There were plenty of reasons to wonder, in the autumn of 2009, if James Cameron had finally flown too close to the sun, burning a big budget on a boondoggle. Nearly a dozen years after emerging from a troubled production with the biggest movie of all time, the disaster-weepie phenomenon Titanic, the blockbuster maestro had […]
Tag: scifi
Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written by You
Here’s this month’s prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites. https://media.wired.com/photos/631121ea4651cadb9cefacb2/master/pass/IMG_1634.JPG
Devs Review: FX’s Sci-Fi Thriller Gets Stuck Between ‘Whoa’ and ‘WTF?’
I wanted to love Devs. I really did. I’m a huge fan of Alex Garland, the Ex Machina and Annihilation filmmaker who writes and directs all eight episodes of the FX sci-fi thriller (debuting Thursday, March 5 exclusively on Hulu), and I couldn’t wait to see what mind-blowing magic he might conjure up on his […]
The History of Women in Sci-Fi Isn’t What You Think
Conventional wisdom holds that science fiction was written mostly by men until the 1960s and ’70s. Not true. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c535d8591cda934889d4bbf/master/pass/Culture_GeeksGuide_Merril-502548435.jpg
How ‘Star Trek’ and Sci-Fi Influenced Jeff Bezos
The Amazon founder spent his summers reading Asimov and has named pets and companies after ‘Star Trek’ characters. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c4a1fa640ef432d22a5420f/master/pass/Culture_GeeksGuide_Bezos.jpg
The Passage Star Mark-Paul Gosselaar Tees Up Fox's Sci-Fi Novel Adaptation — Just Don't Call 'Em 'Vampires'
As a ravenous reader of The Passage novels, Mark-Paul Gosselaar wanted Fox’s adaptation to very closely mirror author Justin Cronin’s trilogy. But as the star of the TV series based on the books? Well, Gosselaar still wanted everything to happen just like it does on the page. “I’m like, ‘We need to stay true to […]
‘The Endless’ Is a Masterful Low-Budget Sci-Fi Movie
The latest from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead is everything studio movies are not. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c14194156d3826e4b250246/master/pass/TheEndless_1.jpg
John Boyega and Letitia Wright Join Sci-Fi Romance ‘Hold Back the Stars’
Attack the Block actor John Boyega is currently reprising his role as Finn in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode IX, but he’ll return to space again in Hold Back the Stars, a movie adaptation of a sci-fi romance novel that will team him with Black Panther breakout Letitia Wright. The project is being described as “Romeo […]
Netflix is planning a sci-fi universe based on the novel ‘Recursion’
Netflix is making the most out of its deals with TV legend Shonda Rhimes and Planet of the Apes/Cloverfield director Matt Reeves by putting them together for one ambitious project. The creators will work on a feature film and a TV universe based on Blake Crouch’s upcoming sci-fi thriller novel Recursion. It’s unclear what the […]
Sci-Fi Writers Are Predicting the Future, but Is Anyone Listening?
Author Walter Jon Williams has forecasted a lot of things, but rarely gets credit. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b9c282aca79862d1ac3316c/master/pass/ArabSpring-108195327.jpg