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Warning: This article contains spoilers about the Broken Earth trilogy. If the Earth were conscious, then surely it would despise us by now. As if claiming ownership over the planet wasn’t bad enough already, humans have really ratcheted up our assault on nature in recent decades. Even as the …

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Tom Jolliffe takes a jaunt back to the 80s to see how some of the decade’s biggest fantasy films have aged… Growing up as a young sprog in the 80’s I …

There’s so much to look forward to in our speculative fiction future. Here are some of the science fiction books we’re most excited about and/or are …

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It’s a well-known fact that Peter Jackson’s critically acclaimed Lord of the Rings trilogy left some of the stories from the books out. That’s not necessarily a bad thing; after all, the trilogy is held in the highest esteem by thousands of Tolkien fans — myself included. However, with Amazon’s …

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Brian Herbert, son of the legendary sci-fi author Frank Herbert, has announced that filming has wrapped on the hotly-anticipated feature film …

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I wanted Sam Rockwell to play the villain in Mute, a film I later made for Netflix. But he wanted to play a blue-collar kind of guy. We both liked the sci-fi films of the 70s and early 80s – Silent Running, Alien, Outland – and the sense of realism and mundanity they brought to space, with a lot of …

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Science-fiction books are increasing in popularity every single day and it’s not hard to see why. Taking the reader on a journey to different worlds …

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Just when you’re about to miss Game of Thrones, this saga is ready to roar.

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Flannel, Fleece & Nylon: HS05 Round 2 Is Fall-Ready Our in-house designers serve up a slew of autumnal favorites. From padded trenches to plaid …

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The members of Board Game Geek, the largest online community of board game fans, have selected the winners of the 2018 Golden Geek Awards. Walking away with four awards this year is Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right. Root stole the show at last year’s Gen Con in Indianapolis, the nation’s …

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Rand al’Thor was found as a baby on the slopes of Dragonmount and taken to Two Rivers, where he grew into a broad-shouldered shepherd boy. But Rand is possessed of immense power, a power as yet untapped, for he is also The Dragon Reborn, destined to be hunted by Darkhounds and Darkfriends as he …

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As China demonstrated its space credentials by landing a lunar probe on the far side of the moon in January 2019, a science fiction movie was hitting …

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After decades as one of the legendary holy grail games of the tabletop, Frank Herbert’s Dune is coming back. Based on the epic sci-fi novel and …

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The reversal comes eight months after Disney fired him. Nearly eight months after being fired by Disney for a series of years-old tweets that were …

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Tolkien’s lore is vast and complicated. This is the short version. It’s been over a year since Amazon announced that a $250 million, multi-season Lord …

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They all offer different worlds to explore, and they’re all worth checking out tonight. There are news reports every day about robots and automation taking our jobs, we have miniature computers in our pockets that allow us to hear the President’s thoughts, and we can browse a digital library of …

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Actor Jan-Michael Vincent has died at the age of 73. According to Vincent’s death certificate, the actor died as the result of cardiac arrest in Asheville, N.C., on Feb. 10. Along with William Katt and Gary Busey, Vincent played one of the leads in director John Milius’ 1978 coming-of-age film Big …

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If one thing defines the Marvel cinematic universe, it’s continuity. Other superhero sagas have chopped and changed timelines and cast members more times than Theresa May has visited Brussels in 2019. But all 21 Marvel movies released between Iron Man in 2008 and last year’s Avengers: Infinity War …

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Apparently, it was an “unpleasant experience” As the countdown to the series finale of Game of Thrones continues, HBO has been teasing fans with trailers and photos from the upcoming eighth season. We have no clue who will win or die, the only two options laid out to us by Cersei (Lena Headey) in …

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Within three minutes of David Lynch’s infamous adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, the floating head of actress Virginia Madsen has introduced us to “spice”, a precious substance that can expand consciousness and propel people through the universe, along with a galaxy ruler named Padishah Emperor …

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It’s a love letter to the franchise. Actor Topher Grace is a huge Star Wars fan. On its own, that’s not exactly a rare trait, but he’s also a fully …

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James Gunn’s first DC movie The Suicide Squad, a sequel to the 2016 box office hit, will reportedly start filming this fall. The first film suffered …

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Seven years after readers last saw Lyra Silvertongue, sitting on a bench in Oxford’s Botanic Garden, Philip Pullman’s most beloved heroine is set to return as an adult this autumn in the second volume of his trilogy The Book of Dust. Pullman announced on Wednesday that The Secret Commonwealth would …

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When the Avengers return in April in Avengers: Endgame, we’ll get answers to all the questions we had at the end of Infinity War, and we’ve got quite a …

Whether you play Dungeons & Dragons, a Cypher System game (like the one on our own show, Callisto 6), or any any other RPG, your character probably …

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Creepy vampire makeup tests show what Ridley Scott’s unmade I Am Legend could have looked like. While the Will Smith version of I Am Legend from 2007 …

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Why The Wandering Earth may just be a one-hit wonder China’s blockbuster sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth (流浪地球) was No. 1 at the box office across …

China’s second highest-grossing film, The Wandering Earth, will be streaming on Netflix soon, the media company said on Wednesday.It was not clear …

Star Trek might be the ultimate nerdy franchise not because it’s about space exploration, spaceships, and science, but because really, it’s a TV …

In 2009, director James Cameron released the biggest movie of all time. He’d already done so in 1997 when Titanic became the highest-grossing film …

US space drama Nightflyers has been cancelled after just one season. Based on the novella from George R.R. Martin the show was produced by Syfy in the …

Warner Bros. has shifted its release date for Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune, bumping it from its original release date of November 20th, 2020 to December 18th, 2020. The film is the latest adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 science fiction novel, set on a desert planet in a feudal …

Herokiller, available now in print and online. I also wrote The Earthborn Trilogy.”> Yesterday, The Expanse put season 3 onto Amazon Prime, free to watch if you have the service, joining the other two seasons that have been there for a while. This was inevitable since Amazon now owns the show, …

Author Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast novels have been adapted for the screen before, with the Beeb tackling the first two books for a series in 2000. But …

Amazon’s been making some major genre plays in its original programming recently, but its latest grab is one of its grandest plans yet: An adaptation …

Alex Garland’s Annihilation has just about everything a moviegoer could want. It has an incredibly compelling mystery at its heart, it’s filled with …

Australian actress Dichen Lachman talks “Altered Carbon”, the Netflix sci-fi series weighed down by white-washing and nudity controversies. Eight women stand naked around actress Dichen Lachman in an eerie dark-blue set covered in shards of silicon glass. Beside the merkin covering her private …

Australian actress Dichen Lachman talks “Altered Carbon”, the Netflix sci-fi series weighed down by white-washing and nudity controversies.

The full 90-second teaser trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story is finally here, and it has us wondering whether the spin-off movie needs to change its name. Now we’ve seen and heard Alden Ehrenreich in the role of young Han Solo, rumors from the set that the actor was concerned enough about his …

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Ursula K. Le Guin, who died on January 22 at the age of 88, lived most of her adult life in Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Charles—who …

Sci-fi television reaches a new level on Feb. 2 when Altered Carbon arrives on Netflix. The series, an adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 novel, is set more than 300 years in the future. Technology looks nothing like today’s: Human consciousness is digitized in something akin to a memory stick, …

Clarke was born on this day in 1917 At some point, most science fiction readers come across the “Big Three” authors from its so-called Golden Age: Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke. Over the course of his lifetime, Clarke witnessed the birth of the space age, and helped push …

Where to Stream: Stranger Things I was raised on science fiction. My first binge-watch was Star Trek: The Next Generation, and when I was done with …

Apple’s new worldwide video programming division is ramping up as it orders its third scripted series, this one from Battlestar Galactica head Ron D. …

Welcome to Debate Club, where Tim Grierson and Will Leitch, the hosts of the Grierson & Leitch podcast, tackle both sides of the greatest arguments in …

Image:: Tea And Board Games If you’ve finally gotten a group together for a game night – or if it’s family game time – and you have no idea what to …

Women in Blade Runner 2049 are constantly objectified by the world around them, turned into automated helpers, puppets, and sex toys. The …

The sequel to mega-hit Pandemic: Legacy is finally here. Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board …

OK: if you HAVEN’T seen Inception, Chris Nolan’s seventh consecutive Very Good Movie, just stop reading right now and go out and pay the eleven bucks …

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is looking for one show to rule them all. Amazon Studios is bringing the classic The Lord of the Rings fantasy novel series to …

Consider this: you are two thousand years in the future. You live in a different part of the galaxy. You have never seen Earth and it’s not even a …

A TV series based on the epic fantasy franchise The Lord of the Rings is in the works, though it sounds like very early days and it may never happen. According to Variety, Warner Bros. TV and J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate are talking to Amazon about developing a series based on the novels. Amazon CEO …

Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets director Luc Besson has revealed that the film includes seven easter eggs from The Fifth Element. The …

Star Trek: Discovery and its sci-fi fellows have proved hesitant to boldly go past near-future stories and recycled worlds, and into the vast future the early Treks attempted When details about Star Trek: Discovery first emerged, fans and critics alike paused for a moment to scratch their heads. The …

Science fiction has been responsible for some of the most compelling and awe-inspiring moments in cinema. From 1960s and 1970s classics to slick 1980s …

Science fiction has been responsible for some of the most compelling and awe-inspiring moments in cinema. From 1960s and 1970s classics to slick 1980s …

Growing up, I cut my tabletop teeth on miniatures games. Warhammer, 40K, Heroclix, and Warmachine. It’s a hobby that’s since given way to other pursuits, …

We can’t get enough of these luxe gifts that (surprisingly) won’t break the bank. On your mark, get set, wow everyone on your list! Hansel From Basel …

The oldest debate in Star Wars history might not have anything to do with Han shooting Greedo under that table. Instead, it’s all about whether or …

The oldest debate in Star Wars history might not have anything to do with Han shooting Greedo under that table. Instead, it’s all about whether or …

The year has brought us holographic Jon Hamms, Amazonian heroines, and one giant, cuddly pig

Game of Thrones might be our favorite fantasy show ever, but here are the 10 best fantasy series that could possibly be even better… • facebook …

With the end of the Game of Thrones TV series in sight, it’s time to start speculating on which fantasy book series might pick up the TV adaptation …

Before we start, this isn’t a “best of” list or anything like that. It’s more a celebration of good quality examples of female characters who exist …

I n 1945, pioneering science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke began circulating a manuscript called The Space Station: Its Radio Applications. This …

Art by Marc Simonetti, for the 2014 Discworld calendar Heroes—no matter the trials they face on their journeys—seem inherently lucky. No matter how …

I backed Scythe on Kickstarter in 2015 and the game did not disappoint me when it arrived in 2016. I loved the variable player powers and deciding …

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will be back for a sixth series of depressed androids and bumbling Vogan invasions next year. BBC Radio 4 is …

In 2011, two novelists under the pseudonym James S.A. Corey published Leviathan Wakes, the first in the Expanse novels, a science fiction saga taking …

Image: Getty Images The much-heralded sci-fi anthology show Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams has arrived on Aussie streaming service Stan. For those …

Some of the best sci-fi writers in the world tell us what they’d do with Deckard and the replicants in a second movie Back in 2015, Popular Mechanics …

Amazon recently made waves by canceling its period dramas and refocusing the efforts of its studio. Now, we have an early indication of what that new …

Alex Garland’s Ex Machina was quietly one of the best movies of 2014 and is among one of the best sci-fi films of the 2000s. Having previously …

Audiences have become so accustomed to so-so reboots and belated, underwhelming sequels that it’s often a shock when one of them turns out to be good. That seems to be the general reaction to Blade Runner 2049, which held its first industry screenings last night, leading countless journalists to …

Review: It’s a lot like the video game—for good and ill. Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board …

The cult TV star is the man behind Channel 4’s new series of dramas based on the stories by Philip K Dick Sunday, 17th September 2017 at 9:00 am Bryan …

It’s game night. Everyone’s huddled around the table. Dice are rolled, cards shuffled. And someone shouts the phrase that declares them the winner: …

In the early days of the Soviet Union, science fiction films were not very popular. The primary subject matter at that time was worldrevolution and five-year industrial development plans, not to mention World War II. Only starting in the late 1950s, when the space race between the USSR and the U.S. …

In honor of its 20th anniversary, the Visual Effects Society – a professional organization of artists, producers, technologists, and more who work in …

Does Channel 4’s replacement for the Netflix-departed Black Mirror live up to the hype? It isn’t hard to imagine the late, great mind behind Blade …

To imagine the future with autonomous vehicles, implanted phones, or machine learning, look no further than science fiction books and movies. We see research and reports about what the future of life and work will be, but it can be hard to imagine how the research will actually play out and affect …

The second season of Preacher ended last night with a slow burn of a finale punctuated by a few twists and turns. This has pretty much been the …

Mortal Engines author Philip Reeve saw his book get the Lord of the Rings treatment “It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of …

The Martian and Daredevil writer Drew Goddard is set to write and direct X-Force for 20th Century Fox with Deadpool as the lead character, according to …

The epic has been the foundation of fantasy for a long time. From Beowulf and the tales of King Arthur all the way up to The Lord of the Rings by …

Already a good use of a couple of hours, the very excellent Scythe is coming to mobiles and PC.

The first time I saw Sunshine, it was in a movie theater packed with awkward men (in my memory, the audience was at least 90 percent male). When the movie ended, my friend and I spent an extra 10 minutes on the floor, trying to find his misplaced glasses. Despite the sub-optimal viewing conditions, I …

The hit sci-fi show is now a board game—and a pretty good one. Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete …

Age of Apocalypse This 1995-1996 Marvel mutant crossover showed Legion going back in time and killing his father, Professor Charles Xavier. So when …

Marvel spent something on the order of $100 million filming Thor: Ragnarok, which should give you an idea about why—now that the movie’s close to …

I travel in some fairly nerdy circles. Over the years, I’ve logged serious time playing Settlers of Catan. One of my best friends from high school is a part of a group that has been playing Magic: The Gathering together for more than 20 years. But until recently, I had never heard of America’s …

IN HIS MOST RECENT book, Futurability (2017), old-school Italian radical Franco “Bifo” Berardi speculates about the actual possibilities for radical …

Those flying cars you wanted? They’re coming in 2049, with guns and missiles and drones. Too bad the world will have gone to hell by then… The …

Philip K. Dick loved building worlds, but he loved it even more when they came apart. In the new trailer for the Bryan Cranston-produced anthology …

The sci-fi anthology has seen a resurgence in recent years, as the first trailer for Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams makes clear. Shows like BBC’s …

Green Ronin to Publish The Expanse Tabletop RPG / August 19, 2017 at 12:07 PM / Tabletop Games, Tabletop News Green Ronin has announced that they will …

There are debacles and there are debacles. There are board games and there are board games. But there is nothing quite like Glory To Rome.

Do you think Catan likes being settled? What if it doesn’t? What if it really doesn’t? What if there are already people living on the island and …

There’s a long history of Civilization board games, from a 1980 title that kinda inspired the video game series to a number of versions (in 2002 and …

Awesome boardgames manufacturer CMON now only has 40 hours remaining on its latest Kickstarter campaign for the Game of Thrones inspired board game A …

Back in January it was announced that James Cameron will be returning to the Terminator franchise, and is expected to “godfather” a new instalment …

This is a trailer for the upcoming sci-fi film Anti Matter. It was written and directed by Keir Burrows, and stars Yaiza Figueroa, Philippa Carson, Tom …

For years, fans of William Gibson’s iconic science fiction novel Neuromancer have patiently waited as multiple attempts at making a film adaptation …

With Gen Con just around the corner, tabletop gaming fans can expect more and more teasers and announcements leading up to the big convention. This …

20th Century Fox has produced and distributed some of the best science fiction screen entertainment ever seen. It has distributed such classic hits …

Leading French filmmaker Luc Besson has a clear idea why the sci-fi epic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets flopped in the US after being …

It’s unlikely for now that Judge Dredd will return to the big screen, much to the dismay of fans of the 2012 reboot, which has become a modern cult …

For all its cool, grit, and darkness, it can be easy to miss the humor in William Gibson’s work. From Neuromancer to his scattered forays into culture …

The AI that made ‘Blade Runner: Auto-encoded’ transposed the aesthetic of the movie onto other sci-fi classics. Artist and machine learning engineer Terence Broad’s Auto-Encoding Blade Runner is the project Philip K. Dick would have made if he were a scientist. In his presentation at SIGGRAPH 2017, a …

There are more than a few bona fide science fiction film classics that everyone has seen, but for the most part, much of the genre’s best offerings …

In a 2011 interview, Gibson said his debut novel was a pushback against American exceptionalism. In a 2011 interview with the Paris Review, science …

From TV to books to movies, dystopian tales are in the air right now. All week long, Vulture is exploring how they’ve been imagined in popular …

All week long, Vulture is exploring how dystopias have been imagined in popular culture. Few authors have crafted more vividly realized future worlds …

If you don’t count the widely distributed religious texts that influenced it, The Lord of the Rings is the second-bestselling book of all time. Yet …

When you’re told a new television series is set to explore “the untold stories behind” the histories of various pop culture genres, it feels natural …

What’s better than following Twitter banter? Following Twitter banter by two fantasy novelists, of course. Authors Sam Sykes (The Mortal Tally, An …

(Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly …

The nominees for the 2017 World Fantasy Awards have been announced, including Lifetime Achievement recipients Terry Brooks and Marina Warner. The …

In May of 2009, Terminator: Salvation was supposed to be the start of a new trilogy of Terminator films, set in and around the futuristic “humanity versus Skynet” war that was only hinted at in the prior three films. But the McG film earned poor reviews and made just $125 million domestic and $371m …

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets flopped. At least that’s the way things look after the opening weekend of the Luc Besson-written and …

“There’s a moral ambiguity to it…”

Tucked among all the superhero offerings today at Warner Bros.’ big Comic-Con panel was the trailer for Ready Player One, which welcomes director …

The next Game of Thrones could be a sci-fi epic set in Africa. On Monday, Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor posted an announcement on her Facebook page: “I’m finally free to announce this: My World Fantasy Award winning novel WHO FEARS DEATH has been optioned by HBO and is now in early …

As part of its panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International yesterday, Syfy released a trailer for the third season of the science fiction drama …

H. G. Wells’s foundational work of political science fiction, “The Time Machine,” predicted a future in which a small utopia of sprightly elites is kept running by a subclass that lives below the ground and is reduced to bestial violence. This prediction, carried to a horrifically logical extent, …

Worker placement is one of the most common mechanisms in Euro games today. It allows for more than an average amount of player interaction as you …

Eric: For any of what follows to make sense, I need to take you to a place in my past. Imagine the house where I grew up. Follow me down into the …

We’ve all seen them before, between the thumbnails offering an explanation why ‘millions of people’ are cancelling their Netflix accounts and the …

Twenty years ago, Luc Besson’s visually stunning film hinged its story not on action or violence, but on love. The most radical element of Luc Besson’s 1997 space opera The Fifth Element is not the absurdly opulent future-costumes designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. It isn’t the bizarre Southern twang of …

This short video from the Little White Lies Youtube channel explores how the themes of time weave their way throughout Christopher Nolan’s …

And other answers to questions you didn’t ask.Image: AntToeKnee Lacey“I don’t think a lady should be ‘Doctor Who.’ Does that make me a bad …

Valerian, the latest ultra-ambitious science-fiction film from director Mr Luc Besson, will be released at the beginning of August (21 July in the …

David Strathairn has been tapped for a major recurring role in the upcoming third season of Syfy’s hit space drama The Expanse. Syfy is keeping …

By H. Perry Horton Bugs with guns, hell yeah.We typically assume any alien life we come into contact with will be superior to us. This is a logical …

I’ve always loved board games. As a poor student, I would walk into Games Paradise on Pitt Street in the city just to be surrounded by shiny …

Mondo and Project Raygun’s THE THING game is headed to SDCC.Read more…

Boats-and-buildings board game from Days of Wonder brings the fun. Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our …

Spoilers for War for the Planet of the Apes. – War for the Planet of the Apes is very much an ending. It’s the cap on Caesar’s trilogy, with Andy …

Galaxy Magazine changed the direction of science fiction If you like classic science fiction, one of the genre’s best magazines can now be found online for free. Archive.org is now home to a collection of Galaxy Science Fiction, which published some of the genre’s best works, such as an early version …

Author: Cai RossThe original Planet of The Apes movies occupied a curious netherworld of critical opinion. With each film, the budget was sawn in …

The US government wants to implant tiny computers the size of a silver dollar into people’s brains so they can communicate telepathically. These …

Throughout most of Westworld‘s first season, Robert Ford kept promising a new narrative to shake up the park. Ford’s “Journey into Night,” is …

Whether you need to break the ice or you host a regular game night, having a group of games on hand to fit a theme keeps the night rolling. I’ve …

The reviews for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets have finally landed and they’re about as radically mixed as it can get. The sci-fi film from Lucy director Luc Besson has garnered quite the headline-grabbing descriptions, including “Star Wars on crystal meth,” “Euro-trash,” and “an epic …

If you’ve been playing board games for any length of time, then it’s probably happened to you. You get an idea. A unique mechanic, an underutilized …

The French comic series Valérian and Laureline, newly adapted into a summer blockbuster, gave the genre one of its first protagonists to powerfully own her womanhood. “The first woman I fell in love with was probably Laureline,” Luc Besson, the French director behind the forthcoming film Valerian and …

It’s been a while since we’ve been to Westeros. The last brand new episode of Game of Thrones aired precisely a year and a day ago. That’s right: We’ve …

Killjoys returned for its third season on June 30, and it’s come to my attention that there are still people who don’t even know what Killjoys is, let …

Retro sci-fi road trip Simon Stålenhag’s artwork is a delight. It’s wonderfully retro science fiction design that is set against the surroundings of rural Sweden. We’ve been fans of Stålenhag work for a couple of years now, and today, he launched a Kickstarter to produce his next art book, titled The …

With a little over a week to go until War for the Planet of the Apes arrives in cinemas, 20th Century Fox has unveiled a new promo for the film …

Before Star Wars or Luc Besson, there was Valérian and Laureline. A new sci-fi epic of fantastic planets, indescribable aliens, and thrilling adventure is coming to the U.S. this month—and there’s not a lightsaber in sight. Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets premieres July 21, …

Luc Besson’s sci-fi summer blockbuster Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets won’t be released until July 21, but the buzz around the film has …

This infographic from Netent Stalker tracks the evolution of popular superhero vehicles. You probably have a favourite Batmobile but what about …

XPRIZE Sci-Fi Non-profit XPRIZE describes itself as “an innovation engine.” The organization facilitates contests pitting the best minds in science …

This week in literary film and television news, old things were made new again. That is, an old television show based on an older book will have a …

Firebase volume one is the latest output from Neil Blomkap’s Oats Studios. It follows on from Rakka Volume 1, which was released 2 weeks ago. Firebase …

The penultimate season of HBO’s Game of Thrones is less than three weeks away and EW has its annual pre-season interview with Emmy-winning showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss. The duo take some of our burning questions with their usual spoiler-free mix of insight and wit as they give fans a …

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets may prove to be a tough sell for audiences unfamiliar with the source material: the French comic book …

Directors Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve are giving conflicting answers about the character of Rick Deckard. Things are about to get extremely nerdy here, so please have your fedora and vape pen on hand at all times. And anyway, this is important, considering it has to do with the most …

James Cameron has found another way to make all the Avatar sequels revolutionary, as they’ll be the first to implement glasses-free 3D technology. …

10. Chronicle (2012) The superhero genre is a hard one to do well. On top of that, found footage is even harder to pull off. However, Josh Trank infuses …

One of the most influential science fiction series of all time is coming to television: according to Deadline, David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman are …

Drenched in highly rendered tension, Matt Reeves finds a way to escalate an already excellent series to absolute greatness with his War for the Planet …

On June 25th, 1982, The Thing was unleashed into theaters across the US. John Carpenter’s updated vision of the Howard Hawks’ classic and …

Get fresh insight into game design by watching this GDC 2017 tabletop game “state of the industry” discussion with game designers Rob Daviau, …

The word theory evokes images of Isaac Newton and Aristotle, and as physics has gravity and playwrights have catharsis, roleplaying has its own …

Over the past weekend, the annual Origins Game Fair and part of the celebration of included the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design recognized …

When Tad Williams published The Dragonbone Chair, the first installment of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy, fantasy was in a transition state, …

“Dark fantasy elements are one area that would be great to explore.” With Judge Dredd: Mega City One in the works, producer Jason Kingsley has opened …

New War For the Planet of the Apes WETA featurette20th Century Fox have released a new featurette from War for the Planet of the Apes. featuring a …

Days away from the 35th anniversary of the release of Blade Runner and new footage of the upcoming sequel has been released. In this behind-the-scenes …

Looks like Damon Lindelof may be going back to work for HBO. Fresh off the critically acclaimed series finale of “The Leftovers,” Lindelof is in talks …

We are no doubt living in an age of over-hype, where every movie or film franchise is treated as a religion to its fan base or an abomination to God …

Compelling storylines add a new dimension to the genre Board games are undergoing a revival – and for the first time, players’ cardboard crimes have …

If you haven’t been paying attention to the next movie from the director of The Fifth Element, then let this new behind-the-scenes teaser try and …

Revisiting the Spiel des Jahres Winners: A Geeklist of All the Histories/Reviews A couple of years ago, I wrote histories and reviews of the Spiel des …

One of Justin Trudeau’s and Barack Obama’s favourite writers teams up with Nicole Galland for ‘The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.’ If any writer should be …

So with that in mind, all seems a bit futile for the remaining humans. They have developed technology to block the alien mind control, but there …

In today’s Keanews, we have learned that John Wick will be getting its own TV show, tentatively titled The Continental, after Wick’s favorite hotel …

The film is now streaming on Steam and YouTube A couple of weeks ago, District 9and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp unveiled Oats Studios, his new project focusing on experimental short films. At the time, Blomkamp described the studio as an attempt to remain creative in a film industry that rewards …

You know the drill in card party games. Pick your wittiest cards, play to the judge, earn fame and fortune, repeat. In You’ve Got Problems, from the …

By Hiten Vyas on Jun 12, 2017 in Fiction, Writing Tips An urban fantasy book is one which has an urban and modern city setting, and yet, it contains …

It’s no surprise that dystopian fiction has been on the rise lately. English anthology series Black Mirror was a bit ahead of the curve in that regard …

The recent film “Hum”, presented by Dust is a tale of a menial robot, trapped in a basement, washing up all the time. This miserable life is …

Netflix has made a few surprising announcements over the past few weeks, with the streaming service cancelling two beloved shows, Sense8 after just …

A failure of imagination, explained You don’t have to watch more than the first 15 minutes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to feel like you’ve seen …

Mining the back catalog for hidden gems The Mummy hits theaters this weekend, and it’s clear that it’s more than just a movie: it’s Universal Studios’ attempt to jumpstart a Marvel-style cinematic franchise that will bring together its various classic monster properties under the Dark Universe …

Tom Jolliffe on Terry Gilliam’s Brazil… Over the next week I will be looking at a selection of prescient films (and TV) which represent a cutting …

The first trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther movie is out and as we expect from Marvel movies, it looks fantastic. T’Challa, the new ruler of the …

Seasons 1 and 2 are streaming on Netflix, and season 3 begins on June 9th For years, the Syfy Channel was home to a range of space-opera TV serials like Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape, and Stargate SG-1. But after a 2009 rebranding, Syfy moved away from space shows. Three years ago, the …

I love Spider-Man. He’s forever been my favorite superhero, so the thought of a new movie being out in less than a month, under the creative …

Theresa May has announced that she will seek to form a coalition with Khorne, The Blood God to provide the country the strong and stable leadership …

After months of speculation, Jared Leto has lifted the mask on his Blade Runner: 2049 character, revealing his full name in a recent interview. …

Every director has their hits and misses, and Neill Blomkamp is no exception. After exploding on the scene with his revelatory 2009 alien movie …

The Men At Arms: Reforged YouTube series is back to create another iconic weapon from fantasy cinema. A team of expert blacksmiths and craftsmen …

Canadian artists Nivanh Chanthara and Fred Rambaud built the dystopian “Babiru” universe from digital illustrations. From the breakdown lane of an abandoned highway, an introspective biker in a tactical suit looks across a cascading urban sprawl in one of the many enrapturing landscapes of Babiru, a …

After almost 20 years of pre-production, principal photography has wrapped on Terry Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.” The shoot for the Don …

When Starship Troopers came out in 1997 it perhaps wasn’t given the credit it was due. On the surface it seems like a tub-thumping, pro-war film, …

Feast your eyes on these stunning images from Finnish photographer Vesa Lehtimäki, aka Avanaut. Using nothing more than some action figures, a forced …

• Wasps loosehead prop is vying for a starting spot in two-Test tour • Coach has fostered competitive spirit among squad missing 30 players Matt Mullan is relishing the chance to lock horns with Argentina’s scrum on England’s forthcoming two-Test tour and believes a strong showing against the Pumas …

Nowadays there are more sci-fi shows than ever to watch and more ways in which to watch them. With the help of streaming sites, genre TV is booming. …

Sad times. Netflix has decided to cancel Sense8. After an absolutely stunning second season, both visually and emotionally, the show will end without …

If you’re not already familiar with Welcome to Night Vale, don’t worry, you’re at the start of a weird and wonderful journey that will take you …

The Walking Dead isn’t really about zombies, it’s a story about people with a zombie apocalypse as the setting. Perhaps for this reason, neither the …

Roger Allam is a marvellous actor who flies somewhat under the radar in terms of super-stardom. He’s been in so many great shows that it’s hard to …

Every superhero origin story has the moment: The music swells, time slows, and the hero finally emerges on screen in their full costume, ready to …

Want to catch up on Game of Thrones, but don’t have an extra 60 hours to spare? Get the gist by watching one Austrian artist illustrate and animate …

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel gets the chilling and brilliant TV adaptation it deserves, including a standout performace from Elisabeth Moss ‘Blessed are the meek, dear,” says Aunt Lydia to a young woman called Janine in the extraordinary, affecting new TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale …

The latest short sci-fi film from the Dust YouTube Channel envisions a future where nanobots in our brains help form the sights and sounds around us. …

1. Coherence (2013) Coherence is a groundbreaking film by a group of filmmakers who saw Primer and said, “Hey, let’s make a ridiculously complicated …

From Sense8 to Alien: Covenant, the future appears to be binary.

Walt Disney World has treated guests to the Tomorrowland, Neverland, and now the famous theme park is inviting fans to visit the land of “Avatar.” “Pandora – The World of Avatar” opens to the public this weekend at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park in Orlando, Florida. The colorful attraction, replete …

Our gaming group has occasional weekend get-togethers where 10 to 15 of us meet up and play board games for an entire weekend. We split off into …

Arrival remains a rare case of a critically acclaimed, successful sci-fi movie that shirked action or horror in favor of the genre’s headier pleasures. It’s a dreamy, philosophical, sometimes melancholy film, known as much for the mood created by its elliptical editing as the twist ending that …

On AMC’s “Humans,” Niska is a self-aware “synth,” or man-made being. She passes the Turing test, in which, based on her answers, she is indistinguishable from a human. She can have a relationship with a person who never suspects her mechanical nature, and she can submit to an examination that will …

Fans of the (now replaced) Games Workshop miniature game Warhammer Fantasy Battles may be elated to find out they can revisit the pre-Endtimes land …

Guys, I know you hate each other but I think you’re going to have to work together on this one. Cersei and Jaime Lannister still hold the Iron Throne, …

How does the saying go? ‘Films are films, comics are comics and never the twain shall meet.’ Well, nobody probably ever said that, but that doesn’t …

After an eight-year hiatus, the fifth Indiana Jones film is said to be coming up in 2019. But for anyone who longs to see Indy in his prime, there’s a …

Warning: This article contains extensive spoilers and speculation of events that may occur in Game of Thrones’ seventh season. Like Daenerys …

Director Luc Besson and actor Dane DeHaan talk to CBR about the upcoming film, and the French comics it brings to life.

I was lucky to, earlier this week, screen the new documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD. Releasing on DVD and VOD May 30th, the film (directed …

I’m going to try to review ARQ without giving away the plot twists, though that’s not an easy task. The one I will give away is that it’s a bit of a …

Huge breaking news this Friday afternoon as Deadline is reporting that Sony’s Venom movie is officially happening with Tom Hardy starring as the title …

Train to Busan involves high-speed rail and whole lotta zombies. When you’re half-dead at the end of the work day, your brain turned to mush from emails and memos, there’s nothing better than collapsing into bed and zoning out to a zombie film. Unfortunately, the genre has gotten pretty stale …

Jacques Mattheij made a small, but awesome, mistake. He went on eBay one evening and bid on a bunch of bulk LEGO brick auctions, then went to sleep. …

Arnold Schwarzenegger has just announced he’ll be starring in the next Terminator movie, which is not at all a big deal. It’s definitely less exciting …

Seasons one and two are now streaming on Netflix The Syfy Channel released its first trailer for the upcoming third season of Dark Matter. While the channel some heavy-hitting shows like The Expanse and The Magicians, Dark Matter is a fun, pulpy space opera that hails back to the days when shows like …

While Alien: Covenant resolved some of the questions we had after watching Prometheus, it threw up plenty of its own. Here are the ones we’re still …

Michael Fassbender is the best part of the Ridley Scott film, while also representing its worst impulse. [Warning: This story contains spoilers for …

The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2016 The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is currently holding its annual conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this weekend. This evening, the organization announced the winners of this year’s Nebula Awards, recognizing some of the …

With themes that range from love to fear to humanity itself, the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century all share distinctly original visions. Sci-fi …

Mark Dennis and Ben Foster’s newest film is set to bow at SIFF this weekend. You know that old chestnut: don’t go into a big, creepy cave you’re not …

We were led to believe that the new Judge Dredd TV series would be a completely separate entity to the 2012 film, but it seems there have been …

J J Abrams’ universe is ever expanding. JJ Abrams is taking over the world. No, scrap that, he’s taking over the Universe. When his production company …

I’m used to seeing furrowed brows when I tell people I write alternate history. The gratifying part is that pretty much everyone knows what alternate …

Wow! Back to the Eighties. Netflix has just released a teaser trailer for an brand new TV version of The Dark Crystal. Rediscover the age of wonder …

The new trailer for okja has been released ahead of its release on Netflix on 28 June. Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano star in this drama …

Season 2 of Sense 8 came upon us with barely a murmur. Unlike many other Netflix originals there seemed to be little promotion for the second season. …

10 years before Kirk, Spock and The Enterprise there was Discovery. Discovery is the first official Star Trek TV series since Enterprise finished in …

The final trailer for the 3rd installment of the Planet of the Apes reboot is here, ahead of the Worldwide release on 14 July. The special effects …

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With Blomkamp’s planned Alien sequel getting scrapped, it appears that he’s getting to work on something brand new. The science fiction director is …

Putting the tantalizing mixture of scifi and fantasy with stylish, gritty crime and intrigue on movie screens is nothing new. In fact, it’s been a …

In the new trailer for The Gifted: A father has to decide between his family and his job as a persecutor of mutants/powered people.<br>• Young people …

When Star Trek Discovery is going to make it to the airwaves is anyone’s guess. Until then, though, we’ve got what looks like the next best thing: …

One of the many problems with Alien 3 was its lack of escalation. The first film in the franchise, Ridley Scott’s Alien, was a claustrophobic monster …

On 25 May, 1977 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope opened in movie theatres across America. The now iconic science fiction film has lasted the test of …

IMDb has created a video featuring a shot for shot comparison of the trailer for the original Blade Runner film and the first official trailer for the …

Expo follows a few short minutes in the life of Shona, an astro-miner on the moon who has pulled a double rotation to earn more money for medical …

Ridley Scott slickly blends familiar themes from the series for this new prequel, but clunky dialogue takes the edge off the action Eleven years have passed since the ill-fated Prometheus mission. And the aliens have evolved into a baffling multitude of flavours. Most notable is the formidable …

With Kill Switch set for a VOD release this coming Friday, a new trailer has arrived online for the sci-fi thriller, which is directed by Tim Smit and …

Even though one has never broken out in the real world, pop culture has helped us to imagine what a space battle might play out like. Nimble fighters …

It’s great how modern technology and YouTube allow independent film-makers to to produce things that would have been possible only for the studios 10 …

Sometimes a book comes along that completely knocks you off your feet. A perfect example is A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge. It takes all the …

Humble Bundle has just made friends with anyone looking for a stash of amazing and award-winning scifi and fantasy to add to their collection. The …

Judge Dredd is coming to the small screen. EW can exclusively reveal that independent entertainment studio IM Global and independent U.K. games developer and publisher Rebellion have struck a deal to turn the iconic comic book character into a live-action TV show called Judge Dredd: Mega City One. …

And it’s about Moon crimes. Crown Publishing announced Monday that Andy Weir’s new book is called Artemis and it’ll be released on November 14. Andy …

by Tim Elliott | May 8, 2017 | Movies, Sci-Fi, Trailers | 0 | Warner Bros. have released the full-length trailer for Blade Runner 2049 and here it is. …

Millennium is in negotiations with producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin for a new installment. Hellboy, the demonic comic book hero turned Guillermo …

Strolling through a gallery, a mustachioed man pauses before a large sculpture—which, as he studies it, reveals a remarkable secret hidden within. …

I’m going to have to read American Gods again. I really enjoyed the first episode of the new series of American Gods, but in it we’re treated to …

The most recent video by The Pop Culture Detective Agency explores a trope in TV and movies they call Born Sexy Yesterday. It’s a science fiction …

*Spoiler alert – this article delves into some seriously cosmic comics canon relating to GotG Vol. 2* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has blasted into …

Reviews for the sixth instalment in the Alien franchise (eighth including Alien vs Predator) have arrived, Alien: Covenant being praised as unanimously …

Get your multipass in gear as Milla Jovovich and the creators of Luc Besson’s riotous 1997 sci-fi romp reveal how the film was made. Big badaboom! In a world where the dystopian gloom of “Blade Runner” long defined the look of movie sci-fi, French auteur Luc Besson’s gleefully ridiculous space opera …

Martians will once again attack the Earth just as they did in the 1898 H. G. Wells science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds, but this time, the …

If there’s one aspect of entertainment reporting culture I, an entertainment reporter, have grown to resent, it’s the phenomenon of the trailer …

Though it was criminally under-seen and underappreciated upon its 1982 release, John Carpenter‘s The Thing has been treated very kindly through the …

We got the first Dark Tower trailer today and it was a lot. So we, of course, picked it apart to figure out what we could about this seemingly …

If there’s one thing the actors in Star Wars love to do, it’s sneak up on unsuspecting fans while they’re being filmed. But it’s okay—it’s for a good …

If you ever wondered if there was something more to Stan Lee’s cameos in every Marvel movie, then today’s your day. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige …

Get those Netflix queues ready Sci-fi is a constantly changing genre that explores the future of humanity and all the stability, fears, dreams, and …

A long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, the film sees Elba’s gunslinger take on McConaughey’s evil sorcerer The Man in Black The first trailer for The Dark Tower has been revealed. The fantasy epic, an update of the Stephen King novel of the same name, stars Idris Elba as fabled last …

After months of backlash, Marvel has finally posted an official response to the Hydra Captain America controversy. This comes just in time for issue …

Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our regular series on tabletop games! Check out a complete listing of all our board and card gaming coverage. Gloomhaven, …

Ian McShane and Ricky Whittle (Photo via STARZ) Starz’s adaptation of one of Neil Gaiman’s best novels premiered last night. American Gods is one of my …

This week Neil Calloway argues that one thing unites all the best science fiction… Guardians of the Galaxy, the original Star Wars movies, Alien, and …

It was season three, when its quasi-religious leanings went into overdrive, that did for the 21st-century version of the cult sci-fi drama Sci-fi in the 1970s was rambunctiously silly. Star Wars gave us space warriors with furry dog-faced alien sidekicks, while Doctor Who centred on a …

There’s a scene early on in American Gods, the best-selling 2001 fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman, where someone accuses a man of being a “hustler.” “But …

John Saavedra Apr 27, 2017Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy says more Star Wars films for 2020 and beyond will be sorted out this year… Star …

Neil Gaiman didn’t mean to create the inspiration for 2017’s most political TV show almost two decades ago. With American Gods, the fantasy novelist thought he was penning an “utterly uncontentious” tome in the Clinton era about the immigrant experience, personified by ancient deities left behind …

Atomica arrived on our screens with very little fanfare earlier in 2017 and has achieved a 4.1 out of 10 rating on IMDB. Whoop whoop! Not the greatest …

Ben Affleck was the best part of Batman V. Superman. Sure, his spine-crushing, evil-murdering rendition of the Caped Crusader wasn’t perfect, but in a …

A thousand years ago, the political elites of Hub — the world where the most Flow channels enter and terminate — established a religio-political …

We could say that breaking down the play of Catan into algorithms and probability charts takes all the fun out. Then again, we’re discussing a game …

How good is Netflix‘s anime collection? Better than you might think. In 2015, Kotaku turned heads by declaring that Netflix’s original series, Knights …

Warning: This story contains potential spoilers for those unfamiliar with the plot of American Gods. Like other shows that have debuted in the …

For quite some time, I’ve been relatively certain that all this talk of James Cameron making not one or two or three but four Avatar sequels was …

When I wrote a book on China’s one-child policy, many fictional precedents came to mind: Orwell, Huxley, and of course, The Handmaid’s Tale. Atwood’s book seemed particularly resonant when China last year launched a nationwide two-child policy. In many ways, the Middle Kingdom today uncannily mirrors …

(Spoiler alert. This article contains spoilers for the season two finale of Syfy’s The Expanse. Discussion in the article is based on the TV show, not on the books and novellas.) The season two finale of the Syfy network’s The Expanse featured a battle between the crew of the Rocinante and a …

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This is a new video from the Hybrid Network that explains the Rick Deckard replicant theory from Blade Runner. With Blade Runner 2049 coming out soon, …

Canadian filmmaker working on four films in franchise concurrently to be released over five-year period The long-awaited sequel to the science fiction …

Beyond Casual Media has announced that Luke Hemsworth (Westworld) has joined the cast of first time feature filmmaker Paul J Salamoff’s sci-fi …

Minds were blown on 4/20, and not just because of the high holiday: yesterday a German aviation company unveiled video footage of “the world’s first electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet,” the Lilium Jet. Their all-electric air taxi boasts a 300 km range, speeds up to 300 km/h (as fast as a …

And a cool homage to Alien The Expanse is a television show based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. Every week, I’ll be taking a look at one moment in each episode of the show’s second season, and chatting with the creators about how it was created and what it means for the larger story. Spoilers …

We’ve talked at length about Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition, praising it so highly that we called it one of the best games of 2016. What gamers may …

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There’s so much to like about Syfy’s The Expanse, even without digging into its subtext. There are engaging, complex characters who are tasked with …

Ray Bradbury’s famous 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 is getting a feature-length update. HBO is set to make a new movie adaptation of the book, directed by …

article http://screenrant.com/syfy-krypton-tv-man-of-steel-prequel/ en_US The leaked trailer for Syfy’s Krypton was pretty interesting. Screen Rant

It’s not fair to say the expanse gets better and better with every episode – it’s consistently brilliant. That’s my message to you today. Like any …

There were many attempts to get Dune to the screen on the wave of its popularity. The version that finally came through was David Lynch’s 1984 film, …

Most Superman origin stories tend to pick up mere moments before his home planet, Krypton, explodes, killing the baby Kal-El’s parents and almost …

PostedTuesday, April 18th, 2017 09:00 am GMT -4by Stuart Conover Two weeks ago we heard a rumor as to who Sylvestor Stallone will be playing in …

In March Amazon released the pilot of a new sci-fi show, Oasis. Set in a near-future where the climate change has damaged the Earth seemingly beyond …

Sci-fi is a genre that provides us with stunning effects, wonderful storylines and plenty of twisted humour, quirky characters and disgusting gore. …

When it comes to popular culture, you are never far from an apt Star Trek reference. The iconic sci-fi series has been around since the 1960s thanks …

Prepare to be even more terrified of social media. It’s only a few weeks until we get too terrified to ever use social media again when The Circle …

James GunnGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Marvel Cinematic Universe Don Kaye Mon, Apr 17, 2017 4:09pm After “many months” of …

Fortitude’s second season premieres tomorrow on Amazon Prime. If this news doesn’t excite you, that just means you haven’t yet watched the UK-made …

Please note: this review is spoiler-free for American Gods. Enjoy! There’s a lot we don’t know about the world. For all the power and insight science …

After an endless wait that felt like being trapped in a time loop, Doctor Who finally returned last night. But while the Season 10 premiere featured …

Scifi nowadays tends to rely on CGI— and by rely, I mean completely depend on it. It’s not surprising, since scifi is about inventing people, places, …

Oftentimes, science-fiction author Charles Stross’ fiction is as funny as it is exciting. Here are five great quotes from across his body of work.

And frankly, against a really ugly statuette There are several huge awards in the speculative-fiction community: science fiction has the Hugos and Nebulas, and fantasy literature has the World Fantasy Award. The WFAs have been handed out at the World Fantasy Convention since 1975, but this year, …

Since the earliest days of Dungeons & Dragons, unspoken rules have evolved to shape the play experience. Dungeon Masters should be tough, but fair. …

The Catan Days tournament is coming up quickly. All things Catan will be featured along with weekend long open play and a huge Catan library. But there …

This spoiler free The Handmaid’s Tale review is based on the first three episodes of the series. If you loved the book of the same name, this …

This is the way the world could end—not with a bang, but a gradual elimination of rights. “Ordinary is just what you’re used to,” an imperious taskmistress tells her charges in the first episode of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which premieres April 26. “This may not seem ordinary to you right now, but …

From Plato to Star Wars A couple of years ago, I came across a gorgeous poster from an artist named Ward Shelley. It charted out the entire history of science fiction, from its earliest roots in mythology and legends to the latest television shows and novels. Since the image originally went viral, …

XYbrid-which just met its funding goal on Kickstarter-is a game of assembling monsters a la Dr. Frankenstein. From Centipede Legs to Telescoping Arms …

This is a trailer for the upcoming sci-fi TV series Extinct. It was co written by Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (Earth …

Just saying his name brings a smile to most people’s faces. George Takei has always been a welcomed addition in the geeky community. He is always …

Many of us are anxious for augmented reality to live up to the potential promised by sci-fi. We’re waiting for the next bit of news from Magic Leap …

What would happen if you sent the combined forces of the humans, elves, dwarves, hobbits, and other characters of The Lord of the Rings against an …

article http://screenrant.com/valerian-most-expensive-film-production-france-history/ en_US Valerian breaks records as the most expensive movie in …

Writer-director Luke Jaden uses the vacant lots and abandoned buildings of his Detroit hometown to provide the setting for King Ripple—a sinister …

When books are made into movies, a general reaction is a collective groan from fans. What would happen if they made the movies right, though?

It’s April 10, 2017, and you know what that means. Yes, it’s the 276th anniversary of the Battle of Mollwitz (everybody knows that), but it also …

Later this year, something that many of us never thought would happen is happening: a sequel to Blade Runner is coming out. It took 35 years and …

Forget saving your old Transformers toys for collectibles. This jaw-dropping, stop-motion fan film is an excellent reminder that toys were meant to …

PostedThursday, April 6th, 2017 12:00 pm GMT -4by Stuart Conover One of the big mysteries that we still know of for James Gunn’s ‘Guardians of the …

Let’s face it, Hollywood is no stranger to remakes. Especially when it comes to making English language versions of brilliant moments in Asian …

In Tom Webb’s Hyper Jump, an astronaut prepares for a historic jump into hyperspace with cool, laser-like precision—until he realizes that the entire …

Bad news for the Bowman family, good news for Colony: The occupation continues. USA Network on Tuesday renewed the Carlton Cuse/Ryan Condal-helmed …

Sci-fi movies are kind of in a slump lately. Sure, the Star Wars franchise is back in form, but Ghost in the Shell tanked, Passengers was a …

Robert Kirkman created The Walking Dead. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg finally got a Preacher adaptation made. Now, Rogen and Goldberg will be turning …

Kaspersky’s interactive Earth 2050 map is a striking look into the future of our world To mark its 20th anniversary, Kaspersky has created a map to …

After a period of controversy and infighting, it looks like the Hugo Awards are back on an even keel. The Oscars of sci-fi/fantasy fandom announced …

Gotham, a show ostensibly about Batman, is setting itself on the path to become Gotham, a show actually about Batman. Two and a half seasons after his …

When we first met, my husband’s idea of what constitutes a good time mostly overlapped with my own, with one major exception: board games. Already …

With the release of Alien: Covenant coming up on May 19, director Ridley Scott has been doing a lot of press discussing the future of the franchise. …

With less than two weeks to go until the return of Doctor Who, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming tenth series of the beloved British …

The Guardian makes some interesting points in the this article about the seemingly ever-increasing trend of showing more and more of a movie’s major …

This is the trailer, stills, and poster for the new sci-fi film Beacon Point from Uncork’d Entertainment. It was co-written and directed by Eric Blue, …

There’s a whole nerdy world of board games out there. There are a lot of insane facts about the world in the year of our lord 2017, but one of the less-remarked upon ones is that Catan (née Settlers of Catan), a game in which players trade sheep and wheat gained through hexagonal tiles in order to …

“Winter is coming” but so it seems is the Spring after as HBO has just announced that there will be a 5-episode 9th season of ‘Game of Thrones’ to …

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“What if the afterlife was proved?” The log line for director Charlie McDowell’s new movie, The Discovery, is that simple and that complex. It’s a …

When Disney acquired Lucasfilm back in 2012, they immediately went to work on developing a sequel trilogy set in the mainline Skywalker family saga …

The new trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes is out and the franchise appears to be building on the strength of the previous moves to bring us …

20 Board Game Makers Chime In: “What I Wish I’d Known Before Starting My Board Game” » Blog comments powered by Disqus The latest news and …

Controversy surrounded Ghost In The Shell’s casting of Scarlett Johansson since the moment she was first announced as cyborg hero The Major, a …

The Discovery, Charlie McDowell’s Sundance-approved Twilight Zone weepie, fits neatly into a subgenre one might call The Brit Marling Movie. No, it doesn’t actually feature the statuesque star of Another Earth, Sound Of My Voice, and I Origins. But like those indie sci-fi brainteasers, which hit some …

A movie we’ve been looking forward to for some time is Alex Garland’s Annihilation, based on the crazy, critically acclaimed Jeff VanderMeer book of …

Quick, name the last great science fiction TV show you’ve seen. HBO’s Westworld might count, though that’s almost as much western as it is sci-fi. …

Luc Besson was the creator of what is now a sci-fi classic in The Fifth Element. In a recent interview he bemoaned the fact that the film was created …

Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming. (Photo: Screenshot via YouTube) Spider-Man is finally coming home (see what they did there?) to the Marvel …

An exclusive, in-depth look back at a misunderstood classic. Here’s a sample of the brutal reviews that greeted Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers on …

How many famous future cities can the eye-patched badass Snake Plissken escape from? After shooting his way through the Manhattan maximum security …

The Expanse has been labeled one of the most relevant science fiction television series’ in recent history and the crew have been rewarded for their …

This show might hit a little too close to home. The official, full-length trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale has arrived, and it is haunting, to say the least. The new Hulu drama series—adapted from the 1985 Margaret Atwood novel of the same name—takes place in a not-too-distant dystopian future in …

With her role as a cyborg in Ghost in the Shell, the actress has sealed her position as our favourite space invader Hollywood quickly made room on its red carpets for the young Scarlett Johansson in 2003, when she first created a stir in Sofia Coppola’s film, Lost in Translation. It seemed clear that …

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Rodriguez is getting the gig to direct Escape From New York, the remake of John Carpenter’s iconic 1981 film that’s set up at 20th …

After a staged attack kills the President and most of Congress, a theocracy called the Republic of Gilead installs a militaristic dictatorship in the …

Last week, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Warner Bros. was gearing up for a new Matrix film. They dubbed it a “reboot,” a term that most other coverage (including ours) ran with, before screenwriter Zak Penn noted elliptically on Twitter that it was decidedly not a reboot or a remake. He …

Ahead of its US release next month, a new trailer has debuted for director Steven Shainberg’s sci-fi thriller Rupture which stars Noomi Rapace, Peter …

There’s plenty of gore on show as Mr. Wednesday recruits Shadow to help in his war against the new gods. At one point Shadow says “It feels like a …

This week sees the release of one of this year’s most eagerly-awaited sci-fi films, Life, the gripping story of a six-member space station crew who …

As I write this, it’s been about a week since news broke that Warner Bros. is planning to revisit The Matrix franchise. At the time the news broke, …

The upcoming Ghost in the Shell movie starring Scarlett Johansson will be an intriguing blend of genres. It will bring the cyberpunk sub-genre to a …

Sci-fi and fantasy works have fans of all kinds, but wider fan communities sometimes struggle to accept women. We look at the how and the why. In …

Does the cult anime series Death Note really need a live-action American remake? Netflix thinks so, and you can make up your own mind with this …

BTW Paramount has released the first five minutes of Ghost in the Shell, and the scene is full of callbacks to the anime. This clip introduces the …

Dominic Monaghan has been part of some groundbreaking entertainment over the years. He played Charlie Pace in JJ Abrams hit TV series, Lost, Meriadoc …

Daniel Espinosa, 110 mins, starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson Daniel Espinosa’s new feature provides incontrovertible proof …

We’re only a few days away from the release of the sci-fi thriller Life, which involves astronauts discovering a killer organism on board a space …

If the news that JJ Abrams was producing a WW2-set Nazi supernatural movie had somehow got past you, the news that it’s just cast its first two leads …

‘I, Daniel Blake’ breakout Hayley Squires will also star in the first episode, being written by Jack Thorne from Dick’s short story. Production is now …

Lost in space Amazon’s 2017 pilot season is upon us, and the site has released the pilot for a television show called Oasis, featuring Game of Thrones star Richard Madden. Oasis, based on Michel Faber’s 2014 novel The Book of Strange New Things, follows a priest named Peter Leigh. Humanity has …

Finding other encounter and campaign maps for your RPG is as easy as a Google search, they say. However, rummaging through a few million maps and …

At first glance, the latest sci-fi movie coming to the multiplex, “Life” (opening March 24), looks like a thriller with the same kind of “in space no one can hear you scream” DNA that made the first “Alien” movie back in 1979 a cultural phenomenon. And you would be right. “Life” is not the first …

A lot of the time, the effort I put into talking about science-fiction films is reassuring people that a lot of them aren’t super scary, actually. …

Sounds like David Cronenberg’s masterpiece The Fly is about to get a good old remaking by the powers that be in Hollywood. Kristen Bell demands Disney …

Do you remember when you first saw The Matrix? If it was opening day, it was March 31, 1999: Bill Clinton was president, and TLC’s “No Scrubs” was …

The promotional materials for The Matrix asked befuddled consumers a single question: What is the Matrix? The query referred to the fictional MacGuffin …

“New York 2140” is set in a Manhattan flooded by rising sea levels. Its characters have had it with global capitalism. Perhaps best known for his Mars …

For years, the works of HP Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert have sparked the imaginations of readers all over the world. These names are …

Los Angeles: Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been roped in for an adaptation of Matt Haig’s forthcoming novel where he will essay the role of a time …

Gaff may only be in a few scenes, but he’s one of the most memorable characters in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. He is, after all, the guy who …

What would it look like if Superman was born in the 16th century? What if the Hulk was a Duke? These are the questions photographer Sacha Goldberger …

Anghus Houvouras on James Cameron’s Avatar… Avatar. It’s the highest grossing movie of all time. Nominated for Best Picture and Best Director. It was …

The film was tentatively scheduled for 2018 If you’ve been waiting for Avatar 2 to hit theaters next year, keep holding your breath. James Cameron told The Toronto Star that “2018 is not happening,” for the kickoff to his growing science fiction series. Speaking to the paper, Cameron noted that the …

It’s moments like this that makes the show stand out The Expanse is a television show based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. Every week, I’ll be taking a look at one moment in each episode of the show’s second season, and what it means for the larger story. Spoilers ahead for the seventh episode of …

It’s moments like this that makes the show stand out The Expanse is a television show based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. Every week, I’ll be taking a look at one moment in each episode of the show’s second season, and what it means for the larger story. Spoilers ahead for the seventh episode of …

MetaBallStudios created an intriguing visualization comparing the sizes of important Star Trek starships. via reddit Advertisements Laughing Squid ← An …

An isolated, run-down, maybe-haunted nuclear facility is not where you want to be trapped with anyone who might be going insane—but that’s what …

On Wednesday, Hulu released a new teaser trailer for its highly anticipated new series The Handmaid’s Tale, which is based on the Margaret Atwood …

From George RR Martin’s vast, warlike realms to Neil Gaiman’s London Below, these paracosms are bound only by their authors’ rules, not those of reality When it comes to top-notch fantasy, we’re spoiled for choice these days. JK Rowling, China Miéville, Ursula K Le Guin, Robert Jordan and Brandon …

Chief among Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby’s writing credits are the critically acclaimed Children of Men and Iron Man, as well as the less beloved Cowboys & Aliens. Listed in chronological order, these movies demonstrate a decrease in critical appreciation. They also inadvertently reveal Fergus and …

There’s a critical concept with the Marvel Netflix shows often referred to as “the wall”—the moment where, about two-thirds of the way through their …

Kayti Burt Mar 7, 2017Has Arrival ushered in a new era of quieter science fiction film? Clara is the next to head into production… Suits’ Patrick J …

On Monday, the BBC shared a Doctor Who photo of Peter Capaldi‘s Twelfth Doctor squaring off against Cybermen for the two-part finale, written by …

Star Trek: Discovery, a show that was supposed to pop up months ago, finally got its captain. According to Deadline, his name is Captain Lorca, and …

Plenty of io9 readers are already obsessed with role-playing games; to you guys, we say take five. It’s the rest of you that we’re talking to, those …

The starship Discovery has found its captain: Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter franchise, The OA) has landed a major role in the series, playing Captain Lorca. As previously announced, Star Trek: Discovery will star Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) as a lieutenant, marking the first time a Star …

The perfect trailer for the perfect horror film. This coming May, Ridley Scott returns to the franchise he launched with Alien: Covenant, the first of …

Adam Pally and Yassir Lester in the series premiere of MAKING HISTORY (Credit: Jennifer Clasen/FOX) I’m a huge sucker for time travel stories. It’s …

Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Many say it is the Lord of the Rings of science fiction. It has …

Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Many say it is the Lord of the Rings of science fiction. It has …

In space, no one can hear you scream. Even if you keep screaming, over and over again. “Alien: Covenant” doesn’t hit theaters until May 19, but if director Ridley Scott has his way, it may be just the beginning. “If you really want a franchise, I can keep cranking it for another six,” the famed …

In space, no one can hear you scream. Even if you keep screaming, over and over again. “Alien: Covenant” doesn’t hit theaters until May 19, but if director Ridley Scott has his way, it may be just the beginning. “If you really want a franchise, I can keep cranking it for another six,” the famed …

Why Tolkien’s posthumous work contains the keys to understanding his Middle-earth.

Kingsley Amis’s 1976 alternate-history masterpiece The Alteration is an overlooked—but timely—novel about the dangers of authoritarianism. Imagine a United States in which the president has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to scrub its website of climate-change content, his counselor and …

Deadpool 2 doesn’t start filming until May, but Ryan Reynolds released a hilarious new trailer for the sequel on his YouTube channel. It’s also going …

Ahead of its U.S. release this coming Tuesday, a trailer has arrived online for director Simon Phillips’ upcoming sci-fi thriller The Last Scout which …

A spaceship is nothing without its crew. Well…okay, that’s not technically true. It’s also a series of materials, computers, and strangely stacked …

“In space, no one can hear you scream,” is probably the most iconic movie tagline of the all, and it has the benefit of being true. What we perceive …

ABC’s new time-travel show, “Time After Time,” which premieres Sunday at 9 p.m., takes a look at the role of technology in the modern era using two of history’s most prominent figures. A remake of the 1979 movie of the same name, “Time After Time” mirrors the film’s centuries-spanning chase of the …

The rights to the short film Rise, directed by David Karlak, have been picked up by Filmula’s Johnny Lin and Cross Creek’s Brian Oliver, after being …

This is a trailer for the Russian fantasy film The Last Vampire Princess. The official Russian title is Nochnye Strazhi and it had been going by the …

Humanity domesticated dogs from European gray wolves 15,000 years ago, and ever since then they’ve proven to be among the most loyal and helpful …

The Covenant crew are more intent on getting drunk than contemplating the cosmos, and the Engineers have reason to have beef with mankind The “big boy” is back. Five years after the sporadically thrilling yet utterly obtuse Prometheus left us with more questions than answers about the Alien universe …

The potential and power of genetic engineering looms over the first trailer released for the upcoming Netflix film Okja. Directed by Snowpiercer’s Bong …

Television has the tendency to be cyclical and very self-referential. Looking through TV history, we see periods of popularity for the domestic sitcom, say, or anthology series, or just straight-up cop shows and medical dramas. Lately, we couldn’t help but notice that there’s a previously unforeseen …

Science fiction, a dominant genre in Hollywood, has yet to find its feet in the Chinese movie industry. But change is underway.Hugo Award-winning …

In sharp contrast to many science fiction television shows, The Expanse, currently in its second season on the Syfy Network, takes its science and technology seriously. The launch of the giant spaceship Nauvoo in episode 4 of season 2 is a case in point. In other TV shows you might see a framing shot …

A survey that takes in HG Wells, Einstein and Doctor Who claims science is too heavily influenced by fiction We all travel in time mentally when we think about the past or the future, and I for one close my eyes every night and travel instantaneously into tomorrow. But the idea of some kind of …

Here’s a useful list of curse words from sci-fi that can be useful when you want to express your feelings without actually really swearing. When I saw …

Listen, you’ve already watched the new Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 trailer by now, but hey! Watch it again. We haven’t stopped watching it. And how …

“The Path to Paradise Begins in Hell”If that first trailer for Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant got you excited, wait ’til you get a load of this new …

Here’s a blast from the past: Rebellion is remastering Rogue Trooper. Rogue Trooper is a 2006 third-person shooter based on the 2000 AD comic strip of …

Storm chasers combined forces this afternoon to pay tribute to a man who put them on the map by literally putting his initials on their maps. …

Bill Paxton leaves behind the legacy of a total badass. The actor, who died unexpectedly on Saturday, has the unusual and entirely amazing distinction of being the only actor to play characters killed by a Terminator, a Predator and a Xenomorph (of Alien fame). The grim achievement speaks to Paxton’s …

The publisher of Judge Dredd and Halo Jones has had its own adventures over four decades, as founder Pat Mills and fans Jonathan Ross and Graham Linehan recall Share your stories, photos and collections of 2000AD Forty years ago on 26 February, something extraordinary happened to British comics. …

A lot has changed in the dark, dystopian world of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner films, but thanks to some new set photos for the upcoming Blade Runner …

This week’s episode of The Expanse was stunning and gorgeous and colossal and whatever other epic adjectives you can find lying around to throw at it. …

THE BELFRY Is An All-New Intense Horror Comic From Gabrial Hardman! When an airliner crashes in a remote jungle, everyone walks away unscathed only to …

We’ve seen one trailer for new indie sci-fi romantic drama The Discovery, which favoured tone over plot. Now there’s a little more detail on the story …

A flan-obsessed astronaut named Dave and his new partner, a highly intelligent seedless melon, head to Mars in Black Holes, an irreverent (and mildly …

With Alien: Covenant, it seems clear director Ridley Scott is attempting to strip the franchise back to its claustrophobic, terror-driven …

Great science fiction has more than just technobabble and pretty special effects. The clip is taken from the episode that airs on Wednesday evening on …

Welcome back to Fix the Franchise, where Scott Meslow takes a look at once-beloved movies, TV shows, and other pop-cultural institutions that have lost their way and suggests how they might chart a new path to greatness. Last week, Keanu Reeves made a splash when he told Yahoo! Movies that he’s up …

In the huge underwater Mechatron-7 facility, armies of machines toil away in decaying factories. When the war raged the humans fled, leaving their …

All internet fan theories are some level of crazy. Whether online sleuths are imagining universes that only take place in the head of one …

Who are the 25 greatest sci-fi heroes in movie history? We searched far and wide throughout the galaxy to come up with a definitive list of …

Whether it’s Hulk smashing a can of soda, or Spiderman trying to ‘play’ Captain America’s shield on a CD player, these images bring the colorful …

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What other TV show would try to knock an asteroid into the sun with a giant Mormon spaceship? Every Sunday, we pick a new episode of the week. It could be good. It could be bad. It will always be interesting. You can read the archives here. The episode of the week for February 12 through 18 is …

For some—like us or, say, the Academy Awards—Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi mind-bender Arrival was one of the best films of 2016. For others, it was two hours of waiting for the aliens to please do something. Regardless, it’s bound to be the subject of many, many college theses. The latest to chime in …

Logan, 2017. Directed by James Mangold<br>Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen, Eriq La …

A plethora of new Kong: Skull Island movie stills have made their way online along with over 3 minutes of bloopers and B-roll footage! The movie …

All of us have probably wondered how the world might have changed had history gone in a different direction. Alternate history authors make these …

Detective Miller goes for his first ever spacewalk this week. Detective Miller’s plan started to take shape in this week’s episode of The Expanse. We …

Five years ago, director Ridley Scott revisited the Alien universe with the prequel movie Prometheus. Over the half decade since, the film that would …

European translations of The Last Jedi title have confirmed a popular Star Wars fan theory: there’s more than one Jedi in The Last Jedi. The theory …

“The Great Wall” is poised to take a great fall, creating the kind of mess not seen since Humpty Dumpty sat on a similar structure. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men (and there are a lot of them here) won’t be able to put this snore of a movie together again. Starring Matt Damon, the …

We’re going to warn you from the outset: this post is full of Arrival spoilers. Read on at your peril. Many great stories have been written examining …

An awesome piece of new Alien / Jurassic Park cross over fan art has hit the web and pits the fearsome Xenomorph horde against the mighty Tyrannosaurus …

Wrong uniform, wrong rank, wrong weapons, wrong movements, wrong wrong wrong. Common thoughts while reading or watching most fictional stories with …

At the start of the 1988 adventure game based on William Gibson’s genre-defining cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, you wake up face down in a plate of …

According to Variety, Amazon has picked up the rights to Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, an anthology series based on the work of the iconic author that is being produced by Bryan Cranston and Battlestar Galactica‘s Ronald D. Moore. We first heard about the project last year, and now Amazon is …

Benedict Cumberbatch looks to be taking a cue from The Handmaid’s Tale. He’s signed on to star in and executive produce a BBC One movie adaptation of …

Back in 2009, the the first year of the expanded Best Picture race at the Oscars, the big battle was between ex-spouses James Cameron (“Avatar”) and …

The last time Hugh Jackman played Wolverine, the comic-book superhero he has portrayed onscreen for 17 years, was not an especially decorous occasion. In the midst of his work on a coming movie musical, he had to return for two days of reshoots on “Logan,” the 10th film in Fox’s X-Men franchise, to …

Author’s new novel series is set in London and Oxford and overlaps with hugely popular His Dark Materials Philip Pullman has ended years of speculation by announcing that The Book of Dust, an epic fantasy trilogy that will stand alongside his bestselling series, His Dark Materials, will be published …

To read more on Stranger Things 2, stay tuned to EW.com and pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands now, or buy it here – and subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW. Stranger Things 2 features the return of all the fan favorite characters and the arrival of …

This is a trailer for The Bad Batch. It was written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour and stars Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, Diego Luna, Jim carrey, Suki …

The first installment of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy delivered maximum enjoyment on minimal expectation. Most of us weren’t terribly familiar …

As portrayed in HBO’s Westworld, humanity has solved many of the afflictions that plague us today except one, humanity itself. A.I.’s are in our …

Our community here on Scified is full of many talented individuals who share a passion for science fiction and nothing is better than when these …

The Academy Awards are almost here and many people will be talking about red carpet fashion, comedic monologues, and who got robbed. But few will be …

Editor’s Note: This post is updated monthly. Bookmark this page and come back every month to see what other excellent Sci-Fi films join the Netflix …

Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista has signed on to star alongside Jodie Foster in the sci-fi Hotel Artemis, which marks the directorial debut …

That galaxy far, far away is picking up quite a few stars. The latest report from the Han Solo spinoff is that Westworld’s Thandie Newton is being …

John Wick: Chapter 2 opens today, and while that film quite doesn’t fit within io9’s science fiction/fantasy borders, star Keanu Reeves has certainly …

Can’t stop the signal It’s a never-ending question among Firefly fans: will we ever go into the black again? While Joss Whedon was able to put together Serenity as an apt coda for his story about a band of rag-tag misfits, rumor has it there’s renewed interest in doing something newwith the story. …

From HG Wells to the Doctor and beyond … how technology caught up with science fiction Can you recall when you first heard of time travel? I doubt it. Nowadays, time travel is in pop songs and TV advertising. From morning to night, children’s cartoons and adult fantasies invent and reinvent time …

Director Denis Villeneuve says he’s been in two “parallel universes” the last several months, promoting his Oscar-nominated film “Arrival” and …

Though filming for Steven S. DeKnight’s Pacific Rim sequel, Pacific Rim: Uprising has been taking place in Sydney, Australia for the past few months, …

With the Rocinante battle scarred and the crew lucky to be alive, a clandestine alliance is forming between the UN and the OPA in this week’s episode …

There are two short films dong the rounds at the moment, both inspired by Ridley Scott’s seminal 1982 science-fiction release, Blade Runner, which …

Former Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff is heading back into space, with Blooding Disgusting reporting that she has signed on for the lead in …

There’s a bit of a holdup on the World War Z sequel. We don’t know the exact reason why Paramount hasn’t green-lighted the movie, but they’ve created …

After 35 years, Blade Runner is getting a sequel. Hollywood has recently become obsessed with kickstarting franchises after decade-long absences, in …

Daredevil’s second season shook up the core relationships between Matt, Foggy and Karen. It also introduced Frank Castle, who became The Punisher by …

Back in April of last year we announced an early Kickstarter campaign for a personal film project titled R’ha. Created and conceptualized by Kaleb …

Tributes are being paid to actor Richard Hatch, who has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. He was the only actor to appear in both the original series of Battlestar Galactica and its more recent reboot. Hatch played Captain Apollo in the original sci-fi series and a different character – …

This past year has been a significant one for celebrated author Anne Rice, who released her 35th novel — and 14th in her overall Vampire Chronicles …

A new trailer for the second season of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things includes a subtle Dungeons & Dragons reference that might reveal something about the threats facing the show’s heroes. Stranger Things takes place in the mid-1980s and follows a group of geeky kids as they investigate weird …

Keep your wits sharp, your needs lean, and your sympathies cold (sometimes, at least) when crowding around the game board this year. It’s looking …

The latest trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (also known as Salazar’sRevengein some countries)aired tonight during the Super Bowl, giving us a new look at the army of the dead Captain Jack Sparrow will have to face off against in his fifth outing. Javier Bardem plays the …

Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 generated the most Twitter chatter following its pregame Super Bowl spot yesterday earning close to 48K …

These gritty space operas combine extravagant, high-tech invention with real human drama. Thirty years after they began appearing, here are some of the best Our first image of Iain M Banks’s Culture universe is a man drowning in sewage: a stark precedent for what was to come. And 30 years after its …

Fans of “Stranger Things” may have already identified the monstrous creature the second season will focus on, and the teaser trailer released during …

The thrill of space exploration takes an unexpected turn towards terrifying in this brand-new trailer from “Life,” a science fiction thriller that …

Time travel stories are everywhere, from blockbuster movies to children’s cartoons, and it’s easy to imagine that the idea has always been popular. …

As a Secret Santa gift for an Imgur user, former MythBuster Adam Savage transformed the discontinued Nerf Longstrike CS-6 from a foam spitting toy …

As a science-fan and major series binge-watcher, I’m really looking forward to Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian feminist classic The …

Fan fiction is such a delicate artform. In the hands of the inexperienced is it mostly derivative and hokey, but in the hands of a craftsman, in the …

This short trailer for Ghost in the Shell gives us an idea of the fantastic special effects to expect from this new adaptation of the Manga / Anime …

Fighting on Mars and in the depths of space The Expanse is a television show based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. Every week, I’ll be taking a look at one moment in each episode of the show’s second season, and chatting with the creators about how it was createdand what it means for the larger …

This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things. At the end of season 1, Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down and reunited with his …

Sideshow Collectibles have teamed up with Legacy Effects to bring an Alien King to life, in the form of a remarkable collectible statue! …

Slice of Life is an upcoming science fiction fan film set in the Blade Runner universe “made the old school way like the legendary sci-fi movies of …

You know, there was always something that really irked me about Star Wars. Through all of the battles, duels, and reconstructions of planetary …

Now this is literally (and I don’t use the term lightly) my favourite comedy / sci-fi crossover, ever (I think). Great in-jokes from both Westworld …

As you may have noticed from the new issue of Empire (on sale now), Hugh Jackman returns to the role that made his career in March, when Logan finally …

BTW Star Trek: Discovery finally began filming last week, and CBS has already posted its first teaser from behind the scenes. The one-minute clip …

So, I’ve always kind of wondered what it would be like to live in a dystopian future. Now, I didn’t necessarily want to experience it, but I’ve certainly watched enough movies about dystopian societies to at least be curious. Now, for the record, I don’t think we yet live in a dystopian future. At …

After first being hired to run the “Godzilla” universe writing room, “Krampus” director Michael Dougherty has now been tapped to direct the next …

Here’s how this story about communication came together. For those who have seen already seen “Arrival” ― or don’t care about spoilers ― the pleasant surprise of this 2016 Amy Adams-led movie is that despite the vague marketing, the plot isn’t actually a full-on sci-fi disaster movie. With a …

Even fan films get lavish trailers these days—but this trailer for Slice of Life, set within the world of Blade Runner, is almost lavish enough to make …

NB: The following contains a few spoilers for Alien: Covenant’s first act. Nothing massive, but do turn back if you want to watch the movie cold. Bad …

Peter Capaldi has confirmed that he will leave Doctor Who at the end of the show’s current run, bowing out to make way for a new Doctor. The was …

Amazon’s original series Man in the High Castle returns for season two today, and the series—about an alternate 1960s where the Nazis and Japanese …

Don’t pass on this one Star Wars is once again the crowning king of box office blockbusters. Star Trek has been rebooted and revitalized for a new generation. In just a few months we will see the highly anticipated next chapter of Mass Effect, arguably gaming’s best sci-fi universe. But with a solid …

HP Lovecraft wrote some of the most bizarre, imaginative and influential horror stories in the English language. But he was also a dangerous bigot. Is that why Hollywood still fears him? HP Lovecraft’s tentacles are all over the modern horror movie. The cult author’s squelchy, slithery yarns …

Incorporated, executive produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is set 60 years in the future, a time when big corporations have taken over …

‘Logan’ image courtesy of 20th Century Fox And now we have a second trailer for Logan, which in turn coincides with the embargo dropping for those of us who attended Fox’s preview event from last month. So yes, I’ve seen the first act of the latest X-Men movie/Wolverine film. Without going into …

‘Dune’ is a classic good-trumping-evil tale, and the news that Denis Villeneuve is attached to a new adaptation is heartening. Anyone remotely …

Not all robots are created equal. Case in point: The replicants from Blade Runner and the hosts from Westworld seem to be similar, but these …

Season 2 of The Expanse premieres February 1 on Syfy. The show features colorful characters, sharp dialogue, and complex political machinations, but …

In 2003, the BBC asked 140,000 Britons to come up with the nation’s top 100 novels. Just two writers had five works that cracked the top 100: Charles …

Marvel’s first black hero will wrestle with legacy and royal duty while saving the world Marvel Studios has revealed the first plot details for its upcoming Black Panther film, based on the comic publisher’s first black superhero. Marvel’s description for the movie sees T’Challa – who audiences met in …

The Cold War may be history for us, but 200 years from now in The Expanse, it’s heating up between fading Earth and her scrappy, wealthy former colony Mars. Forces on both sides are struggling for domination. They despise each another, but both sides also have a common focus of prejudice: the …

In 2015, Facade Games raised over $100,000 for its first tabletop game, Salem, before successfully delivering the game to its backers. Now, Facade …

It’s official, the mutants are coming to television. Fox has officially given a pilot order to the still untitled X-Men universe television project …

You may have read Marlon James’ award-winning book A Brief History of Seven Killings, which is a sprawling novel that spans decades and chronicles the …

The only nuclear power plant in Quebec was visible from the windows of Denis Villeneuve’s childhood home, near the St. Lawrence River. Ask if the …

The producers of the recently Oscar-nominated Arrival are working on another high-stakes science-fiction story, this time from Hugo-winning Ringworld author Larry Niven. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shawn Levy and his 21 Laps production banner have acquired the rights to Niven’s “Inconstant …

With a best picture nomination Tuesday, Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” joined the short list of science-fiction films that have been nominated for the …

Disney and LucasFilm have just officially announced the title for the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII movie and it’s got us very excited! The Last …

Neill Blomkamp’s latest update on his Alien 5 – a sequel/reboot to the original Alien and Aliens – suggets the film is unlikely to happen.

When internationally bestselling fantasy author Tad Williams decided to write a second series set in Osten Ard–the world of his beloved Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn epic fantasy trilogy–it began on a dare. His wife, the editor Deborah Beale, suggested that the world of Osten Ard was rich with …

As if the founding of Studio Ponoc and impending release of Mary and the Witch’s Flower weren’t enough to assuage otaku’s fears of the Ghibli spirit …

Anghus Houvouras on the sad co-opting of geek culture… Growing up, I was a nerd. An actual nerd. A computer loving, socially awkward small-for-my-age …

Arkham Horror: The Card Game came out shortly before the holidays to offer Cthulhu Mythos fans a new way to solve mysteries, acquire forbidden …

Terminator Genisys should have killed the fledgling Terminator franchise but a new hero is coming back: James Cameron. Cameron, who wrote and directed …

Every year, there are tons of great games that make a tremendous splash in the board game community. Last year we saw huge hits like Scythe and …

If you loved “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, then there’s a work of unrelentingly grim fantasy I’d like to recommend to you: Abomination by Gary …

USA Network’s sci-fi drama may be allegorical, but the human touches keep it grounded enough to feel all too real. It’s been a year and a half since …

Part of the reason why director Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner is so beloved is because of its versatility. It remains elusive and seemingly …

Several adaptations of Terry Pratchett’s beloved works were announced at a memorial service for the writer last year, including a six-part adaptation …

Like many people my age or younger, I came to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by way of the film adaptation: Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner. The film still stands today as my favorite movie, so much so I gave my son the middle name of Deckard (Rachel being high on our list of names …

Can we predict the future with math? So far, social science has had less predictive success in real life than in Asimov’s Foundation series. In his …

After the success of The Martian, both the book and the movie, it was evident author Andy Weir was going have some new opportunities. Now it seems one …

This is a sci-fi short titled Beyond. It was written and directed by Raphael Rogers and stars Bianca Malinowski. Rogers is supposed to be directing a …

Caution, mystery lovers. Spoilers lie within I used to really love BBC’s Sherlock. When it first aired back in 2010, Benedict Cumberbatch’s high …

When DC published DC Universe Rebirth last year, it proved to be a great success for the publisher and reinvigorated the DC brand, breathing new life …

The recent announcement that Denis Villeneuve may be on board with a new film adaptation of Dune fills me with 2 parts excitement to 3 parts dread. I …

STARDUST. Images courtesy the artist For the past 12 years, Pascal Blanché has worked as an art director at one of the AAA gaming industry’s most successful studios, Ubisoft (Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs), all the while continuing to explore his solo artistic career on the side. While the French, …

Starting from some of the assumptions seen in technologically optimistic books from the left (Austerity Ecology & the Collapse-Porn Addicts: A …

The passing of Carrie Fisher in late December has left the world — and, the galaxy — in mourning. Love and memories continue to pour in for the …

When reality is scarier than fiction. Stranger Things was the science fiction darling of 2016. Its Spielbergian plot along with charming acting made it loved by many, but its subtle use of practical effects—seen most effectively in the show’s most mysterious baddie, the Demogorgon—was simply …

Ever since that tantalising first trailer for the Blade Runner sequel – Blade Runner 2049 – came out, fans of the original cult classic sci-fi film …

Vikings, the epic historical / fantasy telling of the Viking raids on England in the 9th Century has just made a bold move, the likes of which even …

Posted by Steven D. Greydanus on Wednesday Dec 28th, 2016 at 9:00 AM ON FILM: Under Disney management, the Force may be with us always, but will it …

In the Golden Age of Television, there’s bound to be some TV shows that slip through the cracks. There are literally hundreds of TV shows currently …

So here is the ultimate gaming table for a D&D fan. I’ve never seen this “Super-Fan Builds” show before but the D&D table is pretty awesome. Have a …

Here are the Coolest New Sci-Fi TV Shows Airing in 2017, 2017…ish and beyond. It looks like Marvel will have their hands full once again as they …

I cannot believe I am going to write this next sentence. If you are a Lovecraft fan, The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers is a must-have volume …

Dune may be the most beloved sci-fi novel of all time, yet it has repeatedly failed to be adapted into a good movie or TV show. A film maker must …

A new king of sci-fi is crowned. Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve is fast cementing himself as the new king of science …

This! Just This! These guys are so talented and must spend hours going over clips to get this absolutely glorious, mesmerising, stupid, outrageous, …

At last we have our first look at the new Blade Runner movie. Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K …

Yes folks, Spectral has been watched, but I guess nobody is sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to find out how good it is. But I’m going to …

Fun.com has created a wonderful collection of DIY paper Marvel and DC Comics themed superhero snowflake designs for the Christmas season. The free …

The quality of fan films is variable, but here’s a 13 minute story that’s pretty good fun and well made. The story starts with our favourite …

The sequel to the animated film “Seoul Station”, also by Yeon Sang-ho, “Train to Busan” is the film with the most admissions in South Korea for 2016, …

Here’s the trailer for Spectral. However bad we think this is going to be, it actually looks great. It depends on the story really – the setup and …

Big Monkey, Giant Monsters, Sam Jackson and John C. Reilly. What’s not to like? Comments comments GUTE-URLS Wordpress is loading infos from youtube Please …