ANNIHILATION (2018) - Alex Garland Behind the Scenes Interview - The Media Hub this week". The Media Hub. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020 . Retrieved 18 March 2018– via YouTube. In 2005, Garland wrote a screenplay for a film adaptation of Halo. [14] D. B. Weiss and Josh Olson rewrote this during 2006 for a 2008 release, [15] [16] although the film was later canceled. [16] In 2007, he wrote the screenplay for the film Sunshine, which was his second screenplay to be directed by Danny Boyle and to star Cillian Murphy. Garland served as an executive producer on 28 Weeks Later, the sequel of 28 Days Later. He wrote the screenplay for the 2010 film Never Let Me Go, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. He also wrote the script for Dredd, an adaptation of the Judge Dredd comic book series from 2000 AD. In 2018, Karl Urban, who played the eponymous role in the film, stated that it was Garland who deserved credit for also directing Dredd. [17] Alex Garland". British Council. n.d. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018 . Retrieved 9 February 2018. Karl Urban Says Alex Garland Actually Directed 'Dredd' ". Collider. 7 March 2018 . Retrieved 20 October 2020. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{

I often find writing a kind of irritating way to spend my one shot at life. I never felt short of things to write about. It was more to do with the will to write. I'd read stuff I'd written and think, "Who cares? I don't. Why should anyone else?"'But there is no real answer to The Coma. The ending is that most polarising of finales: open-ended. In a way, that’s the best choice to end it - to give the illusion of finality while leaving poor Carl in his spiral of never-ending searching. In that interpretation, this is a very true representation of being in a coma - the same thing going on and on forever until you either wake up or die. Though really a narrative of aimlessness could never have a solid conclusion due to its nature. Hume, Lucy, ed. (2017). "Garland, Nicholas Withycombe [entry]". People of Today 2017. Debrett's. p.2,365. ISBN 9781999767037. Granted, length is hardly the arbiter of quality. But The Coma is hardly Albert Camus. Its plot, which bears discomfiting similarities to the opening moments of 28 Days Later (a man emerging from a coma, trying to unravel his displacement), is as thin as its binding. The Coma is the sad revelation of a once fresh talent running on empty.

Garland is very good at recreating the virtual worlds of the half-awake and then subtly dissolving them. As his protagonist realises that he is only dreaming about recovery from his assault, he questions where his thinking self is located. The result is compelling and chilling.Garland's second film, Annihilation (2018), was based on Jeff VanderMeer's 2014 science fiction novel of the same name. Garland has described it as "an adaptation [that] was a memory of the book," rather than book-referenced screenwriting, to capture the "dream like nature" and tone of his reading experience. [18] [19] [20] Production began in 2016, [21] and the film was released in February 2018. [22]

The Coma isn't without its moments. A trip to a bookstore and a record shop are entertaining digressions that recall Garland's culturally attuned ear (and made The Beach a big hit). But with The Dark Tower's urban identity crisis hovering in recent memory (with text and literal illustrations to boot), these two moments feel lifted from Stephen King's muddled riffs. Alex Garland is in a position that most writers dream of. Young, financially flush and extremely successful. But The Coma is such a letdown that one wonders if Garland has fallen prey to the business side of writing. With his nest egg and fan base, there was no need for him to rush out this unpolished and instantly forgettable book. It's unfortunate that with his third effort, he's overplayed his bluff. | August 2004 Annihilation' director Alex Garland chats with CNET about the upcoming film (YouTube). CNET. 8 February 2018. Event occurs at 14;40 . Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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a b c Lewis, Tim (11 January 2015). "Alex Garland on Ex Machina: 'I feel more attached to this film than to anything before' ". The Guardian. I can understand some readers’ frustration at the way this novel meanders but if you’ve read Garland’s most famous work, The Beach, you’ll know his theme of aimless wandering is a favourite of his. The Coma is an extension of that theme, delving further into our identities and our search for meaning. a b Watson, Grant (6 November 2014). " 'Something in the blood' | 28 Days Later... (2002)". Fiction Machine . Retrieved 21 June 2018. It’s interesting how Garland looks at language as well - Carl has been in a coma for so long that he begins to forget how to use and the meaning of language. He throws out unconnected words and then muses on why those don’t make sense but others do, like the ones he uses to express himself. Or do they? Towards the end, the gibberish begins to make sense to him. Does that mean he’s freeing himself from the bonds of the author? Does that mean he’s deteriorating - that he’s actually dying and his brain is giving up?