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October Horrors 2020 – Annihilation (2018)

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Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: A group of scientists are sent into a quarantined area to investigate a mysterious force dubbed “The Shimmer” that is mutating all living things within its confines. Alex Garland is, in my view, […]

Director Alex Garland reveals he could never work on a Swamp Thing movie out of respect for Alan Moore

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Alex Garland, who is best known for his directorial work on Ex Machina and Annihilation, as well as writing 2012’s Dredd, has revealed why he would be reluctant to make a Swamp Thing movie. During an interview with ComicBook at C2E2, Garland explained that while he loves the character, he couldn’t make a Swamp Thing movie because writer Alan Moore passionately discourages […]

TV Review – Devs Season 1

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Justin Cook reviews the first season of Alex Garland’s Devs… “Life is just something we watch unfold. Like pictures on a screen,” says one character in FX’s first Hulu-exclusive show Devs. With his first foray into television, series creator Alex Garland grapples with the idea that nothing in our universe is random — every single […]

Alex Garland has no interest in returning to the world of Dredd

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Although he was officially credited as writer and producer, Ex Machina and Annihilation’s Alex Garland was heavily involved with production on 2012’s 2000 AD adaptation Dredd and took over the editing process after creative differences with credited director Pete Travis. His involvement was so significant in fact that actor Karl Urban stated last year that “a huge […]

Alex Garland talks the “spectacular” collaboration of FX’s Devs, bringing back same cast for more

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Stressed by everyone from the cast of FX’s Devs to the creator Alex Garland, during both the panel and press room at New York Comic Con, was the spirit of collaboration on set — a collaboration so fruitful that the Ex Machina and Annihilation director still thinks there are more stories to tell with the […]

Alex Garland introduces new FX series Devs, gives beautiful answer about show’s meaning

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“What am I actually doing here?” asks Karl Glusman’s Sergei, who is questioning the nature of his job in the Devs division, in the exclusive footage shown at the New York Comic Con panel for FX’s Devs. “Just sit, read code, take your time and don’t worry. You’re gonna figure it out,” Nick Offerman’s Forest […]

Alex Garland’s Devs gets a first teaser trailer and new images

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The first teaser trailer has been released for creator Alex Garland’s (Ex Machina, Annihilation) new sci-fi thriller limited series Devs, along with three new images featuring Sonoya Mizuno and Nick Offerman; check them out here… In ‘Devs,’ a young computer engineer, Lily Chan, investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company […]

First image from Alex Garland’s Devs featuring Sonoya Mizuno

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FX has released the first image from Devs, the upcoming limited series from Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland, which features actress Sonoya Mizuno (Ex Machina) who stars as Lily Chan, a young computer engineer who investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she […]

Danny Boyle has a “wonderful idea” for another 28 Days Later sequel

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Danny Boyle has been doing a lot of talking on the current press tour for his bootleg Beatles musical comedy Yesterday (read our ★★★★ review here). This time though, it isn’t about his revoked licence to kill, but the future of his 2002 non-zombie classic 28 Days Later. Speaking to The Independent, Boyle revealed that […]