Avatar's Dark Knight Victory: A Good Or Bad Sign For John Carter Of Mars?

Avatar sets new records this week, whipping past The Dark Knight like an AMP suit running past a Batpod. But will the success of the Na'vi spell doom for Disney/Pixar's John Carter of Mars? More »

Willem Dafoe Gears Up To Start Making John Carter, Next Week!

Willem Dafoe revealed to us that next week he's headed off to London to start filming Disney's John Carter of Mars. But how do you go about portraying a 10-foot tall, four armed green Martian? More »

Chart Reveals Who The True Masters Of Science Fiction Were This Decade

Have any movie directors or producers revealed themselves to be "masters" of science fiction in recent years? In this chart, we look at how some of the contenders for SF mastery have fared. More »

Willem Dafoe Is The Only Sympathetic Green Alien On Mars

John Carter Of Mars just got a whole lot creepier. Willem Dafoe has signed on to play Tars Tarkas, the green martian with bug eyes and four limbs. Well if anyone can pull off some insane alien attire, it's Dafoe. More »

Andrew Stanton's John Carter Of Mars Ready To Start Filming... In Utah's Alien Landscape

Fresh from its supporting role as the planet Vulcan in Star Trek, the state of Utah is preparing for its role as Mars in Disney/Pixar's long-awaited live-action version of John Carter of Mars, which begins production there in November. More »

The Power List: 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction

Science fiction didn't conquer the media world in 2008 all on its own: A host of creative people helped power the mighty battlecruiser. Here's our list of the 20 biggest science fiction movers-and-shakers of 2008. More »

Humanity Cannot Be Saved in Wall-E

Disney/Pixar's latest CGI confection, Wall-E, is an oddly moving love story about a sanitation robot abandoned on the garbage-caked Earth for 700 years after humans have been wiped out or fled to space. Billed as a sweet, eco-friendly kid's movie, Wall-E's message is dark as hell: Humans as a species are doomed to extinction, and robots will inherit our planet. Rarely have I seen a more pessimistic movie aimed at children. Director Andrew Stanton has said the movie explores how "love defeats programming," and yet the only creatures who embrace love over an implicitly bad program are the robots. The humans cannot overcome their programmed greed and laziness. They never learn, and they never change: They grow fatter, weaker, and more hideous, redeemed only by the hope that they'll eventually be replaced by their industrious mechanical creations. Spoilers ahead. More »