His latest film MEG 2: THE TRENCH is chomping away at cinemagoers right now, but Wheatley is beloved by genre fans for his earlier efforts such as KILL LIST, HIGH RISE and SIGHTSEERS – and his next project sees him diving back into that pool!
The writer/director teased GENERATION Z at a recent Empire VIP screening of MEG 2:
“What I’m doing next is six hours for Channel 4, [a] TV series, a horror-based thing […] In the same way I did IN THE EARTH after REBECCA, I’ll do something that’s back to [the] KILL LIST-y, SIGHTSEERS-y world,” he told the audience.
The plot for the 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.”
The series is expected to feature “pitch-black humour and biting satire to tell how Brexit has divided the country, and in this case, led to brain munching.”
Stay tuned for more on GENERATION Z and let’s all celebrate some new horror on terrestrial TV!