The day has finally come where we can stop saying ‘the untitled Han Solo movie’ every time we talk about it. Here’s director Ron Howard to reveal what we should now call it instead… Hey #Twitterville we just wrapped production so here’s a special message #StarWars pic.twitter.com/8QJqN5BGxr — Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) October 17, 2017 Solo:
Month: October 2017
Downsizing has just about the best concept you’ll find in a film all year. In a bid to cut down on the environmental impact of humans, scientists find a way to shrink humans. And because everything is so tiny, normal mid-level workers can sell up, downsize, and live like millionaires. That’s the idea Paul (Matt
After being in development for years, the film based on Josh Malerman’s incredible novel Bird Box is finally moving full steam ahead, and it’s got a hell of a cast. Variety reports that the previously announced Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich will be joined by Danielle Macdonald (the star of the brilliant Patti Cake$), Trevante Rhodes
Powered armour goes by many names in science fiction – including exosuit, assisted armour, jacket and exoskeleton. As readers we might quibble about the terminology, but we can all agree on one thing: it’s damned cool. Armoured suits are an element of SF that frequently catches the public’s imagination. Join me on a tour de
Not to be confused with Carlos Algara and Alejandro Martinez-Beltran’s Mexican film of the same name, Verónica is, like its director Paco Plaza’s previous [REC] and [REC] 2, set mostly in a Spanish metropolitan apartment building where something diabolical finds a way in. There, 15-year-old Verónica (Sandra Escacena, in an impressive big-screen debut) is left
You can read the very brief synopsis for Stranger Things Season 2 here: It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived. The show
In 1993 12-year-old Giuseppe Di Matteo was kidnapped by the mafia, held captive for 779 days and murdered. Co-directors and writers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza pay tribute to the young boy with a gorgeous supernatural fantasy film that recalls the work of Guillermo del Toro in its poetic visuals and the dread and surreal
A strict catholic upbringing leaves shy Thelma (Eli Harboe) feeling like an outsider as she embarks on her University education in Joachim Trier’s sensitively handled supernatural Nordic chiller. Trier stamps his own nuanced spin on female coming-of-age horror by introducing a refreshing and richly drawn gay character struggling with her sexuality that strikes a similar
Rafe Spall turns in an emotionally engaging performance in this loose adaptation of Adam Nevill’s horror novel directed by David Bruckner and written by Joe Barton. Spall really makes you feel his character, Luke’s pain, fear and grief during and after he witnesses the brutal murder of a close friend at an off-licence. The swift
Barbara Crampton stars in this new trailer for body horror Replace By Poppy-Jay Palmer 12-10-17 12,861 You can read the synopsis for Replace here: Merging the striking visual beauty of The Neon Demon with the modern body horror told from a female perspective of Raw, Replace is a stylishly viral love story about reverse aging starring Rebecca Forsythe (We Are Your
We didn’t expect a chilly thriller from the director of Let The Right One In and Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy and producer Martin Scorsese with a cast this strong to be quite so bad, but there can be no question that something has gone terribly wrong with Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s bestseller The Snowman. With the exception
It turns out Hollywood very nearly missed out on Guillermo del Toro. The Mexican director was so burnt on Mimic that he nearly gave up on Hollywood for ever – and a certain controversial movie mogul was to blame. “My first American experience was almost my last experience because it was with the Weinsteins at
To celebrate the UK home release of Wonder Woman, we’re giving you a look at some gorgeous and exclusive concept art from the film. First, here’s young Diana running through the streets of Themyscria, which gives a look at the island’s way of life beyond the warrior training grounds. (Full size.) And here’s a wide shot
If you’re having a bad/boring day, check out these wonderful new Thor: Ragnarok videos to brighten it up a bit. In the first, everyone basically just talks about how great Cate Blanchett is: And the second is a slightly longer version of everyone’s favourite bit from the trailer, in which Thor goes up against Hulk and Loki doesn’t
At the beginning of Ghost Stories, Phillip Goodman (Andy Nyman) is monitoring a live video feed of a celebrity psychic performing onstage. This illustrates how watching and listening closely can reveal the explicable reality behind the apparently supernatural – but it also slyly reveals the transition of Ghost Stories itself from 2010 play to film.
In honour of Patty Jenkins’ summer blockbuster Wonder Woman coming out on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download this week, we had a chat with actor Lucy Davis, the woman behind everyone’s favourite 1940s secretary Etta Candy, about the character, the sequel and what Wonder Woman means to her… SciFiNow: How did you end up getting involved with
The first trailer for Steven S DeKnight’s Pacific Rim Uprising is finally here, so we can start making semi-educated guesses about how it will Stack(er Pentecost) up against Guillermo del Toro’s giddily wonderful first film. It’s great to see that a lot has been carried over. For starters, a good number of the cast are
The new “Heroes” trailer for Justice League has arrived, and it’s definitely putting the “coming together for the good of humanity” front and centre. It’s also a lot more colourful than its predecessors, it’s got more jokes and look! Smiling! Also, there’s a cover of Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ playing over it so it’s not just a
Pikachu and Ash meet in this new trailer for Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! By Poppy-Jay Palmer 09-10-17 81 Awww! You can read the synopsis for Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! here: From Kanto to Alola and everything in between! For over 20 years, the adventures of Ash, a young Trainer from Pallet Town,
There’s good news and bad news. The good news is the trailer for The X-Files Season 11 is finally here. You can check it out below: The bad news is that Gillian Anderson, who has been gaining fans for decades as no-nonsense FBI agent Dana Scully on the show, has said that that’s pretty much it for
In a case of life imitating art, Universal Pictures’ Bride Of Frankenstein is having to make some readjustments. According to Deadline, pre-production on what would have been the second film in the Universal monsters Dark Universe has been paused until further notice. Bride Of Frankenstein was set for a 14 February 2019 release date, but issues with the script
Christopher Meloni can’t die in this weird new trailer for Syfy’s Happy! By Poppy-Jay Palmer 06-10-17 5 It’s best to go into this trailer knowing nothing about Happy!… To help explain things, you can read the synopsis for Happy! here: Happy! is based on New York Times best-selling author Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson’s graphic novel of the
Goodness, these Justice League poster collections just keep getting better and better. Justice League stars Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, JK Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, Ciaran Hinds
In what could well be the best casting move of the month so far, Jenny Slate has just been hired for Sony’s Venom, according to Variety. Better yet, she’ll be playing a scientist of some description. For those unfamiliar with Slate (though you should get familiar because she’s excellent), she’s best known for her comedic roles
Avatar sequels news… It sounds like director/Pandora visionary James Cameron is looking to recreate the magic of his Titanic days with the latest bit of casting: Kate Winslet has been brought on board in a starring role. So far, all we know is she’ll be playing a character called Ronal. “Kate and I have been looking
Filming is underway on the BBC series based on Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s novel Good Omens but they’re still adding impressive names to the cast list. Jon Hamm has been cast as the Angel Gabriel in the series, which has been written by Gaiman and which stars Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Adria Arjona, Ariyon
David Gordon Green’s Halloween movie just got more exciting, as the most excellent Judy Greer is in negotiations a key role. Deadline reports that the star of Archer, Arrested Development, Ant-Man and The Descendants could take the role of Laurie Strode’s daughter Karen, joining Jamie Lee Curtis in the Blumhouse movie. This is very interesting news for two
Writing William Shakespeare’s The Force Doth Awaken was unlike writing the previous six books in the Shakespeare Star Wars series (the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy), because like everyone else I encountered The Force Awakens for the first time on December 17, 2015. No, I didn’t get any advance knowledge of the script and
What makes a story science fiction? It’s a notoriously hard thing to pin down, as a genre, and like most categorization, it’s largely personal. The approach I look for in good science fiction is interrogative. It is journalism, reporting back from a possible future, a distorted present or an alternate past. The science fiction writer
Sci-fi’s sacred texts don’t come much more revered than Blade Runner and you have to admire Denis Villeneuve’s nerve in taking this on. What becomes abundantly clear very early on is that he and his team are more than capable. This is a film that understands its predecessor, it has the style and craftsmanship to