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When Did Summer Become Science Fiction Overkill Season?
This summer will be the biggest "blockbuster" movie season ever, with no fewer than 23 would-be smash hits coming out between early May and mid-August. It didn't used to be this way. Back in the mists of time — like, say, in the late 1990s — there were only one or two big science fiction movies per summer, and only a handful of huge summer movies total. But summer movies have gotten bigger and more franchise-driven in the past decade, and science fiction is at the center of that transformation. We chart the rise of summer-movie gridlock, with a list of every summer scifi hit since 1980. More »
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What'll Be The Most Surprising Hit Movie Of The Summer?
Out of a dozen or so scifi movies coming out this summer, only four of them are absolutely bulletproof, according to you, our readers. Ten of this summer's science fiction films are in danger of falling into obscure-cult-classic territory — or worse. But there's also an excellent chance that at least one underdog will become a smash hit that nobody could have predicted. Which movie do you think will be the most surprising hit of the summer? More »
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Which Summer Movie Will Be The Biggest Flop?
This summer movie season will be like a traffic jam of Transformers wannabes, with more sequels and potential franchises coming out than ever before. And it's just barely possible that every single one of these films will be a mega-smash hit. It just doesn't seem very likely somehow. Click through to vote for the biggest box-office disappointment of summer 2008. More »
The Biggest (And Longest) Movie Summer Ever
The summer movie season now officially begins in early May, thanks to last year's blockbuster May releases: Spider-Man 3, Shrek The Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. This May, there are no fewer than 23 movies coming out, including "tentpole" films Iron Man, Speed Racer, Narnia and Indiana Jones. And the schedule is overcrowded with wannabe blockbusters all summer long, raising the chances that we'll see some high-profile flops. [Variety]
The summer movie season now officially begins in early May, thanks to last year's blockbuster May releases: Spider-Man 3, Shrek The Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. This May, there are no fewer than 23 movies coming out, including "tentpole" films Iron Man, Speed Racer, Narnia and Indiana Jones. And the schedule is overcrowded with wannabe blockbusters all summer long, raising the chances that we'll see some high-profile flops. [Variety]
No Star Trek In Your Stocking This Year
Those teaser posters that claim Star Trek will beam into theaters this Christmas will be collector's items some day. Paramount has delayed the film until the summer of 2009. The 2008 summer crop of films looks like a geek traffic jam: Iron Man, Indiana Jones IV, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy 2, X-Files 2, Quantum of Solace, and Wall-E will all be competing for your box office bucks. But Trek's only real competition in summer 2009 may be the Wolverine movie and Angels and Demons, the Da Vinci Code prequel. It's also possible that with the writers' strike finally over, J.J. Abrams hopes to do some rewrites and reshoots.
Those teaser posters that claim Star Trek will beam into theaters this Christmas will be collector's items some day. Paramount has delayed the film until the summer of 2009. The 2008 summer crop of films looks like a geek traffic jam: Iron Man, Indiana Jones IV, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy 2, X-Files 2, Quantum of Solace, and Wall-E will all be competing for your box office bucks. But Trek's only real competition in summer 2009 may be the Wolverine movie and Angels and Demons, the Da Vinci Code prequel. It's also possible that with the writers' strike finally over, J.J. Abrams hopes to do some rewrites and reshoots.
