In the making for nearly 30 years, it looks like J. G. Ballard’s “High Rise” will finally see life on the big screen.

Our friends at Quiet Earth have uncovered a poster and synopsis for the film adaptation of Ballard’s book; an adaptation that has Canadian director Vincenzo Natali on board to write and direct. It’s the story of a tower whose inhabitants lead self contained lives within the tower until the society begins to eat itself out.

I’ve only read a few of Ballard’s books and this doesn’t happen to be one of the few but reading over the description on wikipedia and taking a parooze over the synopsis, it looks like the story is essentially the same with a few minor exceptions the most important of which being the physical isolation of the tower from the world (in the “midst of a vast ocean”).

From Capri Films:

In the midst of a vast ocean stands the Elysium Tower – a glistening vertical city – a sanctuary for challenging times. Powered by sun and earth, designed by the greatest architectural visionary of the new millennium, Elysium is a self contained world. A world of commerce, cuisine and entertainment, featuring restaurants, swimming pools, libraries, cinemas, even a research hospital. It is not just the tallest and most technologically advanced work of modern architecture, but one that embodies the world’s highest aspirations. Dr. Robert Laing, a new arrival, settles in and adjusts to this hermetic life. But before long he becomes aware of something unsettling in the building. In an escalating atmosphere of unrest the residents break into tribal factions. Laing watches in horror as the myth of a utopian society is shattered.

I’ve been a proud supporter of Natali’s work for well over ten years (shocking, I know) and I’m happy to see that the director is finally getting international attention. What I want to know now is: when the heck do we get to see a trailer for Splice?