Alex Garland
{{short description|British writer and director (born 1970)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alex Garland
| image = 2024-03-14 SXSW Civil-War 3 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Garland at SXSW in 2024
| birth_name = Alexander Medawar Garland
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|5|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Author
- screenwriter
- director
}}
| relatives = Nicholas Garland (father)
Peter Medawar (maternal grandfather)
Jean Medawar (maternal grandmother)
| years active = 1996–present
| spouse = Paloma Baeza
| children = 2
}}
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, and won him 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). The three films were produced by A24.
Early life and education
Alexander Medawar Garland{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAM7DwAAQBAJ&q=alexander%20Medawar%20garland&pg=RA1-PA2365|chapter=Garland, Nicholas Withycombe [entry]|title=People of Today 2017|year=2017|editor-first=Lucy|editor-last=Hume|publisher=Debrett's|page=2,365|isbn=9781999767037}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} was born in London on 26 May 1970,{{cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/alex-garland|title=Alex Garland|publisher=British Council|date=n.d.|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180209190810/https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/alex-garland|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url= http://www.filmjournal.com/features/unnatural-resource-alex-garland-and-natalie-portman-probe-mysteries-annihilation|title= Unnatural Resource: Alex Garland and Natalie Portman probe the mysteries of 'Annihilation'|first= Frank|last= Lovece|date= 20 February 2018|access-date= 22 February 2018|work= Film Journal International|archive-date= 21 February 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20180221203319/http://www.filmjournal.com/features/unnatural-resource-alex-garland-and-natalie-portman-probe-mysteries-annihilation|url-status= dead|quote= Q. You were born in London, May 26, 1970? Correct? A. Yep, that's right. So I'm told.|df= dmy-all}} the son of psychologist Caroline (née Medawar) and political cartoonist Nicholas Garland. Alexander has a younger brother and two older paternal half-siblings. He is the maternal grandson of writer Jean Medawar and Nobel Prize-winning biologist Peter Medawar.{{Cite news|last=Bhattacharji|first=Alex|date=15 February 2018|title=The Visionary Director of 'Ex Machina' Addresses the Controversy Surrounding His New Film|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/alex-garland-stands-by-his-vision-for-annihilation-1518706659|access-date=27 July 2020|issn=0099-9660}} {{subscription required}}
Alexander Garland was educated at University College School in Hampstead, England and later graduated from the University of Manchester in Manchester with an art history degree.{{cite AV media|title='Annihilation' director Alex Garland chats with CNET about the upcoming film |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYhT5Ey42gg |medium=YouTube |publisher=CNET|time=14;40 |date=8 February 2018 |access-date=18 March 2018}}
Career
=Novels=
Garland's first novel, The Beach, was published in 1996. Based on his travels across Europe and Thailand, it tells the story of a young English backpacker who discovers an unspoiled seashore occupied by a community of like-minded backpackers. The novel is noted for its references to drug culture, sequences of hallucinations, and unique depictions of excess and utopia. The Beach was initially met with positive reviews, and with a spreading word of mouth response, the novel grew in popularity; it led some critics to regard Garland a key voice of Generation X.{{Cite book|title=The Beach |first1=Alex |last1=Garland |first2=Michael |last2=Page |date=1 February 2000 |publisher=Brilliance Corp |via=Amazon|id= {{ASIN|1567403549|country=in}} }} He would later speak of his discomfort with the fame The Beach brought him. The Beach has been translated into 25 different languages and sold close to 700,000 copies by the start of 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/feature/alex-hamiltons-paperback-fastsellers-1999 |title=Alex Hamilton's paperback fastsellers of 1999 |date=7 January 2000 |first=Rod |last=Stewart |work=The Bookseller |access-date=9 April 2017}} It was developed into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2003, the novel was Ranked 103 in BBC's The Big Read poll.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top200.shtml |title=The Big Read - Top 200 Books |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 April 2017}}
Garland's The Tesseract (1998) is a non-linear narrative with several interwoven characters, set in Manila, Philippines. The novel is characterized by a post-modernist narrative style and structure. It explores several themes such as love and violence through each character's circumstance and context of surroundings as well as seemingly inconsequential actions and the repercussions of those actions on other characters. The Tesseract was not a critical or commercial success, but it too was adapted into a film.
Throughout his work, Garland has expressed his love of travel (particularly backpacking) and his love of Manila, much of which influenced his work.{{cite web |url=http://www.gluckman.com/BeachGarland.html |first= Alex | last= Garland| interviewer= Ron Gluckman |title=Hip author Alex Garland talks about The Beach |work= Gluckman.com |access-date=9 April 2017}}
=Film=
In 2002, Garland wrote the screenplay for Danny Boyle's film 28 Days Later, starring Cillian Murphy.{{cite news |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE6D8113BF934A15755C0A9659C8B63 |title=Film Review; Spared by a Virus But Not by Mankind |first=A. O. |last=Scott |date=27 June 2003 |work= The New York Times |access-date=31 January 2016}} He has said that the script was influenced by 1970s zombie films and English science fiction like The Day of the Triffids.{{cite web |url= https://fictionmachine.com/2014/11/06/something-in-the-blood-28-days-later-2002/ |title= 'Something in the blood' {{!}} 28 Days Later... (2002)| work=Fiction Machine |first1=Grant |last1=Watson |date= 6 November 2014 |access-date= 21 June 2018}} The Resident Evil series also served as an influence for 28 Days Later, with Garland crediting the first game for revitalizing the zombie genre.{{cite web| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/zaki-hasan/interview-director-alex-g_b_7038618.html|title=INTERVIEW: Director Alex Garland on Ex Machina|work=HuffPost|first= Alex | last= Garland | interviewer= Zaki Hasan| date=10 April 2015|access-date=21 June 2018}} Inspiration for the "Rage" virus came from real-world infections such as Ebola and filoviruses. He won a Best Screenplay honor at the 2004 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for his script of the film.
In 2005, Garland wrote a screenplay for a film adaptation of Halo.{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleID=VR1117917399&cs=1&p=0&s=h|title=Halo, Hollywood, Microsoft readies video game for first pic|last1=Fritz|first1=Ben|last2=Brodesser|first2=Claude|website=Variety|date=3 February 2005|access-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405075057/https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleID=VR1117917399&cs=1&p=0&s=h|archive-date=5 April 2005|url-status=live}} D. B. Weiss and Josh Olson rewrote this during 2006 for a 2008 release,{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2006-07-14-db-weiss-takes-on-halo-script.html|title=DB Weiss takes on Halo script|last=Miller|first=Ross|website=Engadget|date=14 July 2006|access-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922055406/https://www.engadget.com/2006-07-14-db-weiss-takes-on-halo-script.html|archive-date=22 September 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/news/no-home-for-halo-pic-1117953031/|title=No home for 'Halo' pic|last=Fritz|first=Ben|website=Variety|date=31 October 2006|access-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817021747/https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953031.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1|archive-date=17 August 2010|url-status=dead}} although the film was later canceled. In 2007, he wrote the screenplay for the film Sunshine, which was his second screenplay to be directed by Danny Boyle and to star Cillian Murphy. Garland served as an executive producer on 28 Weeks Later, the sequel of 28 Days Later. He wrote the screenplay for the 2010 film Never Let Me Go, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. He also wrote the script for Dredd, an adaptation of the Judge Dredd comic book series from 2000 AD. In 2018, Karl Urban, who played the eponymous role in the film, stated that it was Garland who deserved credit for also directing Dredd.Urban in {{Cite news| url= http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exc-karl-urban-says-alex-garland-directed-dredd-updates-on-reprising-role-329|title=EXC: Karl Urban Says Alex Garland Directed Dredd & Updates on Reprising Role| work=JoBlo.com| date= 7 March 2018|access-date=8 March 2018|first=Paul|last= Shirey|language= en-US|quote= A huge part of the success of 'Dredd' is in fact due to Alex Garland and what a lot of people don't realize is that Alex Garland actually directed that movie. ... I just hope when people think of Alex Garland's filmography that 'Dredd' is the first film that he made before Ex Machina.|archive-date=7 March 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180307224352/http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exc-karl-urban-says-alex-garland-directed-dredd-updates-on-reprising-role-329| url-status=live}}
Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a 2014 feature film based on his own story and screenplay, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac. The film won a Jury Prize at the 2015 Gerardmer Film Festival, and earned Garland a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Garland's second film, Annihilation (2018), was based on Jeff VanderMeer's 2014 science fiction novel of the same name. Garland has described it as "an adaptation [that] was a memory of the book," rather than book-referenced screenwriting, to capture the "dream like nature" and tone of his reading experience.{{cite web |title='Annihilation' director Alex Garland chats with CNET about the upcoming film |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYhT5Ey42gg |via=YouTube |publisher=CNET |date=8 February 2018 |access-date=18 March 2018}} @ 32m15s-33m30s{{cite web |title= ANNIHILATION (2018) - Alex Garland Behind the Scenes Interview - The Media Hub this week |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thfjuDANZUA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212105712/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thfjuDANZUA| archive-date=12 December 2020 | url-status=dead|via= YouTube |publisher=The Media Hub|date=10 February 2018 |access-date=18 March 2018}}{{cite web |title=Alex Garland 'Annihilation' - Talks at Google |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5i7idoijco |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/w5i7idoijco| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|via= YouTube |publisher= Talks at Google |date=22 February 2018|access-date=18 March 2018}}{{cbignore}} @ 03m30 - "In this [adaptation] instance it was like an adaptation of the atmosphere." Production began in 2016,{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2016/film/news/natalie-portman-annihilation-containment-david-gyasi-1201763648/ |title='Containment' Star Joins Natalie Portman in 'Annihilation' |first=Justin |last=Kroll |date=29 April 2016 |work=Variety |access-date=9 April 2017}} and the film was released in February 2018.{{cite magazine |last1=Robinson |first1=Joanna |title=Oscar Isaac Re-unites with Ex Machina Director to Join the All-Female Cast of Annihilation |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/03/oscar-isaac-annihilation-natalie-portman-alex-garland-ex-machina |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=30 March 2016 |access-date=30 March 2016}}
In January 2021, Garland was hired to direct his third film, Men, starring Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear.{{Citation |title=Men - Movie Reviews |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/men_2022 |language=en |access-date=23 May 2022}} The film follows a young woman who goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside after the death of her ex-husband.{{Cite magazine|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=6 January 2021|title=Alex Garland Sets Next Film at A24 With Jessie Buckley And Rory Kinnear To Star|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/garland-a24-jessie-buckley-1234635372/|access-date=6 January 2021|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|language=en-US}} Released in May 2022, it received generally positive reviews, though its narrative approach received some criticism. Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum placed Men on his Best Films of 2022 list.{{cite web|last=Rosenbaum|first=Jonathan|authorlink=Jonathan Rosenbaum|url=https://www.yearendlists.com/2022/jonathan-rosenbaum-best-films-of-2022|title=La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Best Films of 2022|date=2 January 2023|website=Year-End Lists|access-date=30 September 2023}}
In April 2022, it was announced that Garland worked with A24 again for his fourth feature, Civil War, an action epic starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and previous collaborators Stephen McKinley Henderson and Cailee Spaeny.{{Cite magazine|last=Grobat|first=Matt|date=21 January 2022|title=Alex Garland Reteams With A24 For Action Epic 'Civil War'; Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura & More Set To Star|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/civil-war-kirsten-dunst-more-to-star-in-alex-garland-a24-film-1234917411/|access-date=4 April 2022|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|language=en-US}} The film was released on 12 April 2024. Garland will reunite with Boyle to write 28 Years Later, the long-gestating sequel to 28 Days Later, which is intended to launch a new trilogy of zombie films. Murphy will serve as an executive producer. The film is set to be released by Sony.{{Cite magazine|last=Grobat|first=Matt|date=31 January 2024|title=Zombie Sequel 28 Years Later Lands at Sony (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/28-years-later-lands-home-sony-1235804926/|access-date=1 February 2024|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}
In February 2024, it was revealed that Charles Melton was in talks to star in Garland's upcoming untitled war film with A24. This project marks the second collaboration between Garland and Ray Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Civil War. The pair wrote and will co-direct the film.{{Cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=6 February 2024 |title=Charles Melton in Talks to Join Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's Untitled War Film at A24 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/charles-melton-ray-mendoza-and-alex-garland-war-film-a24-1235815751/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} The following month, Joseph Quinn, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Kit Connor, Cosmo Jarvis, Will Poulter and Finn Bennett joined the ensemble cast, and the film was revealed to be titled Warfare.{{Cite news|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|date=28 March 2024|title=Kit Connor, Cosmo Jarvis, Will Poulter & Finn Bennett Round Out Lead Cast Of Ray Mendoza And Alex Garland's 'Warfare'|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/warfare-kit-connor-cosmo-jarvis-will-poulter-finn-bennett-1235870690/|access-date=28 March 2024|work=Deadline Hollywood}} The same month, Garland stated that he would not direct any films in the "foreseeable future" after the release of Civil War and that his co-directorial work on Warfare was "more of a supporting character" to Mendoza's.{{Cite web |last=Kaloi |first=Stephanie |date=2024-03-31 |title='Civil War' Director Alex Garland Says He's Done Directing |url=https://www.thewrap.com/alex-garland-retires-from-directing-civil-war/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}
=Television=
Garland wrote, served as executive producer, and directed the eight-episode miniseries Devs about the "mysterious ongoings at a tech company", for FX. The series was greenlit in August 2018, and premiered 5 March 2020 on FX on Hulu.{{Cite news| url= https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/alex-garland-devs-fx-nick-offerman-sonoya-mizuno-1201990793/|title=Alex Garland's Sci-Fi Murder-Mystery Series 'Devs' Greenlit at FX, With Nick Offerman and Sonoya Mizuno to Star|date=3 August 2018|work=Indiewire|access-date=3 August 2018|language=en-US}} It stars Ex Machina and Annihilation actress Sonoya Mizuno, alongside Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, and Alison Pill. Spaeny, who did not audition for the role as Garland had wanted her specifically for it said that Devs was short for Development, and the series would explore the idea of the multiverse.{{Cite news| url= https://www.wmagazine.com/story/cailee-spaeny-devs-alex-garland-interview| title=Cailee Spaeny on What to Expect From Alex Garland's New Show, Devs|date=26 July 2019|work=Indiewire|access-date=7 September 2019|language=en-US}}
In May 2022, a television series based on Never Let Me Go was optioned at FX, to be executive produced by Garland, who previously wrote the screenplay for the 2010 film adaptation of the same name.{{cite web |last1=Hailu |first1=Selome |title='Never Let Me Go' Series in Development at FX |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/never-let-me-go-series-fx-1235262380/ |website=Variety |date=9 May 2022 |access-date=5 August 2024}} It would have premiered on Hulu in the United States, Star in other territories and Star+ in Latin America with Viola Prettejohn, Tracey Ullman and Kelly Macdonald starring.{{cite web|title='Never Let Me Go' Drama Lands FX/Hulu Series Order|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hulu-fx-never-let-me-go-series-1235248398/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=25 October 2022|access-date=5 August 2024}} However in February 2023, it was announced that FX had cancelled the series before production began.{{cite web|title='Never Let Me Go' Series Not Moving Forward at FX|website=Variety|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=2 February 2023|access-date=5 August 2024|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/never-let-me-go-series-canceled-fx-1235511260/}}
=Video games=
Garland and Tameem Antoniades co-wrote the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. They won a 2011 award from the Writer's Guild of Great Britain. Garland also served as a story supervisor on the game DmC: Devil May Cry in 2013.
Personal life
Garland is married to English-Mexican actress Paloma Baeza, with whom he has a son and a daughter.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jan/11/alex-garland-ex-machina-interview-the-beach-28-days-later |title=Alex Garland on Ex Machina: 'I feel more attached to this film than to anything before' |first=Tim |last=Lewis |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 January 2015}} He has described himself as being an atheist.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-25 |title=Books and Films That Inspired 'Ex Machina' |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/interviews/a34599/ex-machina-artificial-intelligence-google-theories/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Esquire |language=en-US}}
Bibliography
- The Beach (1996)
- The Tesseract (1998)
- The Coma (2004)
Filmography
Film
Other credits
- The Beach (2000), cartographer, based on his novel of the same name{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1122113/20-shocking-secrets-about-the-beach-revealed |title=20 Shocking Secrets About The Beach Revealed |website=E! Online |first=Tierney |last=Bricker |date=11 February 2020 |access-date=5 August 2024}}
- The Tesseract (2003), based on his novel of the same name{{Cite news |last=Rooney |first=David |title=The Tesseract |date=23 September 2003 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/the-tesseract-1200539048/ |access-date=5 August 2024}}
- Big Game (2014), executive producer
Television
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Year
! Title ! width=65 |Director ! width=65 |Writer ! width=65 |Executive ! Notes |
|---|
| 2020
| Devs | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | Also creator |
Video games
- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010), co-writer
- DmC: Devil May Cry (2013), story supervisor
Theatre
Critical reception
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Award ! Category ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan=3| 2002
|rowspan=3| 28 Days Later | Best Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| Hugo Awards
| Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | {{nom}} |
| Saturn Award
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan=4| 2010
|rowspan=3| Never Let Me Go | British Independent Film Awards | Best Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards
| Best Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| Saturn Award
| Best Writing | {{nom}} |
| Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
| Writers' Guild of Great Britain | Best Continuing Drama | {{won}} |
| rowspan="25" | 2015
| rowspan="25" | Ex Machina | Best Original Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists
| Best Writing, Original Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| Austin Film Critics Association
| Best Original Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| AACTA International Awards
| {{nom}} |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
| Best New Filmmaker | {{nom}} |
| rowspan=3| British Independent Film Awards
| Best British Independent Film | {{won}} |
| Best Director
| {{won}} |
| Best Screenplay
| {{won}} |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan=2| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
| Most Promising Filmmaker | {{nom}} |
| Best Original Screenplay
| {{nom}} |
| Directors Guild of America Award
| Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | {{won}} |
| European Film Awards
| {{nom}} |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
| {{nom}} |
| Gérardmer Film Festival
| Jury Prize | {{won}} |
| Imagine Film Festival
|Silver Scream Award| Silver Scream Award | {{won}} |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards
| Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker | {{nom}} |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards
| {{nom}} |
| San Diego Film Critics Society
| {{nom}} |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle
| Best Original Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
| Best First Feature | {{won}} |
| rowspan=2| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
| {{nom}} |
| Best Original Screenplay
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan=2| Saturn Awards
| {{nom}} |
| Best Writing
| {{nom}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.spikemagazine.com/0599alexgarland.php Backpacker Blues: Spike Magazine interview with Alex Garland]
- [http://www.salon.com/1997/02/11/alex/ Beach Boy: Salon interview with Alex Garland]
- [http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=25773 "Alex Garland is writing Judge Dredd"]
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