The first trailer for Annihilation has arrived, teasing the next sci-fi movie from writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina). Natalie Portman stars in this glossy adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation novel, which is the first book in the Southern Reach trilogy. This series contains numerous perspectives on the mysterious ‘Area X’ – a strange landscape of unknown origin, which defies the laws of nature. The American government is desperate to understand Area X, but hopeless to decipher its mysteries.
The film looks to be following the first book rather closely (albeit with a bit more gunplay), as Portman’s biologist character enters Area X with a team of other experts (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and Tuva Novotny). They’ve all been sent in by the Southern Reach, a government agency, but Portman’s biologist has her own motive for joining the expedition: to track ...
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