Ex_Machina Research

Producers/ Production companies

DNA Films is a UK production company founded by Andrew Macdonald, a producer of Ex Machina. He has worked on a number of other movies such as 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later and Dredd. Allon Reich is Macdonald’s has worked on films such as Dredd, 28 Weeks Later and the Last King of Scotland. Film Productions is a British film production company that co-financed Ex Machina alongside Universal Pictures International.

Director and Screen writer

Alex Garland is the Director and Writer of Ex Machina. This is his debut of directing. He is known for writing and producing movies including 28 Day’s Later and Dredd.

Actors

Ex Machina includes a cast of lesser known actors. The cast includes:

Domhnall Gleeson - (About Time, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Unbroken) He is a promising actor of which has been cast in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.
Corey Johnson (Saving Private Ryan, Captain Philips, The Bourne Ultimatum)
Oscar Isaac - (Drive, A Most Violent Year, Robin Hood) and cast in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.
Alicia Vikander – (Anna Karenina, Seventh Son, The Man from U.N.C.L.E)

Budget

$15,000,000 (estimated) / £9,817,075.50

Screens shown on

As of 10th May 2015, Ex Machina was shown on 2004 screens.

Box office figures

On its opening weekend, the movie made $250,000 in the U.S. However, it was only shown on four screens.

Music (composer of score/ soundtrack)

The musical score for Ex Machina was composed by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, who previously worked with Garland on Dredd (2012). A soundtrack album was also released in January 2015 Additional songs featured in the film include:

· "Enola Gay" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

· "Get Down Saturday Night" by Oliver Cheatham

· "Husbands" by Savages

· "Piano Sonata No 21 D. 960 in B-flat Major" (first movement) by Franz Schubert

Marketing (teaser trailers, trailers, posters, websites etc.)

Marketing for this movie included an number of teasers, trailers posters, website and even a marketing campaign on online dating app ‘Tinder!’