Writer/director Alex Garland will be visiting Google SF to discuss his career writing and directing some great films such as "28 Day Later", "Ex Machina", "Sunshine", "Dredd", "Never Let Me Go" and now his latest film Annihilation. Moderated by Kevin Vlk ABOUT "ANNIHILATION" Based on Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy, "Annihilation" follows a group of soldiers who enter an environmental disaster zone and only one soldier (Oscar Isaac) comes back out alive, though he is grievously injured. In an attempt to save his life, his wife Lena (Natalie Portman), a biologist, volunteers for another expedition into the zone to figure out what happened to him. The film stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. Written and directed by Alex Garland (28 Day Later, Ex Machina). "Annihilation" in theaters February 23, 2018. ABOUT ALEX GARLAND Alex Garland is an English novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. He rose to prominence as a novelist in the late 1990s with his novel The Beach, which received universal acclaim with many critics lauding Garland as a key voice of Generation X. He subsequently received praise for the screenplays of the films 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2011), and Dredd (2012). In 2015, Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a science fiction thriller which explores the relationship between mankind and artificial intelligence. Garland’s screenplay received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.