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Bizarre Star Trek clip

: 03 February 2012; John Howell

This is quite funny, but also very strange. In this tiny clip from the original Star Trek TV series that starred William Shatner as James T. Kirk, crew members lead by Kirk are walking down a corridor. The strange bit however is the guy in the ...

X-Men First Class sequel confirmed

: 31 January 2012; John Howell

X-Men: First Class was an excellent film, significantly better than X-Men: The Last Stand released in 2006. Director Matthew Vaughn took the story of a younger Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and a younger Professor X (James McAvoy) and ...

The World's End Part 3 of the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy

: 29 January 2012; John Howell

If you thought Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were two of the funniest UK film comedies in years, you are in luck. The third part of their trilogy (?) called The World's End is on its way. Pegg and Frost (with ...

Monty Python science fiction comedy Absolutely Anything

: 28 January 2012; John Howell

I didn't expect this one! Looks like the entire living Monty Python team are reuniting for a new science fiction comedy film called Absolutely Anything, directed by Python member Terry Jones. Variety reports that the film will be a "sci-fi farce" ...

Guy Pearce's Lockout a prison break in outer space

: 28 January 2012; John Howell

I know many of you may have disliked the 2002 remake of The Time Machine Guy Pearce starred in with Jeremy Irons, but I rather liked his performance and the film. Either way, it's good to hear that he's venturing into science fiction territory once ...

Star Trek 2 will be in 3D with Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch

: 13 January 2012; John Howell

J.J. Abrams surpassed almost everyone's expectations with the stunning relaunch of the Star Trek franchise in 2009, with his plainly titled Star Trek. Written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the film took Star Trek back to its humble ...

Blade Runner sequel and Prometheus update

: 05 December 2011; John Howell

Director Ridley Scott is about to return to science fiction in a significant way. He’s just finished filming the Alien inspired Prometheus due out June 2012, and earlier this year announced he was directing a Blade Runner follow up. What more ...

BBC Doctor Who movie soon

: 29 November 2011; John Howell

The BBC and Harry Potter Director David Yates are working on a big screen Doctor Who movie. Yates directed the last four Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the ...

Last Days on Mars

: 04 November 2011; John Howell

The human race still hasn’t made it to Mars (much to my disappointment) but at least we’ve had some fictional journeys in the meantime. The Last Days on Mars is a new science fiction thriller set on Mars to be directed by Ruairi Robinson. ...

Independence Day 2 and 3 but no Will Smith

: 04 November 2011; John Howell

It was back in May 2010 that we first mentioned the Independence Day sequels, so it's great to hear they are now actually getting closer to the shooting stage. Independance Day was directed by Roland Emmerich and he is onboard to ...