Brad Anderson and Christian Bale Plan to Reunite for Adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s ‘Concrete Island’

Posted on Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 by Russ Fischer

Brad Anderson‘s most recent film is Vanishing on 7th Street, but he’s best known for two other films: the abandoned mental hospital ghost story Session 9, and The Machinist, in which Christian Bale wastes away into madness before our very eyes. (He also directed a couple episodes of The Wire and several of Fringe, among other things.) Because of Christian Bale, The Machinist is probably his most-seen film.

So what say you to a new film that once again brings together the director with Scott Kosar, the writer of The Machinist, and Christian Bale? How about if the script is an adaptation of Concrete Island, a novel by the peerless author J.G. Ballard? Read More »

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Vicenzo Natali Erecting J G Ballard’s High Rise In the Ocean

Posted on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 by Brendon Connelly

The first promotional poster for Vincenzo Natali‘s adaptation of High Rise has been found online, along with a synopsis for the film. You can see them at the site of Capri Film, or at Quiet Earth where I first found them. Capri updating their site at this time suggests they prepared the material for the film market at Cannes.

The original novel High Rise was written by J G Ballard, the recently departed visionary of speculative and satirical fiction. In his career stacked high with nightmarish visions of humanity, this one ranked among the most frightening. You can see the poster above (nothing higher resolution is available) while the spoiler-free synopsis will follow the break.

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