REPORT: Alex Garland Picks Up Oscar Isaac For Annihilation

<p>After the Sci-Fi indie hit&comma; <i>Ex-Machina<&sol;i>&comma; director Alex Garland and his cast were bumped up even higher on the A-list&period; Alicia Vikander picked up her first Oscar &lpar;no pun intended&rpar; with her supporting role in <i>The Danish Girl&semi;<&sol;i> Domnhall Gleeson continues to star in numerous movies&comma; including Best Picture nominees&comma; <i>The Revenant<&sol;i>&comma; and <i>Brooklyn<&sol;i>&semi; and Oscar Isaac starred in <i>Star Wars&colon; The Force Awakens&period; <&sol;i>Now Isaac is going to get back together with Garland for his sophomore directorial effort&comma; Annihilation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The film will be an adaptation on the book of the same name that centers around a group of women that set out to explore a place known as Area X&period; One woman in the group goes on the journey to find answers to her husband&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance&period; Said to be starring Natalie Portman&comma; Jennifer Jason Leigh&comma; Gina Rodriguez&comma; and Tessa Thompson&comma; Garland&&num;8217&semi;s follow-up sounds incredibly interesting&period; The acclaimed writer and director calls it &&num;8220&semi;surrealist science fiction&&num;8221&semi; and said it reminds him of J&period;G&period; Ballard&period; You can count me in&period; Shooting is scheduled for this Spring in London&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <&sol;strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blogs&period;indiewire&period;com&sol;theplaylist&sol;oscar-isaac-reportedly-reteams-with-ex-machina-director-alex-garland-for-annihilation-20160330">The Playlist<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;