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Channel 4’s Generation Z will be written and directed by Wheatley, with the Free Fire director skewering tensions between age groups in a dark satire that will feature flesh-eating pensioners and mirror the restive atmosphere of Brexit Britain, according to its producer, George Faber.
Faber believes the zombie metaphor is an ideal way to satirise contemporary Britain. “You can tell a story about what is happening in society through zombies because it takes the racism, xenophobic and ageist curse off the idea,” says the producer, “because they become the democratic undead.”
The main characters are a diverse group of young people dealing with a marauding group of zombie pensioners, who are infected after a military convoy carrying a toxic substance crashes into their retirement home. “Our heroes need to take on the old flesh-eating zombies who have stolen the resources and finally the flesh of the young,” says Faber.
Generation Z will be shot next year and is expected to be broadcast in late 2020 or 2021.
Faber believes the zombie metaphor is an ideal way to satirise contemporary Britain. “You can tell a story about what is happening in society through zombies because it takes the racism, xenophobic and ageist curse off the idea,” says the producer, “because they become the democratic undead.”
The main characters are a diverse group of young people dealing with a marauding group of zombie pensioners, who are infected after a military convoy carrying a toxic substance crashes into their retirement home. “Our heroes need to take on the old flesh-eating zombies who have stolen the resources and finally the flesh of the young,” says Faber.
Generation Z will be shot next year and is expected to be broadcast in late 2020 or 2021.
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Hopefully this will be a bit more nuanced than it sounds from that pitch
 *Ben Wheatley is the writer It is Wheatley’s first major British television project since he directed two episodes of Doctor Who in 2014. The director is known for his dark brand of distinctly British humour that he honed in films including Kill List, Sightseers and 2013’s A Field in England. |
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I know jacksh!t about zombies but I could probably satirise it better.
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Don't worry. Chit chatters will take this C4 brexit satire in their stride. No need to bulk buy Tena Men. Stand down on the blood pressure tablet stockpiling.
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Wheatley's 'KILL LIST' and 'SIGHTSEERS' are excellent films.
This looks like an another embarrassingly contrived, cringeworthy and misguided effort to virtue-signal. Quite honestly, the satire that needs to be made is one focussing on the behaviour before and after the 2016 Referendum by the 'Remain' side. Who knew that so many people pretended to love the EU and its laws? Probably beyond satire in truth. Curiously though, only a tiny percentage of these people have actually followed their convictions and emigrated to a European country where the perceived benefits of EU Law and Membership will still apply. Just think, if more "Remain' supporters were serious about it, they could be part of that 'Freedom of Movement' process, and be like the immigrants they (pretend to) value and adore. Alas, they don't have the courage to do so. They prefer instead to try and derail the decisive democratic result. |
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What a merrie land Britain would be if everyone still there was like Alun.
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