For a lot of folks that saw Ex Machina earlier this year, it definitely put Alex Garland firmly on the map of someone to watch with each project. His second film is slowly coming together as it’s looking to bring the first book from the Southern Reach trilogy out with Annihilation. Natalie Portman has already joined the project in the lead role and now it looks like the second actress that might board it as part of the all-female main ensemble is Gina Rodriguez of Jane the Virgin. It’s also sounding like Frances McDormand is in the running for another lead role as well and that it’s likey the psychologist of the book.
Interestingly, each book stands on its own with new casts joining each one to tell the larger tale and within the book they’re only referred to by their profession, making casting an interesting aspect (and one we expect to get changed in the screenplay). All three books, averaging just under 400 pages each, were released in 2014.
Plot concept: For thirty years. Area X. monitored by the secret agency known as the Southern Reach. has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border-an environmental disaster zone. though to all appearances an abundant wilderness Eleven expeditions have been sent in to investigate;. even for those that have made it out alive. there have been terrible consequences. ‘Annihilation’ is the story of the twelfth expedition and is told by its nameless biologist. Introverted but highly intelligent. the biologist brings her own secrets with her. She is accompanied by a psychologist. an anthropologist and a surveyor. their stated mission: to chart the land…
[Source: The Wrap]
