Alex Garland

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q542634: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Civil War (2024); Warfare (2025); Ex Machina.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Elden Ring (2028): 1 line

lineage (adaptation hope) · them, directly: Elden Ring ⇒ Alex Garland (the host's read). Garland loves Elden Ring and that is why he is adapting it; the lesson may be to give great filmmakers license.
“Garland loves Elden Ring, and that's why he's doing the movie.”
The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:24:03 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

director, Civil War (The Big Picture, The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’)
filmmaker (Warfare / Civil War context), Civil War (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
filmmaker (Warfare / Civil War context), Warfare (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
director of Ex Machina, Ex Machina (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)
filmmaker (The Big Picture, 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular)

Other (1) everyone in other

director, Elden Ring (The Big Picture, ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips!)

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (2)

contrast (contrast): Alex Garland → Christopher Nolan. Sean would trade a Nolan-size budget on Garland for another Garland film over another Nolan film.
“I want another Alex Garland movie”
The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:41:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Christopher Nolan → Alex Garland. Amanda says it is not a budget trade and wants to see Nolan prove his range.
“let's see whether Christopher Nolan has the range”
The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:41:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

lineage (adaptation hope): Alex Garland → Elden Ring. Garland loves Elden Ring and that is why he is adapting it; the lesson may be to give great filmmakers license.
“Garland loves Elden Ring, and that's why he's doing the movie.”
The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:24:03 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

people (people): Kirsten Dunst → Alex Garland. Dunst's Civil War part is cited as a good one from Garland.
“Alex Garland knew.”
The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:49:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

unmapped (filmmaker context): Warfare → Alex Garland. A Warfare conversation is planned.
“there's also going to be a warfare conversation”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:25:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (filmmaker joke): Civil War → Alex Garland. Amanda is disinvited from future Alex Garland conversations after her Civil War performance.
“you've been disinvited from all future Alex Garland convos.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:25:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.