>In the science fiction film Annihilation, Natalie Portman plays a scientist named Lena, who is part of an expedition tasked with exploring an area which has been taken over by a mysterious force. “[She] finds a very strange, dream-like, surrealist landscape, and goes deeper and deeper into that world, and also into that mindset,” says writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina). Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson costar as her fellow team members, while Oscar Isaac plays Portman’s husband.
>One other character of note featured in the film? An alligator, as is revealed in EW’s exclusive first look photo, above. “It is their first tangible encounter with something strange,” says Garland. “The alligator has physical elements to it that should not belong on an alligator. They’re starting to get their heads around how weird the place is.”
>Annihilation is based on JeffVanderMeer’s 2014 novel, the first book in the Southern Reach trilogy, which the author continued with Authority and then wrapped up with Acceptance. “I was in post-production on Ex Machina, and one of the producers of that film, Scott Rudin, called up and said, ‘I just acquired this book, I think it’s interesting and, would you take a look,'” says Garland, whose screenwriting credits also include Dredd and 28 Days Later. “I don’t finish books, or films, or anything, really, if it isn’t grabbing me for one reason. Well, I read it in a sitting. I found the atmosphere incredibly strong and I liked the kind of dream state that it created and put me in. It had all sorts of qualities that I found really interesting. I thought immediately, Yes, I’d like to try this.”
Robert Rivera
i hope she does lewd scenes!
Angel Hill
dumb nat
Dominic Green
wow, very rude
Adam Hernandez
>lovecraftian
Anthony Martinez
>natkino >pic is natalie hershlag with an alligator I unironically thought this was a new show on National Geographic where they get celebrities to do field work in the jungle with animal experts.
Chase Sanders
This book is terrible. With all the other stuff floating around in Hollywood Limbo why does shit like this get made?
Asher Roberts
They should have shown a picture that shows off the cinematography or something. Not a flat shot of Natalie Portman looking at an Alligator. This doesn't make me very hopeful. This had the potential of being a modern Stalker
Christian Murphy
To make you mad for having shit taste
Mason Nelson
Does nats character go to the bathroom in her pants?
Jordan Perry
>find alligator, animal with very strong jaws >have someone hold it's head up even though they don't bend that way >stick your head in
Did Ridley Scott write this?
Dylan Howard
Who here read the book, and liked it? I'm slightly annoyed that we get to know the Biologist's name in this.
Isaac Allen
Does Natalies character shit herself at all?
Thomas Richardson
Sounds kino
Robert Cook
I only read the first book. It was fine, had a good atmosphere, but it didn't give any answers to anything which annoyed me. Are the sequels good?
Austin Mitchell
>Are the sequels good?
They're not as good, from what I hear. The second book focuses on a guy trying to work through the mysterious office politics of the company in charge of the expedition, which can be boring, though it ramps up in the last few chapters. Never reead the third book. I think the 3rd book does give more answers, though.
Andrew Adams
It's dead Jim
Nathaniel Sanchez
that's pretty funny
Christopher Martinez
I'd watch that.
Lincoln Harris
>Hershlag and Isaac in a surrealist sci fi movie okay you've got my attention desu
Jaxon Turner
I read the first few chapters after seeing this.
They consist of a lame-ass contrived spew of bullshit as to why they're not to have modern equipment.
Tell me it gets better.
Samuel Reed
>The book is terrible Damn, really?
Benjamin Hughes
>i just acquired this book
lmao like anyone talks like that
William Lopez
Sounds a little like Stalker.
Christopher Ross
Maybe the book isn't for you.
Evan Reyes
>Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson costar as her fellow team members Am I correct in understanding that this is an all-female team?
Joseph Russell
whats the plot? Spoil the entire thing
Jaxson Long
Is the book good? I wanna read something
Nathaniel Taylor
Yes.
Nolan Price
There's a reason for that. The last expedition was all male and mixed, so they wanted to control for experimental factors by using an "all-female group."
Tyler Perry
>it's a Sup Forums saves discovery episode
Nicholas Adams
...
Lucas Price
just read a summary...it's shit
LIGHTHOUSE FORCE CAN TURN PEOPLE INTO ANIMALS AND AFFECT TIME, LMAO
Hunter Anderson
So the alligator is a person?
Carter Taylor
No, they are all trannies.
Joseph Hughes
No we are the alligator
Logan Martin
I read the books first and only saw Stalker last year and I immediately thought that like there's no way these books weren't direct references to Stalker
Liam Morris
you've read the book? is it good? is it like stalker or something?
Luis Nelson
Holup so what's so surreal about this fucking croc, is it just that it looks albino?