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Gary Oldman reveals a hint about the end of The Dark Knight Rises. Marc Webb and Andrew Garfield explain how they approached reinventing Spider-Man. The Hobbit gets a much-needed infusion of Scottish. Plus Game of Thrones, The River, and more! More »
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Check out our first proper look at Rufus Sewell as a vampire in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and find out why Lincoln hates vamps. A producer sets the record straight about Ridley Scott's Blade Runner follow-up. The Wolverine sets a release date. Karen Gillan discusses her Doctor Who departure. Plus the single most ridiculous Once Upon a Time casting update ever! More »
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With Ridley Scott giving us a Ripley-free Alien movie, it wouldn't be surprising if his new Blade Runner project didn't include Harrison Ford's replicant hunter Deckard. But Harrison Ford may be picking up the blaster for a direct Blade Runner sequel. More »
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Thought-provoking science fiction is in short supply on network TV in the U.S. — so it's a hopeful sign that NBC has ordered a pilot for Beautiful People. In this near-future-set show, human-appearing robots live among us, as the perfect slaves. What could possibly go wrong? More »
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The original Blade Runner Sketchbook, containing concept art for Ridley Scott's classic film, has long been out of print. But fortunately, one fan decided to put his entire copy online, so the rest of the Internet can enjoy a black-and-white journey through Rick Deckerd's dystopian future. More »
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We've seen plenty of Andrew Garfield as the rebooted Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, but we still know next to nothing about the villainous Lizard. That why it pays to keep an eye on those tie-in toys. More »
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Now that Facebook is going over to the new "timeline banner," finding a good banner image can be a time-consuming process. So let us help you. We've tracked down some of the coolest banner images online, plus created a few new ones from scratch. More »
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Or at least that's the implication of Dan Hipp's latest fake Tintin graphic novel. Haddock's seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of San Theodoros. He's watched Loch Lomond hallucinations glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like a phone call to Cutts the Butcher. Rutger Hauer would make a fine Professor Calculus. You can check out several more Hergé-inflected mash-ups here. More »
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It's amazing what you can do with digital cameras and CG effects nowadays — just check out this short film called XXIT, which channels Blade Runner on a tiny budget. Shot entirely using the new Canon EOS C300 camera, this film manages to create a brilliant future cityscape, with lots of great Syd Mead touches. More »
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Ridley Scott, who is lined up to direct the brand new Blade Runner movie, has finally spilled a few details about what he has in store for his futuristic army of replicants. More »
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Is there anything cooler than an awesome diorama? It's like fan art that you can walk around. The most awesome dioramas tell a story and burst with amazing details — and tons of awesomely weird humor. More »
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The futuristic Los Angeles of Blade Runner won't exist for another eight years, so photographer Samuel Cockedey shot present-day Tokyo oodles of times and set the resulting time-lapse footage to Vangelis. You can see many more of Cockedey's striking videos at his Vimeo page. More »
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Robots! They're not just our future overlords, they're also our replacements in almost any job you can imagine. America rushed to watch robots duke it out in Real Steel this past weekend — but "robot boxer" is not the most outlandish job a fictional robot has held. More »
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It's never great to watch a beloved science fiction hero die - but sometimes a memorable heroic death can help turn a science fiction story into a real epic. And some science fiction characters are unforgettable and bad-ass precisely because they died in a memorable way. More »
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Ridley Scott's new Blade Runner movie finds a writer. Michael Shannon praises the Man of Steel script. Director Shawn Levy explains his proposed Frankenstein update. Plus set photos for The Dark Knight Rises, Doctor Who, and Snow White and the Huntsman! More »
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There are many actors who help make science fiction and fantasy awesome, but there are some faces you see again and again. And some actors just automatically brighten the screen whenever they appear. No matter what movie or TV show they're in, they make it better. More »
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Watch this amazing short created for fans at science fiction conventions in 1983, which shows the elaborate designs Ridley Scott and his crew created to illustrate Blade Runner's striking future dystopia. More »
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We've all heard of The Klingon Hamlet, a real book that contains a Klingon translation of the text side-by-side with the English version. Some of us have even been . . . let's say 'lucky' enough to see it performed. But what other famous works would be better rendered in science fictional languages? We've got some suggestions. More »
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Back in March we reported the news that Alcon entertainment had purchased the rights to Blade Runner was readying either a sequel or a prequel. Now, Ridley Scott has signed on to direct and produce the next Blade Runner film. Wow. More »
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There's something so thrilling and electrifying about dystopian cityscapes — and this concept art of cyberpunk Paris totally hits our sweet spot. More »
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One of the great joys of watching science fiction and fantasy is to appreciate the unintentionally hilarious lines that come out of people's mouths sometimes. It's inevitable that when you're exploring mind-expanding premises and weird worlds, you're bound to run into some really insane conversations. More »
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Some of the coolest machines in science fiction are cars. Everybody from Rick Deckard to the Doctor (from Doctor Who) has rocked a cool set of wheels. And some amazing artists have reimagined these iconic vehicles. More »
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While filming Blade Runner, actress Sean Young (a.k.a. Rachael the replicant) took these charming Polaroid shots of the cast and crew goofing around. They're like Hipstamatic shots of C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. More »
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You can't travel to other planets or other times — not yet, anyway. But there are plenty of great landmarks from science fiction and fantasy that you can visit, right here on Earth. Here are 10 great fannish tourist destinations. More »
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Bounty hunters are the ultimate anti-heroes. They're tough as titanium and hard to kill, and they can find anyone, no matter how much you try and hide. Their only loyalty is to whoever can afford their services. More »
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This is it, it's the final showdown. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back versus Serenity. Only one film shall be the victor - who will it be? More »
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Blade Runner is one of the greatest films of the late twentieth century, changing the way people thought about science fiction and the future. It's also a movie you can interpret in many ways, which is part of its beauty. More »
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A 21st century cop hunts rogue artificial humanoids who have sneaked down to Earth. It sounds pretty similar to Blade Runner, and the new series produced by Ridley Scott is being explicitly compared to Scott's most famous movie. More »
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In the first half of the final four, The Empire Strikes Back absolutely clobbered the original Star Wars. Now it's Replicants vs. Browncoats as Blade Runner takes on Serenity. Are we headed for an all Harrison Ford championship? Vote now! More »
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The Marines vs. aliens war story that is Battle: Los Angeles may not be a modern classic, but it does do one thing that's unusual (even admirable) for action movies, particularly scifi action movies: it takes its premise absolutely seriously. More »
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Yesterday we learned that the rights Blade Runner was getting a sequel or a prequel. We spoke with the producers behind this project, and asked them your burning questions. So, will it be Blade Runner 2 or Blade Runner Origins? More »
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One of the most iconic science fiction films of all time could be getting a sequel — or a prequel — soon. We may find out how Blade Runner's replicants came to be, or what became of them. More »
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Philip K. Dick is one of the best American writers. The themes he tackled time and time again have had a profound influence on what we know as modern science fiction today. So, with the latest Dick adaptation, Adjustment Bureau, premiering this Friday, March 4, and a director for Ubik finally announced, I thought I'd take a look back at all the films that have been adapted from his massive repertoire of short stories and novels over the years and see how they all stack up. More »
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Roland Emmerich's 2012 has the worst science in a science fiction film, according to NASA's experts — followed by Armageddon, Volcano, The Sixth Day and Chain Reaction. So what were the films with the best science, according to NASA? More »
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Science fiction and fantasy films of the 1980s were filled with a ton of memorable, iconic, and patently ridiculous music. Here are 30+ of the decade's finest (and most painful) movie tunes for your listening pleasure. More »
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If you feel naked without a phaser or a pulse rifle, then you can make sure you're fully clothed with this T-shirt from ThinkGeek. It includes 10 famous science-fiction weapons with the year they first appeared. Can you name them? More »
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Here's a uniquely brilliant way to celebrate the awesomeness that is Blade Runner. These moments may be lost like tears in rain, but Mo's commemorative tattoo is forever. Tattoo by Marc Cano. [via Tristan Crane] More »
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Some of today's biggest legal debates (genetic discrimination, patents for human genes) might have seemed far-fetched not so long ago. So the American Civil Liberties Union is looking to science fiction to figure out tomorrow's biggest challenges to personal liberty. More »
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Our neon-tinged dystopian future cities used to be Tokyo, but now they've gone Vegas. Or so it would seem, from our first glimpses of Jake Sully on Earth from November's three-hour extended Avatar DVD. Which may actually be worth getting. More »
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For many movie fans, Drew Struzan is the definitive poster artist. His work has brought film series like Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Hellboy to glorious life. But his work on the Back To The Future films remains our favorite. More »
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