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LISTS - Upcoming science fiction & fantasy films
 

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 . . .
 

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
 
Radio Free Albemuth
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2008

Adaptation of one of Philip K. Dick's most autobiographical books starring Alanis Morissette . . .

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 . . .

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" . . .

Witchblade
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009

Michael Rymer who directed several new Galactica episodes is set to direct this comic book adaptation . . .


NOW SHOWING | Sorted by date
 

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!)
(Photo gallery, trailer)

 

Star Wars: Clone Wars
U.S. Opening Date: August 15th, 2008

More Clone Wars malarkey, sigh . . . (READ OUR REVIEW NOW!)
(Trailers, poster gallery)

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!)
(Photo gallery, trailers)

 

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 . . .
(READ OUR REVIEW NOW!)
(Trailers, photo gallery)

 

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!)
(Photo gallery, trailers)
 

 

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!!)
(Photo gallery, trailers)
 

 

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!)
(Photo gallery, trailer)
 

 

Meet 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!)
(Photo gallery, trailer)
 


COMING REAL SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU | Sorted by date
  Babylon A.D.
U.S. Opening Date: 29 August 2008

Vin Diesel's upcoming sci-fi actioner looks kinda cheap . . .
(Photo gallery, trailers) (READ OUR REVIEW NOW!)

 

  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 . . .
(Trailers, photo gallery)

 

  Igor
U.S. Opening Date: October 17th, 2008

Animated movie about a mad scientist's sidekick. . .
(Trailers)

 

  The 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. . .
(Trailer)

 

  The Day the Earth Stood Still
U.S. Opening Date: 12 December 2008

A remake starring Keanu Reeves! Whoa Klaatu . . .
(Trailer)

 

  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 . . .
(Poster gallery, clips, trailer)

 

  Outlander
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2008

Vikings help a spaceman battle an alien monster . .. . no really.
(Photo gallery, trailer)

 

  Inkheart
U.S. Opening date: 30 January 2009

Brendan Fraser in children's fantasy/adventure tale about fictional characters coming to life . . .
(Photo gallery, trailers)

 

  They Came from Upstairs
U.S. Opening Date: 16 January 2009

Kids defend their vacation home from invading aliens . . .

 

  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 . . .
(READ AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ACTORS BILLY CRADUP & MATTHEW GOODE)
(Photo gallery, wallpapers, trailers)

 

  Knowing
U.S. Opening Date: March 20th, 2009

New movie by the director of I, Robot starring Nic Cage . . .
(Photo gallery, trailer)

  Dragonball
U.S. Opening Date: April 3rd, 2009

Live-action movie version of the kids' anime show . . .
(Photo gallery)

 

  X-Men Origins: Wolverine
U.S. Opening Date: 1 May 200
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Marvel superhero blockbuster by the director of, um, Tsotsi . . .
(Photo gallery)
 

  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 . . .
(Trailers, photo gallery)

 

  Monsters vs. Aliens
U.S. Opening Date: 15 May 2009

DreamWorks Animation's next effort looks like fun . . .
(Photo gallery)

 

  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.

 

  Transformers 2
U.S. Opening date: June 26th, 2009

A sequel about as inevitable as Death itself . . .
(Poster, photo gallery)

 

Terminator 4
U.S. Opening Date: June 26th, 2009

A Terminator movie without Arnie directed by the guy who did the Charlie's Angels movies? Thanks, but no thanks . . .
(Trailers, poster artwork, photo gallery)

 

  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
U.S. Opening date:
July 17th, 2009

Another year, another Harry Potter movie . . .
(Trailers, photo gallery)

 

  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 . . .

 


MOVIES STUCK IN DEVELOPMENT HELL - Some of these films may (thankfully) never get made | Sorted alphabetically
 
  Barbarella
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009

Remake of the cheesy 'Sixties movie with Rose McGowan (again!) in the Jane Fonda role . . .

  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.

 

  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 . . .

 

  The Flash
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2008

Live action movie based on the super-fast superhero . . .
 

  Halo
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009

Based on the popular Microsoft videogame.
(Poster gallery)

 

  Jurassic Park IV
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009

This superfluous sequel seems to be stuck in development heck where it belongs!

 

  Logan's Run
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010

Remake of the 1970s sci-fi movie in which everyone dies at 30 . . .

 

  Robotech
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010

Live action movie starring Tobey Maguire based on the popular 1980s anime TV series.

 


MOVIES IN PRODUCTION - These are definitely going ahead | Sorted alphabetically
 
  2012
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009

New movie by the director of Independence Day about the end of the world . . .

 

  AstroBoy
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010

Computer-animated version of the popular anime with an all-star American voice cast.
(Photo gallery)

 

  District 9
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009

Sci-fi film produced by Peter Jackson . . .

 


REMAKE WATCH - "Classics" that are being remade by Hollywood | Sorted alphabetically
 
  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 . . .

 

  Conan
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009

Without Arnie it all seems kinda pointless. . .
(Poster gallery)

 

  Dune
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010

Peter Berg (The Kingdom) will direct a new movie version of Frank Herbert's SF classic.

 

  Escape from New York
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009

Pointless remake scripted by the director of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. . .

 

  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 . . .

 

  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 .. .

 

  The Incredible Shrinking Man
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010

This 1957 classic is going to be remade as a comedy starring Eddie Murphy!

  Robocop 3-D
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010

We just have one word to say to any plans to remake Robocop: “Don’t!”

 


FROM PAGE TO SCREEN - We look at upcoming adaptations of sci-fi & fantasy books and comics | Sorted alphabetically
 
  Bone
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010

The next Shrek?

 

  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?

 

Coraline
U.S. Opening Date: 6 February 2009

Think Alice in Wonderland as written by Stephen King . . .
(Trailer)
 

 

Chrysalis
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2008

Movie based on a short story by SF legend Ray Bradbury . . .

  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?

 

  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!

 

  Hyperion Cantos
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010

Dan Simmons' fantastic Hyperion books is to be made into a movie by warner Bros.

 

  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 . . .

 

  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.
(Photo gallery)

 

  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 . . .

 

  Ubik
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010

Movie based on the novel of the same name by sci-fi author Philip K. Dick.

 

  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?

 


SUPERHERO COMICS - 'nuff sed! | Sorted alphabetically
 
  The Avengers
U.S. Opening date: July 2011

Why not just adapt Mark Millar's The Ultimates?

 

  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!

 

  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!"

 

  Hiding In Time
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2009

The Witness Protection Program uses time travel to relocate witnesses in the past!

  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.

 

  Justice League: Mortal
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2011

A planned Justice League of America movie seems to be pretty much dead . . .

  Thor
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2010

We feel kinda sorry for anyone who has to write a screenplay for the upcoming Thor movie . . .

 

  X-Men Origins: Magneto
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 200
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The other X-Men spin-off . . .

 


SEQUEL WATCH - We look at some sci-fi & fantasy sequels in the pipeline | Sorted alphabetically
 
  Cloverfield 2
U.S. Opening date: TBA 2009

Sequel to the much-hyped JJ Abrams-produced creature feature . . .
(Photo gallery)

 

  Stargate: Continuum
U.S. Opening Date: July 2008

Direct-to-DVD standalone Stargate: SG1 movie . . .

 

  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 . . .
(Photo gallery, trailers)

 

  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 . . .

 

  Resident Evil 4: Afterlife
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010

An army of Milla Jovovich clones invade Japan!

 

 



 


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