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TheEx MachinaandAnnihilationdirector Alex Garland has reiterated his decision to step back from directing. Having said that he does not have any plan to return to directing, he will now solely focus on screenwriting.
Garland began his career as a go-to screenwriter for Danny Boyle, having written the scripts for28 Days Later,Sunshine, and, also, Mark Romanek’sNever Let Me Go.
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In a new interview with The Guardian, Garland said that the upcomingCivil Warmight be his last film as a director.
Alex Garland Confirms He’s Retiring From Directing
DirectorAlex Garlandsays he’s done directing for the “foreseeable future.”In a new interview withThe Guardian, Garland said he has no plans to direct another movie afterCivil War.
“Nothing’s changed. I’m in a very similar state.I’m not planning to direct again in the foreseeable future.”
“I do actually love film, but filmmaking doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It exists in a life and also in a broader context.”
He added that it is not about the lack of funding for his projects, but, rather, “from the fact that you’re asking people to trust something that, on the face of it, doesn’t look very trustworthy.”
And, he said that he has a responsibility towards the cast and crew that “keeps him awake in the night.”
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Meanwhile, he said that from now onwards, he will focus on screenwriting only. His upcoming movieCivil Waris made at a budget of $50 million (PerTHR), but it has got the projection of a domestic opening weekend of at least $18 million to $24 million, according toDeadline.
Alex Garland Said the Same Thing In 2022 Also
This is not the first time that the filmmaker has opened up about quitting directing. In 2022, in a conversation with theNew York Times, Garland mentioned a potential retirement from directing after he completes his current film,Civil War.
“I’m not really a film director, I’m a writer who directs out of convenience,” Garland candidly said.
“I’m tired of feeling like a fraud,” the filmmaker revealed to The New York Times.
“I’ve got so many other reasons to feel like a fraud, I don’t need to add to it in a structural way with my job.”
“But I have been thinking that after the film I’m directing at the moment, I should stop and go back to just writing. That might be part of the reversing away from the world — it’s time to get away from it, I think. I’m not temperamentally suited to being a film director.”
“It would be more honest, probably, to say I don’t particularly enjoy it. It’s something I have to force myself to do,” he added.
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Civil Waris considered a “contemporary war movie” and starsKirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Cailee Spaeny. The film hits theaters on April 12.
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