Civil War filmmaker Alex Garland has confirmed his intention to step back from directing. Garland, who was formerly known primarily as a screenwriter, made his feature directorial debut with the well-received 2014 science fiction movie Ex Machina, which he followed with Annihilation in 2018 and Men in 2022. His newest movie, which is the most expensive put out by A24 to date, follows journalists documenting a new civil war in the United States that occurs when the West, led by Texas and California, attempts to secede from the union.
