The early release of Civil War in 2024 has certainly complicated their chances for the next Oscars. Something similar that – in the absence of knowing the official nominations – could happen to Dune: Part Two. Nevertheless, to filmmaker Alex Garland He seems to care little about the academic impact, being already quite focused on the promotion of his new film: Warfare. A film that continues its exploration of the human condition in war conflicts and where apparently, due to what is shown in the first trailerrefocuses its gaze on realism and the horrors of war.
Based on real facts about the 2006 Iraq War, Garland has co-directed and co-written Warfare next to Ray Mendoza. A former marine who captures his life experiences in the field, marking his film debut both in the field of the script and behind the cameras. We still don’t know an official synopsis, but the preview published by A24 establishes the premise of the story, with a group of Navy SEALs hiding in enemy territory while seeking evacuation when they are unexpectedly attacked. As was the case with Civil Warthe revealed material describes with tension and precision the real sensations of such a scenario. violent and visceral. Transmitting in the same way, a genuine emotion for all those invisible terrors that can occur in a hostile scenario. Blood, smoke, gunshots, explosions…the first trailer for Warfare It is more focused on reflecting the emotions of these soldiers than on proposing the escape routes that they will undertake to try to survive.
‘Warfare’ trailer
As we have already mentioned, Mendoza was a veteran of the Iraq War and this, added to Garland’s cinematographic skills, gives the clip a different tone than the previous one. rest of fictions of the genre. From what we know after having seen the trailer, Warfare It represents the monitoring of this platoon established in the house of an Iraqi family while they monitor the enemy and wait to coordinate with their superiors. The label is advertising it as “a visceral, on-the-ground story of modern warfare”. And given the authors’ penchant for storytelling, fans can be sure that the future film will provide a different perspective and “based on the memory of the people who lived it.”
Although it is his first time behind the cameras and in the field of scriptwriting, Mendoza already collaborated with Garland in Civil Warwhere he served as a military supervisor. Of course, the production of Warfare He has surrounded himself with great and renowned actors to tell this agonizing plea for survival. In the cast we have D’Pharaoh Won-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs), Will Poulter (Midsummer), Joseph Quinn (Gladiator II), Cosmo Jarvis (Shogun), Kit Connor (Ready Player One), Find Bennett (True Detective: Polar Night), Taylor John Smith (open wounds), Michael Gandolfini (criminal saints) y Noah Centineo (Dream Scenario).
A “busy” 2025 for Alex Garland
After the filming break that was taken after the 2018 premiere of Annihilationthe British filmmaker seems to have gotten hooked on the productive wheel of non-stop telling stories, both through images and as a writer. For this reason, in 2022 it premiered the radical Men and this 2024, the striking Civil War. But its presence in 2025 will be even more gigantic. On the one hand with the premiere at some point of Warfare and on the other, because of the sequel 28 years later. A proposal in which Garland will once again be in charge of the script while Danny Boyle returns to the director’s chair. Likewise, he also has credits in 28 years later Part II: The Bone Templedirected by Nia DaCosta and scheduled for 2026.
Warfare is Garland’s fourth collaboration with the independent label A24, in addition to featuring DNA Films. A production company that has been present throughout the author’s entire filmography, including his first opera Ex-Machina. Likewise, this studio is responsible for the recent television success of the series Shogun.
This could be the director’s last film, since during the promotion of Civil War He already confessed that the self-demand of that position of responsibility was taking too high a toll on his health. “It doesn’t let me sleep at night”he explained in an interview with The Guardian. For now, we will have to wait to see a definitive release date for Warfare.
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