Does Alex Garland Plan to Make ANNIHILATION 2?
Mike Sprague
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Alex Garland’s Annihilation starring Natalie Portman is based on the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy. So does that mean Garland plans to make the other 2 books into films?
Evidently not.
“I’ve got no objection to someone else doing that, but I’m not interested in the idea of a sequel,” Garland told IndieWire. “I feel like we made this movie and this is the movie we made.”
The studio has not announced any plans to develop a sequel, and Garland is not thinking about it either.
“When the thing is done, I am done with it,” Garland added. “I instantly start moving on, so I don’t even have an opinion on an ‘Annihilation’ sequel. All the way through I was clear with everyone, from the studio to the cast, I told everyone that I didn’t really see it as part of a franchise.”
He continues: “My goal was to make this film and do the best job I can. I didn’t even conceptualize it as the start of a trilogy. Sequels are just not something I’m interested in doing. It’s like when you don’t like steak, you don’t make the decision not to eat steak, you just don’t eat steak. I just don’t do sequels.”
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Annihilation is now available to own on digital, DVD, and Blu-ray.
Bonus Content:
- Part 1 – SOUTHERN REACH
- Refractions – See how director Alex Garland created the tone, textures and color palettes for the various film environments on set.
- For Those That Follow – Listen to the cast’s perspective on their roles and learn why they found the story so intriguing.
- Part 2 – AREA X
- Shimmer – See how filmmakers transformed real set locations to create the world of Annihilation.
- Vanished into Havoc – Check out all the action as cast and crew walk you through the mind-blowing stunts and special effects.
- Part 3 – TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
- Unfathomable Mind – Learn why the visual effects are integral to achieving director Alex Garland’s overall vision for Annihilation.
- The Last Phase – Listen to the cast and crew share their fondest memories from filming Annihilation.
Synopsis:
Biologist and former soldier Lena (Natalie Portman) is shocked when her missing husband (Oscar Isaac) comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone no one has ever returned from. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
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