AnnihilationFeaturette Explains How ‘The Shimmer’ Is Changing the World

For those who have n’t read the books , Annihilation ’s trailer have been shrouded in enigma . What is “ The Shimmer , ” what is it doing , and perhaps most significantly , how big of a scourge does it pose ? A new featurette from Paramount dive a second more into what this unknown anomaly is and the effect it ’s stimulate on our cosmos .

In thefeaturette , doer Natalie Portman , Gina Rodriguez , Tessa Thompson , and others dive into what The Shimmer is . Apparently , it ’s a phenomenon that ’s do unusual variation to people , creatures , and locations on Earth , meaning it ’s not ship multitude to an substitute world or property . It ’s produce tight , it ’s gaining strength , and there ’s no path to conventionally kibosh it .

As someone who has n’t read the book , and is wait to until after I ’ve check the motion picture ( to keep thing a surprisal ) , this is really intriguing . Stranger affair deal out with an alternate dimension that exist in latitude to our own , but it looks like this is but something that ’s basically convert our own world … intend there ’s no escape .