Ex Machina and Civil War director is retiring from filmmaking after losing passion despite great reactions to his latest film
Apr. 2, 2024Garland’s previously announced drama Warfare is still going ahead
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Alex Garland has confirmed his plans to retire just two weeks before his latest picCivil Waris set to hit the big screen.
“Nothing’s changed,” Garland toldThe Guardian. “I’m in a very similar state. I’m not planning to direct again in the foreseeable future.”
Civil War, starring Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny, is set to hit theaters in April. The pic follows a group of journalists struggling to survive in a United States ravaged by a second American Civil War where the US government has become a dystopian dictatorship. Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Nick Offerman.
The film is sitting at a92% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics calling it an “big, viscous, action-packed war picture” and an “epic but deeply intimate piece.”
Warfare, Garland’s most recently announced pic, just rounded out its cast with Kit Connor, Cosmo Jarvis, Finn Bennett, and Will Poulter. Garland is set to co-write and co-direct with Ray Mendoza, withA24set to distribute the film. We can infer that this film will be Garland’s tentative last, as it’s hard to imagine he’ll cancel this one (though he could always leave the project and hand over directing duties to Mendoza).
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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