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Rupert Wyatt & Charlize Theron Developing Sci-Fi Project 'Agent 13'

Purely based on these two names, I'm intrigued. I've come to love Rupert Wyatt after Rise of the Planet of the Apes, not only as a rising director to watch, but someone who makes fantastic films that I totally love. Additionally, Charlize Theron has been on quite a tear recently, after Young Adult last year, she's set to destroy in Ridley Scott's Prometheus this summer and Rupert Sanders' Snow White and the Huntsman, and at some point Mad Max: Fury Road. Variety says these two are packaged together on a new science fiction project being shopped around Hollywood called Agent 13, that has all of the major studios in heat over it.

› Posted April 18 in Casting, Development, Movie News, SciFi | 5 Comments

Excl: Unlock One of David's Emotions with 'Prometheus' Viral Code

By Alex Billington

"David, what makes you sad?" Have you met David, the new android from Weyland? Fox has relaunched the Prometheus viral today with some exciting updates. Not only did they unveil a full-length amazing video showing Michael Fassbender being introduced as the Prometheus Project android David 8, but now they've got more for us, with a relaunch of the Weyland Industries website and Project Prometheus site. We've been exclusively provided with an access code necessary to unlock one of David's eight emotions on another new viral site, called Real Emotion. Find out how to access that exclusive "real emotion" below.

› Posted April 17 in Featured, Hype, SciFi, Viral News | 7 Comments

Michael Fassbender in a 'Prometheus' Viral Ad for David the Android

By Ethan Anderton

What is it about robots that makes them so robotic? Since the viral campaign for The Dark Knight Rises has been pretty much non-existent, a true disappointment after the amazing run leading up to The Dark Knight, it seems like the viral to beat this year is for Ridley Scott's anticipated return to sci-fi with Prometheus. From the Weyland Corporation's TED talk from the future featuring Guy Pearce as the company's founder and a short promo for the android David featuring Michael Fassbender, it's been a fun ride so far. Now we have a longer, somewhat creepy, viral ad for Fassbender's android character which you can see below!

› Posted April 17 in Hype, SciFi, To Watch, Viral News | 36 Comments

Is That Star Wars Coming-of-Age Film '77' Finally Getting a Release?

By Alex Billington

Half of you are probably thinking "what Star Wars coming-of-age film?" The other half, maybe, are thinking "ohhh yeaa, I remember that." If you were reading this site way back in 2009, we posted a trailer for a film titled '77, shortened from 5-25-77. Movie geeks should instantly recognize that date as the day Star Wars, or rather A New Hope, was released. It's a coming-of-age story about a kid and his experience seeing Star Wars, and the trailer looked great. Jump ahead three years and it still hasn't been released, haven't heard a word since, until now. Variety's Jeff Sneider tweeted "5-25-77 is coming out this spring on that very day..."

› Posted April 16 in Hype, Movie News, Rumors, SciFi | 5 Comments

Watch: Awesome Full 'Tron: Uprising' Animated Series Debut Teaser

By Alex Billington

"He's good, but he's no Tron." Let me take a moment to feature something a little off our map, but totally awesome nonetheless. There's a new animated series that will be airing in June on Disney XD called Tron: Uprising, which takes place between the events of Tron and Tron Legacy in the computer world. We featured a very early teaser for this from the Tron Legacy DVD last year, but USA Today has unveiled the first full-length preview online, and to be frank, it's badass. This looks damn good. The style is great, it looks dark and action-packed, yet with interesting characters. Give this a shot, you might even be impressed, too.

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› Posted April 16 in Cool Stuff, SciFi, To Watch, Trailers | 17 Comments

Sound Off: James Mather & Stephen St Leger's 'Lockout' - Thoughts?

By Alex Billington

Now that you've seen it, what did you think? James Mather & Stephen St. Leger's Lockout aka Section 8 aka Escape from MS One, featuring Snow, played by Guy Pearce. A futuristic concept conceived and co-written by Luc Besson, this sci-fi action comedy thriller is about a space station prison called MS One that gets overtaken when they capture the President's daughter, played by Maggie Grace, and send in an ex-mercenary to rescue her. So how is it? Does Pearce channel Snake Plissken? Any good, or just a sci-fi ripoff? If you've seen it, leave a comment below with your own thoughts on Mather & St. Leger's Lockout.

› Posted April 13 in Discussion, SciFi, Sound Off | 19 Comments

Dwayne Johnson Lands Sci-Fi Action Adventure 'Lore' at Warner Bros

By Ethan Anderton

The man saw plenty of action in Fast Five with another sequel in the Fast and Furious franchise on the way, and he's seen plenty of adventure with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, and another sequel on the way in that franchise as well. Now Dwayne Johnson is looking into a different kind of action adventure for his next film Lore, an adaptation of T.P. Louise's graphic novel that has been picked up by Warner Bros. that's being described as "Men in Black with mythological creatures." Considering I've always thought that Johnson would be a good fit in the Men in Black franchise, this sounds sort of perfect to me. More below!

› Posted April 13 in Casting, Development, Movie News, SciFi | 5 Comments

Explore the USCSS Prometheus Built by Weyland Corp in Full Detail

By Alex Billington

Meet the USCSS (United States Commercial Star Ship) Prometheus, built by Weyland Corp as part of Project Prometheus, a "scientific exploratory vessel." The viral for Ridley Scott's new sci-fi Prometheus has been treating us nicely with some beautiful imagery of the ship in flight, however a new batch of photos and infographics from around the web now give us a very detailed inside look at the Weyland spacecraft. They were linked from ProjectPrometheus.com, but without much of a viral this time. Nonetheless, there's lots of info and additional stunning photos of the amazing Prometheus set to look at from this latest update.

› Posted April 12 in Featured, Photos, SciFi, Viral News | 38 Comments

Watch: First Kick Ass Teaser Trailer for Rian Johnson's Sci-Fi 'Looper'

By Alex Billington

"I'm gunna fix this!" Sony has unveiled the teaser trailer for Rian Johnson's sci-fi Looper, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a mobster in the near future, who is sent his targets from 30 years in the future, when time travel is invented. One day his target appears and it's him, played by Bruce Willis, that's when things get crazy. We've been teasing this and hyping it up for a while (my interview with Rian) but now we finally get a glimpse of the world and the story and it looks awesome, complex, yet action-packed. Jeff Daniels is also in this, and Emily Blunt stars as the female lead. This is going to be a hell of a good time. Take a look!

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› Posted April 12 in Hype, SciFi, To Watch, Trailers | 51 Comments

VFX Exec Discusses Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity' Scene Development

By Alex Billington

While we're still waiting to see some actual footage or any images at all from Alfonso Cuarón's upcoming sci-fi Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, we have been following updates on it. The latest comes from the Warner Bros head of VFX development at the 5D FLUX conference and quotes on our friend Bill Desowitz's blog Immersed in Movies (via The Film Stage). Gravity, a space adventure about an astronaut stuck floating in space, will feature extended long shots, like in Cuarón's Children of Men, shot by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, with only 156 shots total in the entire two-hour movie. Read on!

› Posted April 11 in Development, Hype, Movie News, SciFi | 5 Comments

Check Out This Stunning Four-Panel 'Alien' Mural in East London

By Alex Billington

In East London, no one can hear you scream! When I first came across this Alien art by EndOfTheLine, a UK-based "creative collective", I thought it was commissioned by Fox. It looks that good. Indeed, it is just some street art, but it's an amazing mural anyway. "Jim was getting itchy trigger finger," they state on their blog. "We set him a challenge to paint all four panels on Great Eastern St in one day, no backup, no support just a big bag of paint and a handful of caps, Basing the production on one of our favourite film franchises, Alien, by Ridley Scott and HR Geiger, visionaries both." The results are fantastic, as seen in photos below.

› Posted April 9 in Artwork, Cool Stuff, Featured, SciFi | 7 Comments

First Teaser Tease for Rian Johnson's 'Looper' Trailer Later This Week

By Alex Billington

"What would you do if you had to hunt down and kill your future self?" And here we go again, ready for another week of trailer teases? Sony is the next to follow suit after Prometheus in offering up small slices of teaser teases via Apple for the next three days leading up to the big premiere of Rian Johnson's Looper official trailer. This featurette has star Joseph Gordon-Levitt chatting with Rian Johnson about the film and his character, and gives you just a very small glimpse at some of the footage we'll be seeing "in 3 days" in the actual trailer. Bruce Willis also stars in Looper, but stay tuned for more as there is plenty to come.

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› Posted April 9 in Featurettes, SciFi, To Watch, Trailers | 28 Comments

Watch: Trailer for 'Dear Zachary' Director's Intriguing Sci-Fi 'Shuffle'

By Ethan Anderton

If you've yet to discover the heartbreaking documentary Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (watch it on Netflix Instant now), you're missing out on one of the best docs of the past five years and a really good cry. Director Kurt Kuenne, however, isn't exactly a star filmmaker, but he's sticking to his guns and has been making the rounds at film festivals with a narrative feature film called Shuffle. The film calls back to Groundhog Day with the story of a man who keeps waking up at various points in his life and must piece together why this is happening and how to make it stop. And now we have the first trailer below!

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› Posted April 9 in SciFi, To Watch, Trailers | 10 Comments

Watch: Wacky, Fun 'Pac-Man: The Movie' Fan-Made Short Online

By Alex Billington

Wakka wakky! Yea, here we go. Following that Tron-like Mega Man X low budget short we featured the other day, numerous readers kept telling me to watch and feature another great YouTube short based on a video game, but this time it's something completely wacky. The short is titled just Pac-Man, essentially Pac-Man: The Movie, a full-on six minute long Tron-meets-Matrix-meets-Michael Bay-style take on the 8-bit classic game. It was just revealed in full by Machinima last week. Yep, it's as fantastic as everyone is saying, and a very fun watch for the holiday weekend if you've got nothing else better to watch. See it below!

› Posted April 8 in Cool Stuff, SciFi, To Watch | 14 Comments

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