Urban in Shirey, Paul (7 March 2018). "EXC: Karl Urban Says Alex Garland Directed Dredd & Updates on Reprising Role". JoBlo.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018 . Retrieved 8 March 2018. A huge part of the success of 'Dredd' is in fact due to Alex Garland and what a lot of people don't realize is that Alex Garland actually directed that movie. ... I just hope when people think of Alex Garland's filmography that 'Dredd' is the first film that he made before Ex Machina. It's a short read. It was always designed to be. I suspect it would not have worked had it been much longer. Those jumps in mental landscape get frustrating after a while. You need something to grip on to.' Garland's The Tesseract (1998) is a non-linear narrative with several interwoven characters, set in Manila, Philippines. The novel is characterized by a post-modernist narrative style and structure. It explores several themes such as love and violence through each character's circumstance and context of surroundings as well as seemingly inconsequential actions and the repercussions of those actions on other characters. The Tesseract did not enjoy the critical or commercial success of The Beach, but it too has a film adaptation. 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. Annihilation' director Alex Garland chats with CNET about the upcoming film". CNET. 8 February 2018 . Retrieved 18 March 2018– via YouTube. @ 32m15s-33m30s

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. 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.Garland has recently become a father, I wonder if this growing sense of domestication makes it harder for him to summon the disconnectedness that his books describe. 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. Carl is in the office making notes on papers late into the night. His secretary calls to remind him that the last train leaves in 25 minutes so he leaves. On the underground he sees a young woman being hassled by some yoofs. He intervenes and they stomp on his head. Carl is rushed to hospital in a coma. The novella begins with Carl trying to figure out what’s happened and then how he can awaken and return to his life. There is something about this area that is scary and central to how we think about ourselves,' Garland says. 'Children can understand and cope with the idea of dead and alive, but not this half-state. Most people in comas appear to smile and appear to react to things. They are not in this complete sleep state necessarily. But nobody knows what it is like. And I wanted to write something that could inhabit that space.'

Kroll, Justin (29 April 2016). " 'Containment' Star Joins Natalie Portman in 'Annihilation' ". Variety . Retrieved 9 April 2017. 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?"'Garland and Tameem Antoniades co-wrote the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. They won a 2011 award from the Writer's Guild of Great Britain. Garland also served as a story supervisor on the game DmC: Devil May Cry in 2013. Karl Urban Says Alex Garland Actually Directed 'Dredd' ". Collider. 7 March 2018 . Retrieved 20 October 2020. Garland, Alex (10 April 2015). "INTERVIEW: Director Alex Garland on Ex Machina". HuffPost. Interviewed by Zaki Hasan . Retrieved 21 June 2018. Grobat, Matt (21 January 2022). "Alex Garland Reteams With A24 For Action Epic 'Civil War'; Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura & More Set To Star". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 4 April 2022. Alex Garland". British Council. n.d. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018 . Retrieved 9 February 2018.