Science Fiction

New photos released from sci-fi thriller Surrogates

Disney has released additional photos from Bruce Willis’ sci-fi thriller Surrogates. In Surrogates, people are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic “Surrogates”—sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It’s an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don’t exist. When the first murder in years jolts this ….

Tron: Legacy to be released as an IMAX movie

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and IMAX today announced that Tron: Legacy, the intense, high-tech 3D film starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, will be released to IMAX theatres in IMAX 3D simultaneously with the film’s wide release on December 17, 2010. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Tron: Legacy will be digitally re-mastered into ….

Twilight Zone event to include screenings and pop culture debate marking 50th Anniversary of cult series

October 2nd, 2009 marks the 50th Anniversary of Rod Serling’s sci-fi classic show The Twilight Zone, which almost single-handedly triggered the inclusion of the television sci-fi genre into the pop culture lexicon. On that night, illustrator, author and Twilight Zone scholar Arlen Schumer will be hosting a multimedia presentation called The Twilight Zone Forever at ….

Win one of three copies of Sanctuary: The Complete First Season on DVD

On September 15th, E1 Entertainment unleashes the breakout SyFy Channel series from the writers and producers of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis – Sanctuary. To celebrate the release of Sanctuary: The Complete First Season on DVD, Film Fetish is giving away three copies of the complete 4-disc DVD set for readers to enjoy. PLEASE NOTE: ….

Could Pixar do a Marvel superhero animated feature film now that Disney’s buying them?

Most of you probably know by now that Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment outright. The deal puts Marvel’s list of comic characters into the stable of Disney’s history, expertise and multimedia infrastructure. Some additional details have been released at ComingSoon, regarding the specifics of the deal, including a meeting with Pixar’s John Lasseter with Marvel, ….

Preview the Avatar Sideshow Collectibles licensed figures right here

Sideshow Collectibles has posted images from their upcoming line of Avatar collectibles. Launching the Sideshow Collectibles line from James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar is the AMP Suit Maquette featuring actor Stephen Lang’s baddie Col. Quaritch, created in conjunction with the film’s special effects studio Legacy Effects. The piece was created directly from 3D scans of ….

Female Terminator Summer Glau coming to Whedon’s Dollhouse and season two secrets revealed

Female Terminator Summer Glau will reteam with her Firefly/Serenity mentor Joss Whedon as a recurring cast member on the sci-fi fantasy series Dollhouse, playing a new character named Bennett. Fox also released details of other guest stars on the show’s second season, which kicks off at the end of September: Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The ….

New images from James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar

Empire has released two new images from Avatar, including the shot above, of the film’s villain, Stephen Lang as battle-scarred Col. Miles Quaritch, piloting a human battleship known as the Dragon, as well as a second image of Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine, a scientist who works with Sam Worthington’s character Jake Sully on ….

Rod Serling Archives to host Twilight Zone 50 Year Anniversary conference

Submitted for Your Approval Celebrating 50 Years of The Twilight Zone is a conference dedicated to the works of Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. The conference is set for Friday, October 2nd, and Saturday, October 3rd, 2009, at the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Ithaca College, where Serling taught from 1967 ….

The Avatar madness is already starting with new video and photos online

Just ahead of the free 3-D footage screenings of Avatar Day, Fox has released a flurry of new peeks at what’s in store when the sci-fi spectacular Avatar hits screens on December 18, 2009. Let’s get right to it. First bit of greatness from Avatar – Michelle Rodriguez posted the first image of herself from ….

Cult sci-fi drug traffic thriller Outland getting the remake treatment

Warner Brothers and Hollywood Gang Productions have attached cult favorite Shoot ‘Em Up writer and director Michael Davis to direct a remake of the cult 1981 Sean Connery sci-fi drug-fueled thriller Outland, Variety reports. Writer Chad St. John (The Days Before) will pen the new project. The original film, which was directed by Peter Hyams ….