia Miller (“The Haunting of Bly Manor”), Anita Dobson (“The Worst Witch”), Lewis Gribben, Jay Lycurgo, Buket Komur, Viola Prettejohn, and Johnny Vegas.

The series is written and directed by Ben Wheatley and is produced by Alex Kazamia. Executive producers are Wheatley, Mark Pybus, George Faber, and Beth Willis.

Stay tuned for additional details on the project as they arrive.