Annihilation is the filmatization of the first book with the same name in the Reach trilogy (for now only one movie is planned I believe). Ex Machina director Alex Garland second movie, this time starring Natalie Portman as 'The Biologist'.
I absolutely loved the books. It's a mix between Lovecraftian horror and Stalker Sci-fi. Definitely gave me some real chills but also very fascinating making it a real page turner.
Here's the premise of the first book:
Not able to link the photos (mostly nature shots but a few actor shots as well) which can be found here: http://oneperfectshotdb.com/news/first-look-at-alex-garlands-annihilation/
Natalie Portman - The Biologist
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Psychologist
Gina Rodriguez - The Surveyor?
Tessa Thompson - The Anthropologist?
Oscar Isaac
I absolutely loved the books. It's a mix between Lovecraftian horror and Stalker Sci-fi. Definitely gave me some real chills but also very fascinating making it a real page turner.
Here's the premise of the first book:
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In "Annihilation," the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition.
The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.
They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that surpass understanding but it's the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.
Not able to link the photos (mostly nature shots but a few actor shots as well) which can be found here: http://oneperfectshotdb.com/news/first-look-at-alex-garlands-annihilation/
Natalie Portman - The Biologist
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Psychologist
Gina Rodriguez - The Surveyor?
Tessa Thompson - The Anthropologist?
Oscar Isaac