Natalie Portman's Sci-Fi Action Film ANNIHILATION Gets a Release Date
Paramount has locked in a release date for sci-fi action film Annihilation. The film will be released on February 23, 2018, it is an adaptation of the acclaimed sci-fi novel from Jeff VanderMeer.
The film is directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina), and stars Natalie Portman as the lead character, an unnamed biologist sent on a special mission.
Footage from the movie was shown at Cinemacon last March, in the husband of Portman's character (Oscar Isaac) finally comes home after being sent on a one year mission, the only problem, he is not acting like his normal self.
In the novels, the government sends expeditions to Area X, an uninhabited land in which unexplainable things happen. Those who enter Area X either don't live long or return not quite as themselves.
The novel Annihilation is the first book in VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, which debuted in 2014.