Even if you weren't exactly thrilled by Ben Wheatley's first three features, Down Terrace, Kill List, or the killer campers comedy Sightseers, there's no denying the director has amassed a loyal following in a very short period of time. His latest film, the "psychedelic" A Field in England, isn't playing at Cannes like Sightseers did last year, but that may be because it already has a fairly ambitious, multi-faceted rollout plan. In the UK the film open in theaters, hit VOD, and be released on DVD/Blu-Ray all on the same day, not to mention airing for free(!!!) on television.
Here in the U.S. we have a little while to wait for our theatrical and VOD release, courtesy of Drafthouse Films, and we've got a new trailer and poster for the film, offering the first footage we've seen of it yet. Starring Brit comic Julian Barratt, Michael Smiley (Kill List), Reece Shearsmith, the film follows a group 17th century English Civil War deserters who are forced by an alchemist to search for a hidden treasure in a vast, magical mushroom field, where they begin to succumb to nightmarish forces.
Look for A Field in England to open later this year, but you can check out Wheatley's Sightseers in theaters right now.
A Field in England (UK Trailer) by tvPRIME
