Doom: Annihilation

Doom: Annihilation is a film being created by the direct-to-video studio, and directed and written by. Principal photography began in May 2018 on location in, and production wrapped as of June 5. News of the film first leaked on April 17, 2018, when actress posted on Twitter that she had been cast in a role. Universal 1440 almost immediately provided confirmation of the film's production status to Variety. According to ScienceFiction.com, the film was originally slated to release on May 17, 2019, but was pushed back to an initially unspecified Fall 2019 date to accommodate additional visual effects work on the film's Hell sequence. On July 15, 2019, a release date of October 1 was officially announced, and a page appeared for the movie on the Universal Pictures Home Entertainment website showing future availability through retail outlets on Blu-Ray and DVD, as well as through digital download. "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."

- Official synopsis

Preliminary information
Details revealed by cast and crew thus far indicate that the movie will center around the actions of a squadron of space marines investigating a UAC facility called the Phobos Compound. Location shots in cave suggest some action may be set on the surface of Mars, on Phobos, or in Hell. Futuristic weapons have been seen among the props. The interior sets seem to carry an abstract, angular look with bold, primary colors possibly inspired by the Classic Doom aesthetic. Space marines again wear black combat armor, probably inspired by the look of the Z-Sec in Doom 3 and the design choices made for members of the RRTS in the prior movie.

Actor Dominic Mafham has confirmed that his character is named Dr. Betruger, after the Doom 3 villain. Other posts also seem to indicate that the character played by Louis Mandylor is a priest or preacher, confirming that Hellish overtones will be present in the plot for this film, unlike its predecessor.

According to the director, the movie is not a sequel to the prior film, making it effectively a reboot within the cinematic universe which, also according to Giglio, is aiming to be a "faithful adaptation" of the original source material with plot points taken from the original Doom instruction manual. Demons will be featured as the movie's antagonists. It was previously stated that the character of the Doom Slayer would appear in some form, but this was later redacted and awaits clarification.

The official title and synopsis of Doom: Annihilation were announced on March 8, 2019, in an exclusive article at Dread Central which also featured the first three official screenshots of the film, displaying a scientist zombie and two action shots highlighting Carley and Joan.

A 30-second teaser trailer was released on March 11, 2019, with an exclusive debut on Bloody Disgusting.

In an interview with Polygon, Tony Giglio mentioned that the movie will include some first-person-perspective shots, though more brief than the extended segment from the 2005 film. He explained that the marines each have a HUD which will be featured in the shots.

The film received an R rating for "bloody violence and language throughout" from the as of June 7, 2019.

Another 30 seconds of footage was released exclusively to Dread Central on August 15, 2019, highlighting action sequences, monsters, and special effects.

Unconfirmed details
A casting video posted by actor Akie Kotabe for the role of a scientist or engineer named Koji posted on vimeo in February 2018 contains some details which have yet to be confirmed by other sources. As it is unconfirmed that Kotabe was cast in the film, and it is possible for details of screenplay scripts to change during the shooting of a film, this information has to be taken with a degree of caution.
 * The Phobos base is divided into four main sections on two levels. An arboretum is mentioned as a key location, which has been seen in photographs taken by other actors.
 * Phobos is one of the most unstable known locations in the solar system.
 * Teleportation will play a key role in the plot, as expected from other revealed details.
 * An ancient civilization existed on Phobos, similar to the ancient Martian civilization from Doom 3, which used a language related to . As in Doom 3, it is suggested this civilization had contact with Earth in the ancient past.
 * The BFG9000 will appear, with an official expansion of "Baryon Fusion Gun," though the character immediately mentions that the R&D department referred to their "crown jewel" weapon project internally as the "Big Fucking Gun."

Cast

 * Clayton Adams as Winslow
 * Chidi Ajufo as Akua
 * as Dr. Bennett Stone
 * Nina Bergman as Carley
 * Gavin Brocker as Harry
 * James Weber Brown as Captain Hector Savage
 * Amer Chadha-Patel as Rance
 * as Dr. Ahmed Kahn
 * Lorina Kamburova as Sandy Peterson
 * Cassidy Little as Morgan
 * as Dr. Betruger
 * as Chaplain
 * as Joan Dark
 * Jemma Moore as Li
 * Katrina Nare as Veronia
 * Arkie Reece as Tarek

Crews

 * Special effects house Autonomous FX is slated to work on effects and monster designs.