We’ve been talking about High Rise director Ben Wheatley’s cops vs. monsters flick Freakshift since way back in 2012, when it looked like it was getting off the ground. Unfortunately, the planned start date came and went without a peep, but today brings an exciting update. It looks like the film is finally happening, and a lead has possibly been found.
Deadline reports that Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) is in talks to star in the action-thriller, which centers on a band of misfits who hunt down and kill underground, nocturnal monsters. If the deal goes through, Vikander will play the lead female protagonist.
The story is set in a world where monsters rise from the ground and terrorize citizens when night falls. The Freakshift is a band of government-organized misfits and lawbreakers who hunt and kill the creatures for civic duty, sport and money.
Wheatley co-wrote the script with Amy Jump.
Filming on Freakshift is set to begin in August.