Director Ben Wheatleywhose most recent film The Meg 2: The Trench is now in theaters, is developing a new satirical project of a zombie series entitled Generation Z.
Wheatley had originally planned to develop Generation Z in 2019 for Channel 4 in the UK and was said to feature “rapid baby boomers and disaffected teenagers at each other’s throats”. The director described it as a “zombie drama which satirizes intergenerational divisions in the UK”. After the pandemic, the project was shelved.
Now he is dusting off the project and says this will be the next project he will develop: “What I will do 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’m going to do something that went back to [the] Kill List-y, Sightseers-y world.
This is going to be a fun project! Wheatly tends to make funny movies and I had a great time with The Meg 2. The previously released full synopsis of Generation Z law:
The future looks bleak for today’s youth: seemingly endless austerity, astronomical house prices, insurmountable student debt, a political system that seems bent on destroying itself… And to add insult to injury, their hard-earned fees are being gobbled up by old – smug, self-satisfied, mean-spirited, “Little Englander” retirees whose sole purpose in life is to make him a pittance to everyone else.
In a small British town, tensions boil over when a mysterious military convoy crashes in front of the Sunnywise retirement home. The vehicles were carrying a toxic substance which, as a result of the accident, seeps into the local environment and infects residents of the retirement community. The symptoms of this infection come on quickly: an overwhelming appetite for raw meat. They’re old, they’re angry, and they’re in a rage. As the military scrambles to control the outbreak and keep everything out of the media spotlight, a group of ordinary teenagers find themselves in the thick of the battle against these carnivorous baby boomers.
Wheatley also said he’d like to work on another big-budget monster movie, and he specifically mentions a Kaiju movie, which would be great!
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
Lloyd Grunewald is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. He is a talented writer who focuses on bringing the latest entertainment-related news to his readers. With a deep understanding of the entertainment industry and a passion for writing, Lloyd delivers engaging articles that keep his readers informed and entertained.
