Planet Hulk's Mad Genius Has A Radical Solution To Global Warming

We loved Greg Pak's robot-themed anthology film Robot Stories, and now he's crafted a bizarre, clever short film set in our eco-apocalyptic near future. "Mister Green" is one of 11 movies about future America that you can watch for free. More »

Fox Wins Bidding War For Futuristic Young Adult Prison Franchise

British author Catherine Fisher's young-adult dystopian novel Incarceron has only been out a few weeks, and already the rights have spurred a studio feeding freenzy. The big winner: Fox. Get ready for a future prison-world on the big screen. More »

New Details On Elizabeth Director Shekhar Kapur's New Dystopian Film

The real future apocalypse won't be zombies or nukes — it'll be water wars, according to Shekhar Kapur, director of Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age. His new movie Paani takes place during a future battle over access to water. More »

Get Your Terry Gilliam Fix From "Franklyn"

Did The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus not satisfy your Terry Gilliam cravings? Good thing Franklyn is out on DVD, featuring some absurd dystopian world-building that feels like a series of outtakes from Brazil or Time Bandits. More »

What Is The Wachowskis' Secret Science Fiction Project — Guest-Starring Arianna Huffington?

Did you know the Wachowskis were filming a new "futuristic" movie? Neither did we, until Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington tweeted a series of pictures from the set of the mystery film, which is about Iraq 90 years from now. More »

John Joseph Adams Sees Your Dystopian Future, Starts A Magazine

John Joseph Adams has put out some of the most entertaining themed anthologies in the past few years, taking in zombies, vampires and interstellar civilizations. Now he's putting out an anthology of dystopian fiction, and starting an online fiction magazine. More »
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Moody Concept Design For "The Road" Is Artwork In Its Own Right

The movie version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road still doesn't have a release date, months after it was supposed to come out. But at least production designer Chris Kennedy's brilliant concept art has appeared online. More »
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Franklyn's Alternate-History Superhero Tale Has A Satisfying Payoff

"It's a somewhat arty science fiction romance thriller." "It's a genre of no genre." "It's an urban fairytale fantasy drama, with a parallel-world aspect to it." Even the people making Franklyn struggled to explain it. More »
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Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won

The Republican Party is gathering in St. Paul, to put forth its vision of the future. And over the next few days, you'll be hearing a lot about the horrendous futures that could take shape if gormless liberals were allowed to run the show. Which makes us wonder: what does science fiction, the literature of the future, have to say about liberal-run dystopias? And it turns out, there are plenty of horrendous futures blighted by the heavy hands of our zinfandel-spitting liberal elites. Here are the scifi stories John McCain should mention in his acceptance speech. More »