There's no denying that video games are no comic books when it comes to representation of the silver screen. While some adaptations of huge gaming franchises (like 2018's
Tomb Raider and Disney's
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) were not terrible, we're still waiting for that one special film that will break the curse and allow the genre reach the heights of
The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2, and
Logan.
Universal 1440 Entertainment, Universal's straight-to-video division, has released the first teaser trailer for
Doom: Annihilation. In the trailer, we have our first chance to take a look a team of United Aerospace Corporation space marines that respond to a distress call on a distant Martian moon. When a portal to Hell opens, the brave few will face demonic hordes. Contrary to popular belief,
Annihilation is not a sequel to Andrzej Bartkowiak's flick with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the lead role.
Doom: Annihilation is helmed and written by Tony Giglio (
Chaos, Death Race: Beyond Anarchy), starring Amy Manson (
Atlantis, The White Princess), Dominic Mafham (
Ophelia, Humans), Luke Allen-Gale (
Dominion, Moving On), and Nina Bergman (
The Car: Road to Revenge, The Land of the Astronauts).
Be sure to take a look at the aforementioned
Doom: Annihilation teaser trailer and new stills below:
Doom: Annihilation follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth.
Doom: Annihilation is set for a fall 2019 release.