He may be frustrated at how his latest film, Annihilation, has been treated (going straight to Netflix outside of the States and one or two other countries), but Alex Garland is not letting that stymie his career. He's been developing a new TV series and now American network FX has ordered a pilot for the series, which is called Devs.
Garland is overseeing the show and will direct several episodes, setting the tone for what will come. Devs follows the story of Lily, a young computer engineer who investigates the secretive development division of the tech company where she works. She's on a mission to prove that people employed there were responsible for her boyfriend's disappearance.
"Devs is a captivating series from Alex Garland, building on his track record of groundbreaking work that challenges our notion of humanity amid the seemingly boundless promise of technology," says FX's Eric Schrier. "We’re all the more thrilled that Alex will direct and executive produce with our partners at DNA TV and Scott Rudin Productions."
There's currently no timetable for the series, but it sounds like Garland will start shooting the pilot this year, and if it's successful, we can expect the series in 2019. Annihilation, meanwhile, is in cinemas in the States and on Netflix here. We liked it a lot...
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