Armie Hammer s Freakshift Cast

Ahead of the theatrical release of their action/comedy High-Rise. While Wheatley (often in collaboration with wife and partner Amy Jump) usually works on low-budget fare, Freakshift is a more expensive ion project of the filmmaker's.

Now, with High-Rise finding a cult following and Free Fire earning good reviews on the festival circuit ahead of its domestic theatrical release, it looks like Wheatley is finally set to make Freakshift. The film will follow an elite police unit, tasked with protecting a city from bloodthirsty, neanderthal-like creatures that emerge from underground at night - and a viral pathogen that they are believed to spread.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. along with Henry Cavill.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Henry Cavill Alicia Vikander

Although Hammer earned much in the way of critical applause for both his breakout performance(s) as The Winklevoss Twins in The Social Network and J. Edgar Hoover's significant other, Clyde Tolson, in J. Edgar, Hammer has struggled to find success in the blockbuster realm; with such would-be franchise starters as The Lone Ranger and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. both failing to connect with audiences and landing as box office disappointments. Freakshift, however, may be more in Hammer's wheelhouse and prove all the more successful for it.

Free Fire is headed to theaters later this month, but first audiences will be able to see Hammer in the military drama Mine, where he portrays a soldier who becomes stranded in a North African desert - after stepping on a landmine that will explode if he moves. He will also lend his voice to the role of upstart villain Jackson Storm in Disney/Pixar's Tomb Raider reboot.