Alicia Vikander to star in Alex Garland’s Sci-Fi thriller Ex Machina

Swedish actress and Anna Karenina star Alicia Vikander, is reportedly playing the lead in the Alex Garland's robot thriller Ex Machina, according to a source. Vikander is in talks to play a highly advanced robot in her next sci-fi venture. The story talks about a billionaire programmer who handpicks a young employee to spend a week at his remote estate and and asks him to participate in a test involving his latest invention: an artificially intelligent female robot.

This film by Garland will be a directorial debut for him. Along with direction, the director has also worked on the script of the film. The flick by DNA Films will be produced by Andrew MacDonald and Allon Reich, while Scott Rudin and Eli Bush will be doing the executive production. The24-year-oldAliciahas previously worked inA Royal Affair, a foreign-language drama and can also be seen in the upcoming film bySergei Bodrov,The Seventh Son and The Fifth Estate alongside Benedict Cumberbatch.