FX has given a pilot order to Devs, a drama from Alex Garland, the award-winning writer-director of sci-fi thriller Ex Machina. Garland wrote and will direct the pilot, which he will executive produce with Ex Machina and Annihilation collaborators DNA TV and Scott Rudin Productions. In Devs, which will be produced by…

After making a big splash in the sci-fi space with the intelligent but chilling Ex Machina from indie upstart A24 a couple of years ago, writer-director Alex Garland has stepped up to the majors with Paramount’s equally chilling Annihilation. But thankfully, all the smart sensibility he brought before is still there…

Just as Paramount/Skydance’s sci-fi adventure Annihilation was heating up in its word of mouth before its February 23 release, two advocacy groups this week — MANAA (Media Action Network for Asian Americans) and American Indians in Film and Television — took aim at the film for whitewashing its two leading characters…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Paramount/Skydance are negotiating a deal on the Alex Garland-directed Annihilation that will give the streaming service international rights to the sci-fi thriller, and an opportunity to release the film on its overseas streaming service 17 days after the film premieres in the the U.S. on…

“Can you describe its form?” “No.” Uh-oh. The questions don’t get much easier from there in the first teaser trailer for Annihilation, writer-director Alex Garland’s follow-up to Ex Machina that stars Natalie Portman. Check it out above. Something has done something to the husband (Oscar Isaac) of the Biologist…

Paramount has set a February 23 wide release for Annihilation, Alex Garland’s follow-up film to his 2014 debut Ex Machina that landed him an Oscar nom for original screenplay. Ex Machina‘s Oscar Isaac reunites with Garland to star alongside Natalie Portman, who plays a grieving biologist who signs on for a secret…

FX Productions has signed Oscar-nominated Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland to an exclusive overall  deal to develop, write and produce television projects. Garland scored a 2016 Academy Award nom for his original screenplay for  Ex Machina, which he also directed and produced. He also won the DGA Award for a…

In a competitive situation, DNA Films, whose Alicia Vikander-starrer Ex Machina was one of 2015’s sleeper hits, and Film4 have acquired the rights to Andrew Michael Hurley’s critically acclaimed and award-winning modern gothic horror novel The Loney. Film4 also developed Alex Garland’s Ex Machina to great success with…

Alicia Vikander is dominating movie theaters, billboards and award nominations lately, with a stratospheric rise to fame she calls "completely surreal." It's been a fast ride indeed. Since she entered public consciousness with 2012's A Royal Affair, Vikander has now become one of the most talked-about actresses in…

Back in the ’90s, Alex Garland was in his mid-20s and collecting unemployment when he penned his massive bestseller The Beach, which then became an even bigger Leonardo DiCaprio film. Shocked by his success – as he says, "suddenly you're pretending to be a novelist" – Garland then went on to write other books (most…

UPDATE: A strong year for indie British cinema was celebrated tonight at London’s Old Billingstate where actor/writer/director Richard Ayoade hosted the Moët British Independent Film Awards. Going in, Yorgos Lanthimos' Cannes pic The Lobster led the nominations with seven, but took only one, for Olivia Colman in…

Even though it is far from a sure thing, Paramount and Ex Machina director Alex Garland are hoping Natalie Portman will take part in Annihilation, the Scott Rudin-produced sci-fi novel by Jeff VanderMeer about a female expedition sent to a cordoned off forest, after previous attempts to explore ended with disastrous…