10 Potentially Awesome Sci-Fi Movies Coming In 2018
5. Annihilation
What’s It About
The awesomely named Jeff VanderMeer has crafted the literary world’s latest movie-worthy franchise in his Southern Reach Trilogy. This trio of books looks at the mysterious Area X, a place in the US that is uncharted and all kinds of deadly. Annihilation, the first in this series, sees a team of scientist-types entering this terrain and coming up against a malevolent fungus. There’s a sentence you don’t see often.
Who’s In It?
Author-cum-scriptwriter-cum-director Alex Garland is building on the success of his debut, Ex Machina, assembling a cast that includes Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Machina mucker, Oscar Isaac.
Why It’ll Be Awesome?
VanderMeer’s novel is a kind of Hunger Games meets The Ruins crossover and with Garland at the helm you can guarantee that characterisation will be at the forefront of any sci-fi action. Garland has made it clear he isn’t looking towards potential follow up, so expect this to be a focused, tense affair without any sequel set up.