The 21 Best Things We Saw at CinemaCon 2024
Not a still from Gladiator II. Instead, it’s Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution for Paramount Pictures, dressing up to celebrate the movie at CinemaConImage: Gabe Ginsberg Most film fans…
Alien: Romulus Was Inspired by an Aliens Deleted Scene
Fede Álvarez started making an Alien movie without realizing he was making an Alien movie. He was in a meeting with Ridley Scott’s company right before Scott made Alien: Covenant,…
How the upcoming Alien TV series can take the sci-fi franchise back to its horror movie roots
20th Century Fox Noah Hawley, the talented creator of the TV shows Fargo and Legion, has set himself a difficult task with his upcoming FX TV prequel to Alien. In…
Blade Runner 2049 Still Keeps Denis Villeneuve Awake at Night
Things are going really, really well for Denis Villeneuve right now. Dune: Part Two—the sequel to his six-time Oscar-winning 2021 Dune—has gotten rapturous reviews and is on track for massive…
Gladiator 2: release date, cast, plot, trailer, and more
In 2000, director Ridley Scott introduced Maximus Decimus Meridius to the world in Gladiator. The historical epic starred Russell Crowe as Maximus, a Roman general sold into slavery after being…
40 Years Ago, Apple Got Our Current Tech Dystopia Dead Wrong
We are all the sledgehammer, Apple does like to tell its fans. We are all disruptors hurtling toward one great screen, breaking the iron-fisted hold that other tech firms want…
Noah Hawley’s Alien Show Plans to Keep Things Simple
Image: 20th Century Fox For the last few years now, all we’ve really known of Noah Hawley’s upcoming Alien show is exactly that, and that it’ll be more about the…
10 Classic Sci-Fi Performances Snubbed by the Oscars
Galaxy Quest (1/9) Movie CLIP – How Did I Come to This? (1999) HD Galaxy Quest is a cult favorite now, but this sci-fi comedy didn’t connect with audiences initially—which…
The Year Ahead in Movies
Germain Lussier is a senior reporter covering entertainment on the io9 section of Gizmodo. He lives in Los Angeles, specializes in film coverage, and is also our lead film critic.…
Ridley Scott Watched Fede Álvarez’s Alien Movie—and He Loved It
A scene from Ridley Scott’s 2017 Alien: Covenant.Image: 20th Century Fox Ridley Scott is no stranger to seeing new talent step into franchises he created—he did it with Denis Villeneuve’s…