Ex Machina director Alex Garland looks to have found the star of his next sci-fi film, Annihilation, reports Variety.
Natalie Portman (Black Swan) is in early talks to star in the adaptation of the Jeff VanderMeer novel for Garland and Paramount Pictures. Scott Rudin is producing.
Garland will write and direct the pic that “follows a biologist who signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply.”
The deal is dependent on production starting no sooner than the beginning of 2016, but sources say it seems like the two sides will settle on a start date soon.
