ANNIHILATION Official Trailer (2018) Natalie Portman Adventure Movie HD
Annihilation is an upcoming British-American science fiction thriller film directed and written by Alex Garland based on the book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer.
The film is scheduled to be released on February 23, 2018, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
A biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a surveyor.
Cast
Natalie Portman as Lena, the Biologist
Jennifer Jason Leigh as the Psychologist
Gina Rodriguez as Anya Thorensen, the Anthropologist
Tessa Thompson as the Surveyor
Tuva Novotny as the Linguist
Oscar Isaac as the Biologist's husband
David Gyasi
Sonoya Mizuno
Benedict Wong
Production
On March 26, 2013, it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Scott Rudin Productions acquired the film's right to the first novel Annihilation in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy. The film would be produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush. On October 31, 2014, Paramount hired Ex Machina's writer-director Alex Garland to adapt and direct the film, about a biologist trying to discover answers about the disappearance of her husband in an environmental disaster.
On May 7, 2015, Variety reported that Natalie Portman was in early talks to join the sci-fi film, while the studio was keeping an eye on Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton to add to the cast, but their negotiations would begin right after Portman's casting finalization.
In November, Portman's casting was finalized and it was also announced that Gina Rodriguez would also be joining the cast. On January 4, 2016, the casting of Tessa Thompson was announced. Jennifer Jason Leigh joined the cast on February 10, 2016. Oscar Isaac joined the cast in March 2016.
Garland revealed to Creative Screenwriting that his adaptation is based on only the first novel of the trilogy, saying, "At the point I started working on Annihilation, there was only one of the three books. I knew that it was planned as a trilogy by the author, but there was only the manuscript for the first book. I really didn’t think too much about the trilogy side of it."
Filming began in the spring of 2016 in London. Production was confirmed to begin when actor David Gyasi was added to the cast. Location filming by Lighthouse Pictures Ltd occurred starting in late April in South Forest, Windsor Great Park. Some test shooting had already been done in St. Marks, Florida, but the vegetation in the area turned out to be too dense to give any depth perception on screen. Lighthouse Pictures have a charge arrangement registered with UK Companies House regarding this matter. On May 9, 2016, cinematographer Rob Hardy began sharing pictures from the set of the film. On July 13–14 filming took place at Holkham beach and pinewoods in North Norfolk.
Release
The film is scheduled to be released on February 23, 2018.
Details
Directed by Alex Garland
Produced by
Andrew Macdonald
Allon Reich
Screenplay by Alex Garland
Based on Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer
Starring
Natalie Portman
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Gina Rodriguez
Tessa Thompson
Tuva Novotny
Oscar Isaac
Music by
Geoff Barrow
Ben Salisbury
Cinematography Rob Hardy
Edited by Barney Pilling
Production
company
Skydance Media
DNA Films
Scott Rudin Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
February 23, 2018
Country
United States
United Kingdom
Language English
Annihilation is an upcoming British-American science fiction thriller film directed and written by Alex Garland based on the book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer.
The film is scheduled to be released on February 23, 2018, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
A biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a surveyor.
Cast
Natalie Portman as Lena, the Biologist
Jennifer Jason Leigh as the Psychologist
Gina Rodriguez as Anya Thorensen, the Anthropologist
Tessa Thompson as the Surveyor
Tuva Novotny as the Linguist
Oscar Isaac as the Biologist's husband
David Gyasi
Sonoya Mizuno
Benedict Wong
Production
On March 26, 2013, it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Scott Rudin Productions acquired the film's right to the first novel Annihilation in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy. The film would be produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush. On October 31, 2014, Paramount hired Ex Machina's writer-director Alex Garland to adapt and direct the film, about a biologist trying to discover answers about the disappearance of her husband in an environmental disaster.
On May 7, 2015, Variety reported that Natalie Portman was in early talks to join the sci-fi film, while the studio was keeping an eye on Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton to add to the cast, but their negotiations would begin right after Portman's casting finalization.
In November, Portman's casting was finalized and it was also announced that Gina Rodriguez would also be joining the cast. On January 4, 2016, the casting of Tessa Thompson was announced. Jennifer Jason Leigh joined the cast on February 10, 2016. Oscar Isaac joined the cast in March 2016.
Garland revealed to Creative Screenwriting that his adaptation is based on only the first novel of the trilogy, saying, "At the point I started working on Annihilation, there was only one of the three books. I knew that it was planned as a trilogy by the author, but there was only the manuscript for the first book. I really didn’t think too much about the trilogy side of it."
Filming began in the spring of 2016 in London. Production was confirmed to begin when actor David Gyasi was added to the cast. Location filming by Lighthouse Pictures Ltd occurred starting in late April in South Forest, Windsor Great Park. Some test shooting had already been done in St. Marks, Florida, but the vegetation in the area turned out to be too dense to give any depth perception on screen. Lighthouse Pictures have a charge arrangement registered with UK Companies House regarding this matter. On May 9, 2016, cinematographer Rob Hardy began sharing pictures from the set of the film. On July 13–14 filming took place at Holkham beach and pinewoods in North Norfolk.
Release
The film is scheduled to be released on February 23, 2018.
Details
Directed by Alex Garland
Produced by
Andrew Macdonald
Allon Reich
Screenplay by Alex Garland
Based on Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer
Starring
Natalie Portman
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Gina Rodriguez
Tessa Thompson
Tuva Novotny
Oscar Isaac
Music by
Geoff Barrow
Ben Salisbury
Cinematography Rob Hardy
Edited by Barney Pilling
Production
company
Skydance Media
DNA Films
Scott Rudin Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
February 23, 2018
Country
United States
United Kingdom
Language English
Category
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