Passion X Ambition = Quality (stop dwelling on budget. The overall potential of the work will equate to that - and solidify what it would need to be... to first and foremost... make the STORY work! X meet the director's vision! #Writers/#Creators/#Sci-fi/&#HorrorFans - I suggest read the screenplay for Annihilation too. Very good, as is the novel - which is actually a trilogy - only Garland wanted to make a standalone film. Also, for anyone who hasn't seen, I can't recommend enough both Ex Machina (2014) & Annihilation (2018) Garland's first two films in the director's chair - goes to show what you can do on a modest budget - with extreme talent, vision, cooperation, and a collective of equal passion...