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LISTS - Upcoming science fiction & fantasy films |
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List of upcoming sci-fi
movies Science fiction films now in development heck
20, 000 Leagues Under
the Sea; Capricorn One; Cell; Clash of the Titans;
Creature from the Black Lagoon; Fantastic Voyage; Justice League;
Land of the Lost; Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Time
Traveler's Wife and more . . . |
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List of upcoming fantasy
movies Fantasy movies now in development heck
Will all these fantasy
properties listed here be turned into movies now that Prince
Caspian underperformed at the box office? |
WHAT'S NEW? | Latest additions to our archive |
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Radio Free Albemuth U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2008 Adaptation of one of Philip K. Dick's most autobiographical books starring Alanis Morissette . . . |
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Bioshock U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 The director of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies will direct a movie version of the popular Bioshock computer game . . . |
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Red Sonja U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 Star Rose McGowan and producer Robert Rodriguez haven’t even seen the 1980s original movie of which this is a "remake" . . . |
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Witchblade U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 Michael Rymer who directed several new Galactica episodes is set to direct this comic book adaptation . . . |
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Death Race U.S. Opening Date: August 22nd, 2008
"Ours is
an ultraviolent, no-holds-barred race," says director Paul W.S. Anderson of his
remake of the camp 1970s classic.
(READ
OUR REVIEW NOW!)
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Star Wars: Clone Wars U.S. Opening Date: August 15th, 2008
More Clone Wars malarkey, sigh . . .
(READ OUR REVIEW NOW!) |
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor U.S. Opening Date: 1 August 2008
The third Mummy
movie has no mummy in it . . .
(READ
OUR REVIEW NOW!)
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X-Files 2: I Want To Believe U.S. Opening date: July 25th, 2008
This movie is going to
be like trying to get it on again with an ex- with whom the magic has
died a long time ago . . .
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The Dark Knight U.S. Opening date: 18 July 2008 The
follow-up to Batman Begins . . . as if you didn't know that!
(READ OUR REVIEW NOW!) |
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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army U.S. Opening date: 11 July 2008 The sequel to the
2003 movie based on Mike Mignola's Dark Horse comic character.
(READ OUR REVIEW NOW!!) |
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
3-D U.S. Opening Date: July 11th, 2008
An update of Jules
Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth with Brendan Fraser. (READ
OUR REVIEW NOW!) |
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Dave U.S. Opening Date: 11 July 2008 Eddie
Murphy's upcoming sci-fi comedy has a cool idea behind it . . .
(READ
OUR REVIEW NOW!) |
COMING REAL SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU | Sorted by date |
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Babylon A.D. U.S. Opening Date: 29 August 2008
Vin Diesel's upcoming
sci-fi actioner looks kinda cheap . . .
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City of Ember U.S. Opening Date: October 10th, 2008
In City of Ember two kids struggle to escape from a world of darkness, where there is no
moon and no stars . . .
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Igor U.S. Opening Date: October 17th, 2008
Animated movie about a mad scientist's sidekick. . .
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Curious Case of Benjamin Button U.S. Opening Date: December 19th, 2008
Brad Pitt is a man who ages backwards in David Fincher's upcoming
movie. . .
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The Day the Earth Stood
Still U.S. Opening Date: 12 December 2008
A remake starring Keanu
Reeves! Whoa Klaatu . . .
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The Mutant Chronicles U.S. Opening date: TBA 2008
Thomas Jane (The Punisher) battles mutant
hordes in a distant future where everything is run by huge
corporations, a bit like today then . . .
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Outlander U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2008
Vikings help a spaceman battle an alien monster . ..
. no really.
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Inkheart U.S. Opening date: 30 January 2009 Brendan Fraser in
children's fantasy/adventure tale about fictional characters coming
to life . . .
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They Came from Upstairs U.S. Opening Date: 16 January 2009 Kids defend their vacation home from invading aliens . . .
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Watchmen U.S. Opening Date: 6 March 2009
The “Citizen Kane
of comics” is finally being made into a movie by the director of
300 and the Dawn of the Dead remake . . .
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Knowing U.S. Opening Date: March 20th, 2009
New movie by the
director of I, Robot starring Nic Cage . . . |
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Dragonball U.S. Opening Date: April 3rd, 2009
Live-action movie version of
the kids' anime show . . .
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine U.S. Opening Date: 1 May 2009
Marvel superhero
blockbuster by the director of, um, Tsotsi . . . |
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Star Trek XI U.S. Opening Date: May 8, 2009
Zachary Quinto (psycho bad guy Sylar from Heroes) will play
Spock and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz)
will be Scotty in the upcoming Trek reboot by the creative team of
Lost . . .
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Monsters vs.
Aliens U.S. Opening Date: 15 May 2009
DreamWorks Animation's next
effort looks like fun . . .
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Avatar U.S. Opening Date: 22 May 2009 "My goal is to rekindle those amazing mystical moments my generation felt when we first saw 2001: A Space Odyssey," says Titanic director James Cameron of his first movie in ten years.
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Transformers 2 U.S. Opening date: June 26th, 2009
A sequel about as inevitable as Death itself
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Terminator 4 A Terminator movie without Arnie directed by the
guy who did the Charlie's Angels movies? Thanks, but no thanks . .
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Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince U.S. Opening date: July 17th, 2009
Another year, another
Harry Potter movie . . .
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The Surrogates U.S. Opening Date: November 20th, 2009 Bruce Willis flick in which people interact through robots who are better-looking versions of themselves . . . |
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MOVIES STUCK IN DEVELOPMENT HELL - Some of these films may (thankfully) never get made | Sorted alphabetically |
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Barbarella U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 Remake of the cheesy 'Sixties movie with Rose McGowan (again!) in the Jane Fonda role . . . |
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Countdown U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 A group of astronauts who land on a planet only to find a crashed spaceship and corpses that eerily resemble their own.
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Deathlok U.S. Opening Date: TBA Based on a cool violent 1970s Marvel comic book about a half-man half-machine cyborg hybrid anti-hero . . .
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The Flash U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2008
Live action movie based on the super-fast superhero .
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Halo U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009
Based on the popular
Microsoft videogame.
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Jurassic Park IV U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 This superfluous sequel seems to be stuck in development heck — where it belongs!
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Logan's Run U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 Remake of the 1970s sci-fi movie in which everyone dies at 30 . . .
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Robotech U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010 Live action movie starring Tobey Maguire based on the popular 1980s anime TV series.
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MOVIES IN PRODUCTION - These are definitely going ahead | Sorted alphabetically |
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2012 U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 New movie by the director of Independence Day about the end of the world . . .
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AstroBoy U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010
Computer-animated
version of the popular anime with an all-star American voice cast.
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District 9 U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009 Sci-fi film produced by Peter Jackson . . .
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REMAKE WATCH - "Classics" that are being remade by Hollywood | Sorted alphabetically |
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Akira U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 Leonardo DiCaprio is going to produce a series of live-action movies based on the original Akira manga . . .
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Conan U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 Without
Arnie it all seems kinda pointless. . .
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Dune U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 Peter Berg (The Kingdom) will direct a new movie version of Frank Herbert's SF classic.
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Escape from New York U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009 Pointless remake scripted by the director of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. . .
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Flash Gordon
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009 Sony is planning a new Flash Gordon remake to be directed by the dude who did Sahara . . .
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Ghost in the Shell 3-D U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 A live-action 3-D version by Spielberg's DreamWorks based on the classic manga of the same name .. .
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Incredible Shrinking Man U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 This 1957 classic is going to be remade as a comedy starring Eddie Murphy! |
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Robocop
3-D U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010 We just have one word to say to any plans to remake Robocop: “Don’t!”
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FROM PAGE TO SCREEN - We look at upcoming adaptations of sci-fi & fantasy books and comics | Sorted alphabetically |
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Bone U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 The next Shrek?
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Brave New World U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2011 Is this going to be Ridley Scott's next project - his first SF movie since Blade Runner? |
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Coraline U.S. Opening Date: 6 February 2009
Think Alice in
Wonderland as written by Stephen King . . . |
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Chrysalis U.S. Opening date: TBA 2008 Movie based on a short story by SF legend Ray Bradbury . . . |
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Ender's
Game U.S. Opening date: TBA Is a movie version of Orson Scott Card's classic SF novel Ender's Game by the director of Troy still going ahead?
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The Hobbit U.S. Opening Date: 2010 A movie version (two of them in fact!) of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings prequel novel is going ahead . . . with Peter Jackson's involvement!
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Hyperion Cantos U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 Dan Simmons' fantastic Hyperion books is to be made into a movie by warner Bros.
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Neuromancer U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009 Adaptation of William Gibson's bona fide cyberpunk classic starring that wooden dude who played Young Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequels . . .
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The Road U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009
Adaptation of post-apocalyptic novel by No Country for Old Men
author starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron.
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Spin U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009 Based on Robert Charles Wilson's Hugo-winning novel about what happens when all the stars simply disappear one day . . .
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Ubik U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010 Movie based on the novel of the same name by sci-fi author Philip K. Dick.
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Y: The Last Man U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009 Shia LaBeouf to star in trilogy based on comic book about the only surviving male on Earth?
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SUPERHERO COMICS - 'nuff sed! | Sorted alphabetically |
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The
Avengers U.S. Opening date: July 2011 Why not just adapt Mark Millar's The Ultimates?
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The Boys U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009 Good luck to any screenwriter who has to turn Garth Ennis’ graphic The Boys comic into an R-rated movie!
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The First
Avenger: Captain America U.S. Opening date: 6 May 2011 Marvel says that the Captain America movie planned for 2011 is going to kick off as "a rousing, Indiana Jones-type adventure!"
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Hiding In Time U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 The Witness Protection Program uses time travel to relocate witnesses in the past! |
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Iron Man 2 U.S. Opening date: April 30, 2010 Marvel announces Iron Man 2. Also lined up: Thor (summer 2010) and The First Avenger: Captain America and The Avengers for summer 2011.
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Justice League:
Mortal U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2011 A planned Justice League of America movie seems to be pretty much dead . . . |
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Thor U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010 We feel kinda sorry for anyone who has to write a screenplay for the upcoming Thor movie . . .
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X-Men Origins: Magneto U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009 The other X-Men spin-off . . .
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SEQUEL WATCH - We look at some sci-fi & fantasy sequels in the pipeline | Sorted alphabetically |
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Cloverfield 2 U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009 Sequel to the much-hyped JJ
Abrams-produced creature feature . . .
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Stargate: Continuum U.S. Opening Date: July 2008 Direct-to-DVD standalone Stargate: SG1 movie . . .
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Starship Troopers 3:
Marauder U.S. Opening date: July 29, 2008 Casper van Dien is back and new
to the franchise is Star Trek Enterprise's T'Pol . . .
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Superman: The Man of Steel U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010 Both actor Brandon Routh and director Bryan Singer promises more action for this sequel to Superman Returns . . .
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Resident Evil 4: Afterlife U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010 An army of Milla Jovovich clones invade Japan! |
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