Oscar Isaac And Domhnall Gleeson In Talks For Alex Garland's EX MACHINA Along With Felicity Jones And Alicia Vikander In The Mix

TheWrap reports that two actors are in talks for lead roles in Alex Garland's (28 Days Later, Dredd, Sunshine) directorial debut Ex Machina. Oscar Isaac (Drive, Borne Legacy) and Domhnall Gleeson (Dredd, Harry Potter, Never Let Me Go) could end up playing the two male leads.While actresses Felicity Jones (Amazing Spider-Man 2, Like Crazy) and Alicia Vikander are being linked for the role of the female robot.

"A billionaire programmer (Isaac) who handpicks a young employee (Gleeson) to spend a week at his remote estate and participate in a test involving his latest invention – an artificially intelligent female robot."

Alex Garland Making Directorial Debut With EX MACHINA

Author and screenwriter Alex Garland will be making the jump to feature director according to THR. He'll be making a sci-fi thriller entitled Ex Machina, which likely has zero connection with the Brian K. Vaughn comic or Appleseed. Garland is best known for writing films for Danny Boyle such as The Beach (his original novel was adapted), Sunshine and 28 Days Later. He's also written the original film that centers on a billionaire programmer who handpicks a young employee to spend a week at his remote estate and participate in a test involving his latest invention -- an artificially intelligent female robot. The film is getting a small budget of $15m and will shoot this Summer or Fall.

There had been rumblings during the production of Dredd that Garland who wrote and produced the film had to come in and did some re-shoots. Rumors also pointed to him taking over in the editing room as well. It's possible that Pete Travis was actually including Alex into the process of the film to give him tools to go off to direct Ex Machina.

Judge Dredd (2011)

Alex Garland is writing a screenplay for the reboot based on the notorious ultra-violent comic book series from 2000AD. Garland is best known for his collaborations with Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) on The Beach, Sunshine and 28 Days Later. Danny Boyle's DNA Films will produce the project but he has yet stated if he will direct. While the character seems a perfect fit for a Garland script. The original film starring Sly Stallone never met expectations and ended up a buddy action comedy. This time around it seems Garland will take a serious approach to the story.




Here are a few pieces of concept artwork.

Casting Thought



Gerard Butler (300, Gamer) seems to me the perfect choice for the role of Dredd.