Back in March it was announced that FX had ordered a pilot for Devs, a drama from Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation), and now comes word that the cable network has granted the project an eight-episode limited series order and put it on the fast track. Devs will reunite Garland with Ex Machina’s Sonoya Mizuno, […]
Alex Garland is “not interested” in making an Annihilation sequel
Director Alex Garland has often spoken of his disdain for sequels and it seems that his hit sci-fi Annihilation is not going to be the exception to the rule. In an interview to promote the film’s DVD release, Garland told IndieWire that he has no plans to adapt the other books in Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘Southern […]
TriStar lands Alex Garland script The Toymaker’s Secret
Variety is reporting that TriStar Pictures has snapped up the rights to The Toymaker’s Secret, a hot spec script from Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation), and has tapped BAFTA and Annie Award-winner Paloma Baeza (Poles Apart) to direct as her feature debut. Animated a a family audience, The Toymaker’s Secret “tells the story of an […]
FX orders pilot for Devs from Annihilation’s Alex Garland
Last summer Annihilation director Alex Garland signed a deal with FX to develop several new television series for the network. The first of Garland’s series, titled Devs, now has been given a pilot order by FX which Garland has written and will produce and direct with DNA TV and his Annihilation and Ex-Machina collaborators Scott Rudin Productions. In Devs, a young computer engineer, Lily, […]
Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac and Benedict Wong. SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of her husband on a secret mission, biologist Lena assumes he’s dead. His return is a shock and, when he’s taken seriously ill, she decides to follow in […]
Second Opinion – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring: Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong, and David Gyasi. SYNOPSIS: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply. Heavens bless a *hard* science fiction mind-meld starring female leads that can sell […]
Alex Garland “couldn’t give a sh*t” about Annihilation being “too intellectual” for test audiences
Alex Garland’s second feature Annihilation opened in the U.S. this past weekend off the back of rave reviews from critics, including our own Robert Kojder who gave the film a ★★★★ review and described it as a “superbly crafted sci-fi designed to get viewers contemplating its themes rather than give a cut-and-dry story depicting what weirdness […]
Alex Garland suggests that a new adaptation of The Beach is in the works
Before he made the jump to movies, directing the likes of Ex Machina and Annihilation, Alex Garland first rose to prominence through his 1996 debut novel The Beach, which was based upon his own exploits travelling across Europe and the Phillippines. The novel was adapted for the screen in 2000, with Danny Boyle directing Leonardo […]
Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Written and Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, David Gyasi, and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X – a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is […]
Alex Garland has revealed details about his new FX sci-fi series
Alex Garland, the director of Ex-Machina and the upcoming Annihilation, has revealed details and a title for his new FX sci-fi show. Annihilation may be releasing this weekend in the US (in March for the UK on Netflix) but the director already has another exciting project in the pipeline — this time an eight-part sci-fi series […]
