Ridley Scott's Style Didn't Sit Well With Some Of Alien's Stars
Scott was not overly concerned with things like character backstories or biographies, which rubbed some of his cast the wrong way.
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How Akira Kurosawa Revived The Career Of The Director Of Godzilla
Akira Kurosawa is remembered for his many contributions to cinema — some of which were collaborations with a Godzilla director.
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The Best Sci-Fi Movies Streaming In October 2022 And Where To Find Them
Check out these five excellent sci-fi titles, available to stream in October.
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Spaceballs' Dark Helmet Was Originally Even More Over The Top, According To Rick Moranis
How could this character have been even more ridiculous?
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Liam Neeson Thought Ahmed Best's Star Wars Performance Would Make Him The New Eddie Murphy
Tragically, he was quite wrong.
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Star Trek And Star Wars Showed Matt Groening What He Didn't Want Futurama To Do
Star Wars and Star Trek certainly inspired Futurama in many ways, but perhaps most importantly, they defined how the future was depicted in the animated series.
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One Of Mel Brooks' Favorite Spaceballs Gags Started Life With Blazing Saddles
Who made that man a gunner?
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Steven Spielberg Made A 'Compromise' He'd Come To Regret On Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Even a filmmaker as powerful as Steven Spielberg has to answer to studio demands.
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Ridley Scott Wanted Alien To Be The 'Antithesis' Of Star Wars
'It was the first time in my life I learned that computers are smarter than people.'
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The Chestburster Scene In Alien's Script Convinced Ridley Scott To Hop In The Director's Chair
Even then, Ridley Scott only got the job after four other directors passed on it.
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Hugo Weaving Wasn't Totally Sold On The Matrix Resurrections Script, But That's Not Why He Isn't In The Movie
Miiiiiiiiister Anderrrrrrrrrrrson.
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Steven Spielberg Needed Some Help From Harrison Ford To Get E.T. Written
It was worth the effort, to say the least.
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George Lucas And Steven Spielberg Played Tug Of War With A Key Star Wars Crew Member
'We were really scrambling to get the thing done and make it look good.'
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The Wildest Things That Happened On The Set Of Waterworld
A sinking set, jellyfish attacks, creative feuds, and overpriced accommodation turned the production of Waterworld into a fiasco.
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Even George Lucas Knows That The Star Wars Prequels Could Get 'Pretty Corny'
'It is presented very honestly, it isn't tongue-in-cheek at all, and it's played to the hilt.'
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Let's Talk About That Milking Scene In Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Is it really Star Wars without gross space milk?
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Chris Tucker Landed The Fifth Element Because 'He Looks Like A Shrimp' Next To Bruce Willis
Chris Tucker beat out Jamie Foxx for the role of Ruby Rhod, and it's partly because he wasn't built like an action hero.
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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Ending Explained: This Means Something, This Is Important
Steven Spielberg has been fascinated by aliens since he was a child, and that had a huge influence on the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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Hayden Christensen Channeled Jake Lloyd's Anakin For Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones
An actor prepares. Especially if you're playing a Jedi.
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Stanley Kubrick Came 'Out Of The Blue' To Cast 2001: A Space Odyssey's Star
The star of 2001: A Space Odyssey didn't even read for Stanley Kubrick — the visionary director knew what he wanted.
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What These Iconic Movie Aliens Look Like Under The Makeup
Here, we explore the actors and the practical makeup effects that brought iconic sci-fi characters like Chewbacca and the Xenomorph to life on the big screen.
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Steven Spielberg Needed Tight Security On The Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Set
'We had to administer picture IDs that were coded, so you couldn't go down to the local newspaper, fake one, and try to get in that way.'
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10 Actors We Want To See Join The Star Wars Universe
The Star Wars universe continues to expand and encompass more and more stars - here are the 10 stars we'd love to see in a sequel film or spinoff series.
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The Biggest Sci-Fi Flops Of 2022 So Far
This year had some major box office disappointments in the same realm other films mined so successfully. Here are the biggest sci-fi flops of 2022 so far.
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The 4 Best Easter Eggs And References In Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3, Episode 2
Here are the best inside jokes and obscure bits in this week's episode of Lower Decks.
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The Best Sci-Fi Movies Coming To Netflix In September
From Paul W. S. Anderson's "Resident Evil" to Neill Blomkamp's "Elysium," here are the best science fiction film offerings arriving on Netflix this September.
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