A Coatbridge film writer and director is "over the moon" after his latest flick was snapped up by Amazon Prime Video following a nightmarish 17-year journey to get it to the screen.Sean Wilkie's horror The Bench, inspired by the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, is now available from the streaming giants.Sean, 43, also stars in, and is one of the producers of, the movie, while Sean's brother Stephen is an executive producer, co-stars Layla Giovino, Chris Somerville and Jennifer Byrne are also producers and Ryan Hendrick and his company Magic Monkey Films have distributed the film.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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