Science Fiction

Apocalyptic new Monsters film poster premieres online

Magnolia Pictures has released an alternative poster for filmmaker Gareth Edwards’ Monsters, showing a close-up shot of what looks to be character Samantha Wynden (played by Whitney Able), and it doesn’t look like she’s going to be having a good day. The new Monsters poster premiered at NY Magazine’s website. Monsters, which also stars Scoot ….

Can Battle: Los Angeles director make for a better Clash of the Titans sequel 3D experience?

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has closed a deal for Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles) to direct Clash of the Titans 2, with production gearing up on February 1st in the UK. According to the report, talks were stalled on the deal due to money, but apparently the studio ponied up with more dinero. This ….

Sci-fi adventure film Quantum Quest to premiere at Dragon-Con

Quantum Quest, a new 3D animated action adventure film that interweaves animated sequences with stunning, actual space imagery captured from seven ongoing NASA space missions, will hold its world premiere this Saturday, September 4th, during Dragon-Con, the “largest multimedia, pop culture convention focused on sci-fic, fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music and film, in the ….

Resident Evil: Afterlife world premiere to take place in Tokyo

Screen Gems’ Resident Evil: Afterlife will have its World Premiere at the Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo, Japan this Thursday, September 2nd. Milla Jovovich, Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter are scheduled to attend the event. The fourth installment of the Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil: Afterlife is again based on the popular video game series, ….

Sci-fi thriller Tomorrow gets bank roll and Josh Hartnett

Worldview Entertainment announced today that it has teamed up with producer Mark Williams and Zero Gravity Management to finance the sci-fi thriller Tomorrow, which is set to be directed by Paul McGuigan (Push, Lucky Number Slevin), with Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Sin City) attached to star. Tomorrow is a sci-fi thriller described ….

Official poster for the cult sci-fi thriller Monsters released

The official poster for Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi thriller Monsters released. If this film is half as good as it’s buzz, it will kick ass. Monsters, which stars Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy, premieres in theaters on October 29, 2010. Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe ….

Upcoming sci-fi graphic novel from Tron: Legacy director tapped for big screen adaptation

The upcoming Radical Publishing sci-fi graphic novel, Oblivion, created by Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski, has been optioned by Disney for the big screen treatment, according to HeatVision. Kosinski will also produce and direct the feature, along with Radical’s Barry Levine and Jesse Berger. Kosinski partnered with Radical on Oblivion in 2009, and spent the ….

Lost and Alias creator producing period robot graphic novel adaptation

Paramount Pictures, J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production shingle nabbed rights to the graphic novel Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel, a story centered on a robot set in the Victorian Age, HeatVision reports. Boilerplate was written by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, and tells the story of the world’s first robot, who purportedly, in the ….

Skyline teaser poster hits the net

Speaking of the movie Skyline, producers of the sci-fi abduction thriller have posted a sweet teaser poster on the Facebook page for the film. In the sci-fi thriller Skyline, strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire ….

More aliens heading towards Hollywood

Paramount Pictures has nabbed a sci-fi pitch from first-time writer Bobby Glickert titled Confidential Alien Project, to be produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, according to HeatVision. The story is getting the Area 51 treatment, and apparently involves alien abduction. The film will be based on Glickert’s treatment ….