This Picture Of Timothy Spall Is Giving Us Nightmares

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Well, it’s a good job that this isn’t the very vision of a waking nightmare made flesh then, isn’t it.

Oh, no, hang on. It is. It is that.

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This, in case it isn’t obvious, is British screen legend Timothy Spall in the first look at his forthcoming movie ‘Eye Digress’.

It’s described as 'a surreal comedy’ (surreal, yes. Comedy? From this, not so much), and wraps its filming in London next week.

In it, Spall plays all 15 characters in the movie, which centres on a man stuck in prison but who is plagued with delusions and hallucinations.

Makes a bit more sense now.

Here’s the picture in its full, terrifying glory…

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Spall is said to have been working on the idea with director Stephen Cookson, who directed Spall in the movie 'My Angel’ in 2011, for some time, with the script being adapted from a screenplay by first-timer Falcon Fields.

Speaking to Screen Daily, Cookson said: “The process is very intense. Timothy wants each character to be real and three dimensional nothing gets overlooked. We rehearse and constantly re-write right up to the point before shooting.

“We also had to lock of camera positions which meant we were unable to shoot for periods of the day.

“This gives little time for me to consider some of the technical aspects of making the shots work and decide how we are going to piece them together in post. I have to reply of the DOP to and VFX supervisor to assist in these areas.”

It’s due out in February, 2016.

Image credit: Screen Daily/Special One Films