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For many Americans, the pro-Palestine protests roiling US campuses expose a widening chasm between conservatives and liberals that could get even nastier in a divisive election year. More than four-in-ten US voters say the country is likely to get ripped apart in a second civil war within five years, a shocking new survey reveals.

Texas secessionist Daniel Miller has since 1996 pushed for the Lone Star state to exit the union, in what's known as 'Texit.' A movie about exactly that has proven an unexpected box office hit this month, pulling in $45.7 million across North America. Miller says writer and director Alex Garland's ominous dystopia has tapped a nerve. 'Texas independence, or the breakup of the union, keeps occurring in popular culture,' says Miller. 'The release of the movie is pouring gasoline on the fire of the conversation around Texit.'

Flanked by two marines, President Joe Biden steps out of the Marine One chopper onto the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base to declare a national emergency. It's 6pm on January 6 , 2025, 20 miles from Washington DC . 'Four years ago, on this very day, Donald Trump tried to steal democracy,' says the 82-year-old Commander-in-Chief, removing his Aviator sunglasses to signal the gravity of his point. 'He's doing it again, folks. We must stop him, no matter what.' From now on, Biden decrees, Trump's Make America Great Again (Maga) movement will be designated a terrorist group. The Trump-owned Truth Social platform will be shut down. All internet sites publishing 'electoral misinformation' will be blocked. Cut! Let's stop the paranoid imaginings there. But that scenario is hardly more far-fetched than Civil War, a new film set in the near future, about a catastrophic U.S. revolution. British writer-director Alex Garland has conjured up a plot in which the 'Western Forces' - a somewhat improbable alliance between Texas and California - battles against a delusional dictator-president of the USA. But what would a US civil war in the modern age REALLY be like?

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Civil War.. A 'bone chilling' scene in box office smash Civil War in which 'dead-eyed' Jesse Plemons dishes out vigilante justice on those he deems 'unAmerican' left moviegoers stunned this past weekend. The dystopian thriller also received high praise from critics and fans alike for its depiction of a country ravaged with violence, helmed by a despotic Donald Trump-like character. The movie, directed by British filmmaker and writer Alex Garland, raked in $25 million at the box office in the US this past weekend.

Gosh. Imagine if America got so polarised - between red and blue, between haves and have-nots, between faiths, creeds and colours - that people decided to storm the seats of government. Crazy, right? It could certainly never happen in real life. So Hollywood has had to step in and step up. Alex Garland's Civil War is about an American civil war, though it's not in the sepia tones of the 19th century - it's in the lurid shades of the here and now. It begins with the president, played by Nick Offerman, practising his delivery of a televised broadcast. He's claiming a great victory on some front or other, implying that the rebellion will soon be quashed, but the streets beg to differ. Outside, all is fire and chaos. After that opening sequence, President Offerman takes a back seat for the rest of the movie - though he becomes its target, in more ways than one.

Just months after Sony set up a new 28 Years Later film trilogy , the director of the second film has been found: Nia DeCosta. It was reported back in January that Sony was teaming up with original 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland for a new trilogy set 28 years after the original 2003 classic, which helped revitalize the stagnant zombie genre. Boyle was set to direct from a Garland screenplay for the first film, with both the director and writer set to serve as producers of the next two sequels.

A24 has launched a new trailer for their highly awaited drama Civil War from acclaimed writer-director Alex Garland. The creator of hit films like 28 Days Later, Ex Machina, and Annihilation directs this dystopian story in which many territories have seceded from America. Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, and Nelson Lee are among the film's famous figures to have been disapproved of a three-hour runtime.

In new photographs shared to Instagram on Wednesday, Alessandra Ambrosio displayed her figure in a tiny sky blue strapless bikini while enjoying a day at the beach. When she works out every day with Pilates, yoga, and power walks at sunset, the supermodel, 42, looked stunning in the suit with toned abs, sculpted arms, and lean legs. The swim was sponsored by GAL Floripa, her very own business. Leonardo DiCaprio shot the hit film The Beach on the beach in Phuket, Thailand. In year 2000, the Beach was introduced. Danny Boyle's adventure drama film, which was based on Alex Garland's 1996 novel of the same name. 'Paradise discovered,' she wrote in her Instagram post as she added a palm tree and sun emoji in her caption.'

The monkeys are the first thing you notice on arrival at the Four Seasons Resort in Thailand's Koh Samui. Stone monkey statues are everywhere - stone monkey statues proffering welcome garlands, cheeky terracotta monkeys strutting streams, and cheeky terracotta monkeys showing you the ropes up from plant pots, laconic stone apes draped over walls, monkey water features spouting streams into private villa pools. When the Four Seasons Resort on the island of Koh Samui becomes the new fictional White Lotus Hotel, don't be surprised to learn that monkeys are a recurring theme in the third series of hit TV show The White Lotus. After the cast and crew arrived for two months of filming, the entire 45-acre hillside resort has been closed to visitors from January 29.

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are teaming up for a new installment of their famous zombie franchise, which began with their 2002 film 28 Days Later. According to The Hollywood Reporter, fans of the post-apocalyptic horror film starring Boyle and written by Garland should expect 'a new zombie thriller that is supposed to strike studios, streamers, and other potential buyers later this week.' William Morris Agency (WMA), which represents Boyle and Garland,'will pack the parcel and handle the selling,' according to the outlet.' The pair appeared on a sequel to 28 Days Later, called 28 Weeks Later, back in 2007.

The end of any given month means that Netflix and others like it will continue to produce new content, but also removing a slew of movies and TV shows. According to What's On Netflix, the subscription service has licenses to'rent' movies and TV shows for a certain period of time, and if something goes missing, it means the'rental' period has come to an end, so to speak. Surprisingly enough, some of the Netflix Original Films that were made in-house would be leaving as well, and they are likely to be out on other platforms for a time.

If you're planning the perfect summer holiday with your friends and family - why not stay at these ultra luxurious film set locations from the likes of Succession, The White Lotus and House of Gucci? From the warm warmth of Harry Potter's fictional home in Suffolk to the exuberance of the Juvet Landscape Hotel in Ex-Machina, there are some truly stunning places to rent for the night. For instance, Marianne's idyllic Italian villa in Normal People that you can rent for just £25 a night is a real steal.

Danny Boyle has revealed that a script has been written for the highly awaited 28 Months Later, and he would be able to control it. Jim (Cillian Murphy), a 66-year-old filmmaker, thrilled horror viewers with 28 Days Later, as he rises from a coma to a deserted Britain that has been devastated by a highly infectious virus. Danny outlined in NME's 20th anniversary how screenwriter Alex Garland had written a script for the third film, with the director hoping that it would come true.