The artificial intelligence drama set in the near future stars Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander. Macdonald, who has known Garland for 15 years and has produced the writer’s scripts for The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go and Dredd, described his friend as a “filmmaker to his core” before the extended trailer aired. producer Andrew Macdonald showing up to trumpet the first trailer for Ex: Machina, the directorial debut of screenwriter and novelist Alex Garland. Besson said he wanted to bring footage from his film because “as we all know, trailers can lie.” He also said that the near-future actioner that sees Johansson’s character’s brain power fully unleashed as she turns into a warrior is the product of more than two years of work.īesson wasn’t the only guest at Universal’s showcase, with U.K. Showing up in person at the Universal presentation was Luc Besson, who talked through two extended scenes from his upcoming action film Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson.

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