Upcoming Movies in Sci-Fi
Battleship
In the Hawaiian Islands, an international naval fleet at Pearl Harbor engages in a dynamic and intense battle against an alien race known as "The Regents", who aim to build a power source in the ocean. Based on the classic strategic board game, the film shows the action from both the aliens' perspective, as well as the humans'.
Release date: 2012-05-18
Men in Black 3
After time jumping to a future where Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K has been dead for 40 years, Agent J (Will Smith) travels back in time to 1969 to find a young K (played by Josh Brolin).
Release date: 2012-05-25
Prometheus
A team of explorers discovers a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Release date: 2012-06-08
Total Recall
As the nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy, a factory worker (Colin Farrell) begins to suspect that he's a spy, though he is unaware which side of the fight he's on. Film also stars Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston and Jessica Biel.
Release date: 2012-08-03
Dredd
A reboot of the 1995 scifi hit <i>Judge Dredd</i>, this reimagining is directed of Pete Travis and features Karl Urban and Olivia Thrilby.
Release date: 2012-09-09
Looper
Director Rian Johnson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt reunite in this sci-fi movie where hitmen, “loopers,” use time-travel to cover the tracks of their murders. The film also stars Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano and Jeff Daniels.
Release date: 2012-09-28
Upside Down
A man breaks all boundaries of an alternate universe with an opposite gravity to find a long-lost love from his youth.
Release date: 2012
Under The Skin
Aliens descend upon Earth with a specific mission in mind: To abduct hitchhikers and take them back to their home world, where human meat is considered a delicacy.
Release date: 2012
Elysium
From Neill Blomkamp, director of the acclaimed <i> District 9 </i>, a new sci-fi movie starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster.
Release date: 2013-03-01
The Host
Based on Stephenie Meyer's follow-up to the <i>Twilight</i>-Series, <i>The Host</i> is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of when the world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed, and the future of the human race is at stake. When Melanie (Saiorse Ronan), one of the few remaining “wild” humans, is captured, she is certain it is her end.
Release date: 2013-03-29
Oblivion
A court martial sends a veteran soldier (Tom Cruise) to a distant planet, where he is to destroy the remains of an alien race. The arrival of an unexpected traveler causes him to question what he knows about the planet, his mission, and himself. Also starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko.
Release date: 2013-04-26
Untitled Star Trek Sequel
Following the 2009 J.J. Abrams hit, the <i>Star Trek 2</i> sequel will once again be directed Abrams, with the original cast joining the director in this new adventure on the Enterprise. Starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto.
Release date: 2013-05-17
After Earth
After a crash landing, a father and son (father and son duo Will and Jaden Smith) explore an alien planet. With Zoe Kravitz and Sophie Okonedo.
Release date: 2013-06-07
Robopocalypse
A sci-fi story set in the aftermath of a robot uprising.
Release date: 2013-07-03
Pacific Rim
From visionary director Guillermo Del Toro (<i>Pan's Labyrinth</i>, <i>Hellboy</i>) comes the spectacular, action-heavy Sci-Fi Film <i>Pacific Rim</i>. When an alien attack threatens the Earth's existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace.
Release date: 2013-07-12
Mad Max: Fury Road
Tom Hardy takes on the role made iconic by Mel Gibson: the road warrior himself, <i>Mad Max</i>.
Release date: 2013-07-Summer
Ender's Game
70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.
Release date: 2013-11-01
Catching Fire
Sequel to <i>The Hunger Games</i>, <i>Catching Fire</i> continues following the struggle for survival by Katniss Everdeen following The Hunger Games. Though the film will ostensibly follow the plot of the novel, details are still yet to be released.
Release date: 2013-11-23
Untitled Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sequel
The yet untitled sequel to the critically acclaimed blockbuster <Rise of the Planet of the Apes</i> will again be directed by Rupert Wyatt. Andy Serkis will reprise his role as Caesar, the smartest ape in town.
Release date: 2013
Abducted
Rumored to be a thriller set aboard an alien spaceship, the story centers around an a group of average people who have been abducted, and decide to take on the aliens and battle their way off the extraterrestrial craft.
Release date: 2013
All You Need Is Kill
<i>All You Need Is Kill</i> is based on a manga by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, the story centers around a soldier in a future war that finds himself caught in a time loop while fighting against aliens.
Release date: 2013
Rosa
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where all natural life has disappeared—from the destruction awakes Rosa, a cyborg deployed from the Kernel project, mankind's last attempt to restore the earth's ecosystem and save humanity. Based on the popular animated short by Jesus Orellana.
Release date: 2013
Riddick
The third film in the <i>Riddick</i> series finds Riddick (Vin Diesel) betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, fighting for survival against alien predators and becoming more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Also starring Karl Urban, directed by David Twohy.
Release date: 2013
Gravity
Astronauts on a space mission to repair the Hubble telescope (Sandra Bullock and George Clooney) become stranded after debris damages their station, pitching them into a desperate fight for survival and a safe to return to Earth to be reunited with family.
Release date: 2013-Estimated
Invertigo
A long lost NASA space probe mysteriously crash lands in New York, apparently under the influence of a dark energy force that drives the universe's expansion. But the scientific curiosity soon becomes a disaster of cataclysmic proportions as Earth's own gravity is disrupted and eventually reversed, causing skyscrapers and bridges to be ripped from the ground and rivers to rain from the sky. A team led by the Office of Emergency Management supervisor is forced to mount a desperate mission into upside-down Manhattan to avert the entire planet's destruction.
Release date: 2014-03-07
Logan's Run
Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling tackle the remake of 1976 film about the epic story of a young man at odds with a future society's mandatory death sentence for all those turning 21.
Release date: 2014
Avatar 2
James Cameron returns to Pandora. This time delving to the depths of its oceans.
Release date: 2014
Terminator 5
The fifth part of <i>Terminator</i> franchise.
Release date: 2014-Estimated
Space Warriors
The story of five kids who win coveted spots at NASA’s space camp and spring into action when something goes wrong aboard a space station. Cast includes Thomas Horn (<i>Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close</i>).
Blade Runner 2
Ridley Scott returns to the world that helped define for what he describes as "most likely a sequel" to his iconic 1982 vision. Harrison Ford's Deckard is unlikely to return.
Akira
<i>Akira</i> is the first film of a two-part live action adaptation of the 1988 anime film of the same name, in which the leader of a biker gang tries to save his kidnapped friend from a powerful supernatural experiment.
The Knife Of Never Letting Go
Set in a dystopian world where there are no women and all living creatures can hear each others' thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds called Noise, two children, Todd Hewitt and Viola Eade, encounter various moral issues and high stakes as the planet around them erupts into war.
Into Darkness
In the year 2388 earth is on the brink of extinction. All communication has ceased with the legendary explorer Kurtz who had been sent to find a faraway planet where humans can survive. Venturing deep into the unknown the young officer Marlow discovers Kurtz's new earth, populated with a race of beings at the dawn of time. It's humanity's last hope for survival. But Kurtz has his own plans...
The Jetsons
Release date: 9999