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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Anya, after discovering the truth about Lena's true relationship with her husband, the lone survivor of the Shimmer, ties her and the other two survivors up and threatens to cut them open with a damned knife. She is promptly mauled to death by the mutated bear, complete with a ripped-off jaw.]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Anya, after discovering the truth about Lena's true relationship with her husband, the lone survivor of the Shimmer, ties her and the other two survivors up and threatens to cut them open with a damned knife. She is promptly mauled to death by the mutated bear, complete with a ripped-off jaw.which ''rips her lower jaw off''.]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Anya, after discovering the truth about Lena's true relationship with her husband, the lone survivor of the Shimmer, ties her and the other two survivors up and threatens to cut them open with a damned knife. She is promptly mauled to death by the mutated bear, complete with a ripped-off jaw.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Anya, after discovering the truth about Lena's true relationship with her husband, the lone survivor of the Shimmer, ties her and the other two survivors up and threatens to cut them open with a damned knife. She is promptly mauled to death by the mutated bear, complete with a ripped-off jaw. ]]

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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:While Anya and Cass are clearly seen dead, Josie simply covers herself plants and vanishes as they begin growing on her, and Dr. Ventress is turned into some kind of tesseract and may or may not have been converted into the Humanoid.]]

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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:While Anya and Cass are clearly seen dead, Josie simply covers herself calmly observes her forearms as plants sprout from them, and she vanishes as they begin growing on her, and Dr. Ventress is turned into some kind of tesseract and may or may not have been converted into the Humanoid.]]]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Anya, after discovering the truth about Lena's true relationship with her husband, the lone survivor of the Shimmer, ties her and the other two survivors up and threatens to cut them open with a damned knife. She is promptly mauled to death by the mutated bear, complete with a ripped-off jaw.
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The [[spoiler: mutated bear]] serves as the primary physical threat faced by the group, although it's not the focus of the film and is dealt well before the final act.

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* SuperPersistentPredator: The [[spoiler: mutated bear]] serves as the primary physical threat faced by the group, although it's not the focus of the film and is dealt with well before the final act.
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The [[spoiler: mutated bear]] serves as the primary physical threat faced by the group, although it's not the focus of the film and is dealt well before the final act.
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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' writer Creator/AlexGarland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Creator/GinaRodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' writer Creator/AlexGarland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Creator/GinaRodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.
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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The main theme of the film is about the propensity of humans to act in [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves self-destructive ways]] and our tendencies to cause irreparable harm to our environment. The endlessly possible scenarios of an extraterrestrial invasion are unsettling, but the undiscovered depths of our own minds can be even scarier.

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* AdaptationNameChange: None of the characters in the book were named, so as a necessity, they were given names for the film-- Lena is the biologist, Dr. Ventress is the psychologist, Josie is the surveyor, Cass is the anthropologist, and a new character, Anya, was made to round out the cast.
* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The Shimmer has vanished, but Kane might actually be another Humanoid like the one that fought with Lena, and it's implied that Lena may have acquired some of her own oddities in the Shimmer, as their irises both swirl right before the end credits...]]
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:While Anya and Cass are clearly seen dead, Josie simply covers herself plants and vanishes as they begin growing on her, and Dr. Ventress is turned into some kind of tesseract and may or may not have been converted into the Humanoid.]]
* TheBlank: [[spoiler:The Humanoid which fights with Lena during the ending, before it starts turning into her. "Kane" may have been this at one point.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:The force behind the shimmer. It doesn't seem to want anything, malicious or benevolent. It just ''acts''.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After seeing the gruesome way in which Ayna and Cass have died, as well as the mutated bear mimicking Cass's voice, Josie decides to avoid that fate.]]



* {{Mutants}}: Lifeforms inside the zone are "stuck in a continuous mutation".
* PragmaticAdaptation: WordOfGod states that Garland approached the film as a standalone, while changing some elements from the original novel to fit in the movie.

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* MarkedChange: During the frame narrative, Lena is seen with a tattoo on her arm that isn't present before she went into the Shimmer. [[spoiler:The tattoo was Anya's at one point, and seems to have migrated over onto Lena's forearm during her time within Area X.]]
* {{Mutants}}: Lifeforms inside the zone are "stuck in a continuous mutation".
mutation". [[spoiler:Everyone who enters the Shimmer is affected in this way, as the area refracts light and biological matter like a prism.]]
* PragmaticAdaptation: WordOfGod states that Garland approached the film as a standalone, while changing some elements from the original novel to fit in the movie. Among the elements excised are the tower, the Crawler, the "Where lies the strangling fruit..." phrase, and [[spoiler: the subplot about the psychologist hypnotizing the group.]]


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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the book, the Biologist's husband is dead by the time the story begins, having died of cancer after having returned from Area X. In the film, he's alive for at least a little while after he's returned. [[spoiler:He survives the film, but it's ambiguous as to whether or not he's the real deal.]]
* VoiceChangeling: [[spoiler:The mutant bear mimic's Cass's voice after it kills her, and may have ''absorbed'' part of her consciousness.]]
* WasOnceAMan: May be the case with the humanoid plants in the town the expedition finds, if [[spoiler:Josie's disappearance]] is anything to go by.
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* EldritchLocation: Area X, a mutated landscape spanning an entire coastline that is both beautiful and terrifying.
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The film is set to be released on February 23rd, 2018 in theaters, with Creator/{{Paramount}} handling distribution in the United States and China, while {{Netflix}} will handle international distribution, streaming the film 17 days after the film is released in theaters.

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The film is set to be released on February 23rd, 2018 in theaters, with Creator/{{Paramount}} handling distribution in the United States and China, while {{Netflix}} Creator/{{Netflix}} will handle international distribution, streaming the film 17 days after the film is released in theaters.
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-->''"It's not destroying. It's making something new..."''

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-->''"It's ->''"It's not destroying. It's making something new..."''
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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' writer Creator/AlexGarland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' writer Creator/AlexGarland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/GinaRodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.
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[[caption-width-right:275:[[{{Tagline}} Fear what's inside]]]]

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When a group of soldiers disappears on an expedition into a mysterious environmental disaster zone known as ''Area X'', and only a [[SoleSurvivor single soldier comes out alive]], Lena , a biologist and the soldier's wife, decides to put her name forward on another expedition into the zone alongside an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist in an attempt to figure out what happened to her husband. What she and her team finds is not what she expects.

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When a group of soldiers disappears on an expedition into a mysterious environmental disaster zone known as ''Area X'', and only a [[SoleSurvivor single soldier comes out alive]], Lena , Lena, a biologist and the soldier's wife, decides to put her name forward on another expedition into the zone alongside an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist in an attempt to figure out what happened to her husband. What she and her team finds is not what she expects.
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* PragmaticAdaption: {{WordOfGod}} states that Garland approached the film as a standalone, while changing some elements from the original novel to fit in the movie.

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* PragmaticAdaption: {{WordOfGod}} PragmaticAdaptation: WordOfGod states that Garland approached the film as a standalone, while changing some elements from the original novel to fit in the movie.

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In the film, a biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist.

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In the film, When a biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for group of soldiers disappears on an expedition into an a mysterious environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The zone known as ''Area X'', and only a [[SoleSurvivor single soldier comes out alive]], Lena , a biologist and the soldier's wife, decides to put her name forward on another expedition team is made up of into the biologist, zone alongside an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist.
linguist in an attempt to figure out what happened to her husband. What she and her team finds is not what she expects.

The film is set to be released on February 23rd, 2018 in theaters, with Creator/{{Paramount}} handling distribution in the United States and China, while {{Netflix}} will handle international distribution, streaming the film 17 days after the film is released in theaters.


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* PragmaticAdaption: {{WordOfGod}} states that Garland approached the film as a standalone, while changing some elements from the original novel to fit in the movie.
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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' writer Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' writer Alex Garland.Creator/AlexGarland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.
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-->''"It's not destroying. It's making something new..."''
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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' writer Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.
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* SkullForAHead: One of the mutant creatures has its skull's upper part exposed, apparently.

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* SkullForAHead: One of the mutant creatures has lacks of skin on its skull's upper part exposed, apparently.skull it seems...

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=].

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=].
[=VanderMeer=], and stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.



The film stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.
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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director Creator/AlexGarland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=].

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by ''Film/ExMachina''-director Creator/AlexGarland.Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=].

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by [[Film/ExMachina Alex Garland]]. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is based on the book of the same name]] by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

A biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist.

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written and directed by [[Film/ExMachina Alex Garland]]. ''Film/ExMachina''-director Creator/AlexGarland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is loosely based on on]] ''Annihilation'', the first book of the same name]] ''[[Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy Southern Reach Trilogy]]'' by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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In the film, a
biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist.
linguist.

The film stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.
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* SkullForAHead: One of the mutant creatures has its skull's upper part exposed, apparently.
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* HybridMonster: The alligator Lena shot dead has shark teeth.
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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written for and directed by Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is based on the book of the same name]] by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written for and directed by [[Film/ExMachina Alex Garland.Garland]]. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is based on the book of the same name]] by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/TessaThompson, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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Annihilation is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written for and directed by Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is based on the book of the same name]] by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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Annihilation ''Annihilation'' is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written for and directed by Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is based on the book of the same name]] by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.


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The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89OP78l9oF0 here]].
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Not to be confused with Creator/MarvelComics' ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}''.



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* {{Mutants}}: Lifeforms inside the zone are "stuck in a continuous mutation".
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Annihilation is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written for and directed by Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is based on the book of the same name}} by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

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Annihilation is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written for and directed by Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is based on the book of the same name}} name]] by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.
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Annihilation is a 2018 science fantasy action horror film written for and directed by Alex Garland. [[TheFilmOfTheBook It is based on the book of the same name}} by Jeff [=VanderMeer=]. It stars Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Gina Rodriguez, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/BenedictWong, Tuva Novotny, Sonoya Mizuno and David Gyasi.

A biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist.
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