'Ex Machina' trailer takes 'Her' to the next frightening level

Alex Garland, the author of The Beach and screenwriter of 28 Days Later and Dredd, makes his directorial debut with Ex Machina, which features two next-generation Star Wars actors in a thriller about an artificial-intelligence experiment. Domhnall Gleeson plays a low-level programmer who’s selected by his internet company’s reclusive CEO (Oscar Isaac) to take part in a unique Turing Test with Ava (Alicia Vikander), an alluring and sophisticated creature who might be more advanced than both men can fathom. “One day, the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossils,” says Isaac’s genius.

A24 will release Ex Machina on April 10.