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The makers of Real Steel explain why robot boxing really is the future!

Alasdair Wilkins — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:40:30 PDT

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Real Steel takes a quirky Richard Matheson story about robot boxing and turns it into a thrilling tale of robots beating each other to scrap metal. We caught up with the stars and creative team behind this film, and they explained how they went about creating a world nine years into the future. More »

Underground robot boxing matches have been around for 80 years

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:01:46 PST

In the upcoming film Real Steel, robot boxing is the wave of the future. But as this article from a 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics demonstrates, robo-boxing's been around forever. Hopefully the movie can write a better ending than reality. More »

Science fiction and fantasy stories that can help you deal with death

Charlie Jane Anders and Michael Ann Dobbs — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:52:14 PDT

Clint Eastwood's Hereafter and this week's Doctor Who crossover both served up poignant meditations on death. But fantastic stories often explore the darkest frontier of them all: Here are 12 other great stories to help you to cope with mortality. More »

Octavia Butler, Roger Zelazny, and Richard Matheson inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame

Cyriaque Lamar — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:00:16 PDT

Today, Octavia Butler, Roger Zelazny, Richard Matheson, and special effects maestro Douglas Trumbull (2001, Blade Runner) were inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame at Seattle's Science Fiction Museum. More »

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1954

Marc Bernardin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:00:00 PDT

We're getting to the end of our survey, but 1954 is a ridiculously robust year, with Ray Bradbury delivering Fahrenheit 451, Richard Matheson offering I Am Legend, and Japan unleashing Godzilla: King of the Monsters. More »

James Marsden Takes a Nose-Bleeding Ride in "The Box"

Lauren Davis — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:30:00 PDT

James Marsden has blood on his hands in the latest clip from Richard Kelly's The Box, but that's the least of his worries. He's also got a creepy girl in his car and has just swerved into The Twilight Zone. More »

Richard Kelly Wants You To Push The Button On The Box

Alasdair Wilkins — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:30:00 PDT

Richard Kelly has completed The Box, his Twilight Zone-esque follow-up to Donnie Darko and the deliriously insane Southland Tales. The film, which adapts a story by science fiction legend Richard Matheson, comes out this Halloween. More »

"I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment

charliejane — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:20:00 PST

Warner Bros. has bought the rights to do an unlikely sequel to I Am Legend from original author Richard Matheson. Will Smith probably won't be back, since he just said he mistakenly did Men In Black II and Bad Boys II "out of fear." So it'll have, what? Alice Braga hanging out in New England? [ShockTillYouDrop] More »