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Alexander Medawar Garland (born 26 May 1970) is an English author, screenwriter, and director. He rose to prominence with his novel The Beach (1996). He received praise for writing the Danny Boyle films 28 Days Later (2002) and Sunshine (2007), as well as Never Let Me Go (2010) and Dredd (2012). In video games, he co-wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010) and was a story supervisor on DmC: Devil May Cry (2013). Garland made his directorial debut when he wrote and directed the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina (2014). He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He won three British Independent Film Awards, including Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best British Independent Film for the film. His second movie, Annihilation (2018), an adaptation of the 2014 novel of the same name, was a critical success. He wrote, directed, and executive produced the FX miniseries Devs (2020), followed by the horror thriller Men (2022) and the dystopian action thriller Civil War (2024). He also co-directed the war film Warfare (2025). A24 produced the three films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Garland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Alex Garland
Writer
for Writer in 28 Years Later: American Reckoning
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This narrative fits as an American counterpoint to the events of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026), focusing on the total collapse of US society, mirroring the rage-fueled chaos of 2002 Britain with an added layer of civil war and political decay. The United States is experiencing its 250th anniversary, but the nation has succumbed to a "Rage Virus" pandemic of political and social violence. It is not just an infection; it is a total breakdown of human behavior, law, and order. The U.S. dollar is worthless, and all infrastructure (internet, healthcare, utilities) has ceased. With law and morality nonexistent, the whole American society focuses on the brutal reality of a Hobbesian world: every person for themselves. It is a warzone where survival depends on extreme violence, forging dangerous alliances, and the agonizing decision to turn on others to survive.
