Alex Garland's directorial debut Ex Machina will probably make it onto my best movies of 2015 list, and I can't wait to see what he does next. Thankfully, it seems like I won't have to wait very long. He already has a new movie lined up called Annihilation which has Natalie Portman attached to star, and The Wrap reports that Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is now in talks to join her.

Annihilation is an adaptation of an upcoming book by Jeff VanderMeer, and the story centers on “a four-person expedition into Area X, a territory cutoff from civilization. While there, [a biologist] must deal with a mysterious contamination, disappearing colleagues, a deadly animal and a being known as the Crawler, all while searching for clues regarding her husband’s disappearance.” Portman will play the biologist, who doubles as the film's narrator. The three remaining team members include a surveyor, an anthropologist,...