Theres no god to save DomhnallGleeson from this machine: The actor findshimself caught between man and robotin the intense new trailer for Ex Machina, a sci-fi thriller that marks the directorial debut of Alex Garland, the screenwriter behind 28 Days LaterandSunshine.
Garland also wrote Ex Machina, in which Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) plays Nathan, a reclusive CEO who brings in Caleb (Gleeson) to test the capability and consciousness of a new artificial intelligent experiment. While Caleb is immediately impressed with this robot named Ava (played by Anna Kareninas Alicia Vikander), her intelligence and seductive nature reel him in even deeper. A new question arises:Who is really manipulating who?Ex Machinaopens in theaters on April 10th, 2015.
The new movie also features a score from Portisheadco-founder Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, a longtime soundtrack composer, who hasworked on a number of films and documentaries, including David AttenboroughsLife Ofseries andBeyoncs Life is But A Dream. The pair also worked together on Dredd (which Garland also wrote), and in 2012 they released an album as DROKK on Barrows Invada Records.
Its been great for Ben and me to be working with [Director] Alex Garland again, Barrow said in a statement, and hopefully we have written the kind of score an intense sci-fi thriller like this needs.