Time for a quick news roundup on Matthew Lewis’ upcoming film Wasteland, which Matthew began filming last week and will continue until March 31st (which many of you will remember as the day the Harry Potter Studio Tour opens). Matthew will be playing the character of Dodd and Timothy Spall will be playing D.I. West. The synopsis of the film is as follows:

Battered, bruised and under arrest, Harvey Denton sits in a police interview room facing interrogation. Clutching a stack of eyewitness statements, Detective Inspector West has no doubt as to Harvey’s part in a foiled robbery, and his subsequent attempted murder of local businessman Steven Roper.

Denying nothing, Harvey agrees to tell his version of events in full. We take in his release from prison a month earlier, and the malevolent, unjust act that put him there. We see his emotional reunion with his sibling-like best friends, and the
immovable loyalty they have for one another. We see the rekindling of a lost love, a second chance for two people meant for each other. We see the ingenious planning of the ill-fated robbery, the amazing twist, the shocking outcome, and the real driving force behind it – retribution. What unfolds is an exhilarating, moving and hilarious story of loyalty, jealousy, friendship, revenge and the pursuit of happiness.

WASTELAND is a bold take on a much-loved genre. A heist film, an underdog story and a thriller delivered with unexpected originality.

The studio opened an official Facebook for the film this morning and posted the first official photo from the movie which you can see in high resolution over at Matthew-Lewis.com

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