News

Exclusive: Debra Moore Muñoz is developing Silvia Moreno-Garcia ’s 2022 novel The Daughter of Doctor Moreau for television from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Atomic Monster and Telemundo Studios.

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a retelling of the classic Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells from the perspective of his coming-of-age daughter, Carlota — a sheltered girl raised to believe her father is a genius. When the charming son of Moreau’s patron, Eduardo, arrives at their estate, he threatens to upend the long-simmering feelings between Carlota and the estate’s overseer, Montgomery Laughton, and causes Carlota to question everything she’s been told — forcing her to reckon with some dark truths about her father and his work.

“The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a mixture of science fiction, historical fiction and drama set in lush, 19th century Yucatan, and I’m excited...

After such high-profile flops as 2010’s The Wolfman and 2017’s The Mummy, the latter of which failed to launch Universal Pictures’s intended Dark Universe franchise, came a rare standout amid the studio’s ongoing project of rebooting its classic horror movies: Leigh Wannell’s The Invisible Man, which reframed the 1933 film (based on H.G. Wells’s novel) as an extreme case of stalking and gaslighting. While this ostensibly feminist spin on the story earned the film some appreciation, its pointed topicality was less compelling than Wannell’s masterful orchestration of suspense and, during the middle stretch, use of a single location.

Following that success, Wannell has been given the reins to Wolf Man, nominally based on the 1941 version with Lon Chaney Jr. that, along with its sequels, proved to be one of the most influential entries in Universal’s monster cycle. As with The Invisible Man, there isn’t...

Warning: contains potential spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3!

There is a new planet in the Star Trek universe, and it is a true gift to fans. Over the course of its 58-year history, Star Trek has taken fans across the galaxy, one full to the brim with exotic and dangerous worlds. Now, in a preview for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3, the Cerritos head to one of the coolest planets ever seen in the franchise.

Ryan North has penned all of Idw's Star Trek: Lower Decks comics.

Idw shared a preview for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 with Aipt. The issue, written by Ryan North and drawn by Jack Lawrence, opens with the Cerritos wrapping up a second contact mission with the planet Clarew. Captain Freeman notes the planet developed as “precisely as ancient Earth’s early science fiction authors predicted.” Indeed, the planet is right out of a 1930s science fiction magazine,...

Last year proved fairly spectacular for Spanish animation with “Robot Dreams” scoring a best animated feature Oscar nomination, “Sultana’s Dream” winning the Annecy Festival’s Contrechamp, its biggest sidebar, and “Buffalo Kids” proving the third most popular local movie in Spain, grossing €5.2 million ($5.4 million) while breaking out to substantial sales abroad.

“Robot Dreams” and “Buffalo Kids” were produced out of Catalan capital Barcelona. Two of the five producers on “Sultana’s Dream,” however, are based out of the Basque Country: San Sebastian’s Sultana Films, the production label of director Isabel Herguera, and UniKo, behind Alberto Vázquez’s “Unicorn Wars,” a Gkids U.S. pickup, and “Homeless Home,” an Annecy Best Short winner.

In 2025, Basque cinema looks on track to grab more international limelight as it builds as an animation hub. Reasons for that growth also suggests why animation is one of the most exciting futures for international cinema.

An MCU star's adaptation of an H.G. Wells classic gets a glowing review from VFX artists 22 years after its release. The English author, a pioneer in science fiction, has seen his imaginative works frequently adapted to the screen since the 1930s. Early adaptations include Island of Lost Souls (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), Things to Come (1936), and The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937), which captured audiences with their groundbreaking special effects and blended the author's thought-provoking themes with cinematic spectacle.

Later adaptations continued to bring the sci-fi author's visionary stories to life, and often reflected contemporary concerns. The War of the Worlds (1953) and The Time Machine (1960) highlighted Cold War fears and a fascination with time travel, respectively. Subsequent remakes – such as The Island of Dr. Moreau, Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) starring Tom Cruise, and the visually updated The Time Machine (2002) – introduced new interpretations of the author's themes, and almost always with impressive visual effects.

The Twilight Zone season 1, episode 3: “Mr. Denton on Doomsday”.The suburbs dream of violence. Asleep in their drowsy villas, sheltered by the benevolent shopping malls, they wait patiently for the nightmares that will wake them into a more passionate world.—J. G. Ballard, Kingdom ComeRod Serling cuts a striking figure in American iconography. A handsome, shadowy silhouette in a stark suit and tie with a cigarette perched between two fingers, Serling would rhapsodize dark legends from the depths of the nation’s fractured postwar psyche every week on The Twilight Zone (1959–64). Born in Syracuse, New York, Serling maintained his quintessentially East Coast everyman aesthetic even after moving to Los Angeles, following the major players in the television industry. Dark brows furrowed, mouth set in a stern, straight line—Serling wasn’t a vain man, but he was conscious that his image projected this persona and always ensured that he...

In 2020, before the world fell apart, director Leigh Whannell unleashed a seriously smart take on one of cinema’s greatest foes: The Invisible Man. His vision of the Universal Monster offered an entirely new idea on what H.G. Wells first dreamed up – turning the premise into a terrifying tale of gaslighting, as Elisabeth Moss’ architect Cecilia is convinced her seemingly-dead abusive ex is still haunting her. Now, Whannell is following up The Invisible Man with another Universal Monster movie, Wolf Man. And this one, too, delivers an all-new approach to the legendary lycanthrope. Here, it’s Christopher Abbott’s Blake who’s about to undergo some lunar lunacy, beset by a beast whose claw has him slowly transforming into something else.

As that premise suggests, Whannell’s Wolf Man will be leaning into the body-horror elements inherent to the werewolf mythos. And he’s taking cues from one of the all-time greats.

Back in 2020, the comic book arm of Legendary Entertainment brought the world a graphic novel called Bram Stoker’s Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi, which was exactly what the title promised – an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula that featured the likeness of genre icon Bela Lugosi, who played the title character in the classic 1931 film (not to mention more than 260 stage performances and 1948’s Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein), as Dracula. Now, Legendary has teamed up with Sara Karloff of Karloff Enterprises, as well as Kerry Gammill and El Garing, the team behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi to bring us Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Starring Boris Karloff, which features a new design for Frankenstein’s monster, but the creature has the face of genre icon Boris Karloff. Karloff, of course, played Frankenstein’s monster in 1931’s Frankenstein and reprised the role for Bride of Frankenstein in...

A partnership between Legendary Comics and Karloff Enterprises, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Starring Boris Karloff is a brand new graphic novel that was released this week.

This visually stunning graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley’s iconic horror masterpiece brings to life the definitive portrayal of Frankenstein’s creature by Boris Karloff, whose legendary performance has left an indelible mark on horror cinema.

This graphic novel introduces an all-new original design of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s creature, presenting a fresh yet faithful rendition of Shelley’s timeless story. The graphic novel reunites the award-winning creative team of Kerry Gammill and El Garing, known for the Rondo Award-winning Bram Stoker’s Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi, bringing their celebrated artistic and storytelling skills to one of horror’s most enduring characters.

You can grab your copy of the hardcover graphic novel now.

Decades before the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne,...

What’s the best time-travel movie of all time? According to astrophysicist Carl Sagan, it’s not the thoughtful sci-fi approaches of Time After Time, Looper or Edge of Tomorrow. The best compliment Robert Zemeckis ever got was when the famed cosmologist bestowed that honor on his comedy, Back to the Future.

Sagan told Zemeckis that the Michael J. Fox movie featured the best time-travel scientific theory he’d seen in a movie. “I didn’t tell him I took it from H.G. Wells,” the director confessed to Bill Maher on a recent Club Random podcast.

“It’s funny to watch a movie about time travel when you are now 40 years past when the movie was made,” Maher observed about jokes that were funny in 1985 about traveling to 1955. “You know, ‘If you know everything about the future, who is president in 1985?’ Ronald Reagan. ‘Yeah, right. And I’ll bet Jerry Lewis is vice president.

As the nights grow longer and the air turns crisp, it’s the perfect time to settle in with some of the best spooky films ever made. From eerie silent classics to modern horror hits, spooky cinema has evolved across decades, yet each era has its own spine-tingling gems. Whether you love atmospheric terror or heart-pounding scares, here’s a journey through the best films from the 1920s to today that will give you chills. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. 1920s - 1980s ‘The Haunting’ (1963) Cast: Julie Harris,...

Poster for The Invisible Man 2 concept. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The critically acclaimed Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man revitalized the classic tale of H.G. Wells into a modern adaptation. The film follows a scientist who fakes his death to stalk his ex-girlfriend using his newfound invisibility technology. Unlike earlier attempts to resurrect Universal’s classic monsters, The Invisible Man has effectively used Blumhouse’s influence. Although Universal continues to announce plans for films based on its iconic monsters, Whannell’s version of The Invisible Man stands out for successfully adapting these legendary stories.

As The Invisible Man’s open ending hints at future possibilities, fans wonder if The Invisible Man 2 will happen. While it remains unconfirmed, here’s everything we know about it.

Is The Invisible Man 2 Happening?

Following the 2020 hit, 2024 has been bombarded with continuous news about whether The Invisible Man 2 is happening. Well, director Leigh Whannell clarified the...

The live-action science fiction TV series "War of the Worlds" Season Three, directed by Indra Siera and Jonas Alexander Arnby, based on the Martian invasion story by H.G. Wells, stars Gabriel Byrne (“The Keep”) now playing on Epix:

“…the war between the survivors and aliens reaches a new turning point and a terrifying phenomenon grips countless people across the globe.

“With stakes at an all-time high, one survivor sets out to investigate, forming a tentative partnership with another unlikely hero along the way. The pair will need to use every resource they have available to face an opposition more dangerous than ever in their fight, once again, for the survival of all humanity…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

During an online Ama this past Friday, Francis Ford Coppola shared some factoids about his recently released sci-fi epic “Megalopolis,” including a list of influences he posted on Letterboxd. The list includes films adapted from the works of H.G. Wells, historical epics, erotic dramas, and many more. Upon examining each individually, it’s easy to see how they all had effect on Coppola’s ultimate vision on a new Roman Empire and an architect trying to bring about change.

Starring Adam Driver and featuring performances from Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voight, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia Labeouf, Talia Shire, and Giancarlo Esposito, “Megalopolis” premiered at Cannes, where it received a mixed reception. In IndieWire’s review of the film, David Ehrlich wrote, “After more than 40 years of idly fantasizing about the project (and more than 20 years of actively trying to finance it), Coppola is bringing ‘Megalopolis’ to screens at a moment when his...

As a follow up to the excellent "Bram Stoker's Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi" graphic novel, Kerry Gammill and El Garing return for “Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Starring Boris Karloff." A new adaptation that remains faithful to Mary Shelley's original novel, the graphic novel features Boris Karloff's in a new vision for Frankenstein's Monster, and Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris Karloff, served as an executive consultant on the project. I had the pleasure of catching up with her recently to talk about the graphic novel, her thoughts on the 1931 film and Boris Karloff's performance, and her favorite films that star her father. We also have an 8-page preview you can check out below.

What excited you about getting involved in the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein graphic novel project?

Sara Karloff: Having seen the wonderful work they did on the Dracula [graphic novel].

One of the things that really stood out to me,...

"Uglies," Netflix's latest big movie adaptation of a young adult novel, takes place in a dystopian society in which teens are expected to go through an extreme cosmetic surgery at 16 to make them "pretty." (Spoiler alert: This system turns out to be bad.) The film originally caught some flak online for its choice to cast conventionally attractive actors for the main "Ugly" roles, but director Joseph McGinty Nichol (widely known as McG) has clarified that there's a pretty good reason for this. As he explained in an interview with The Wrap:

"We're saying it's never enough [...] I think, if you spoke to some of the most universally regarded beautiful people in the world, they're some of the people with the most intense body dysmorphia. Nobody's immune from this toxicity that's out there of 'It's never enough. You can always have a thinner waist, bigger hips, fuller lips.' Take your pick.

A handful of sci-fi movies' influence on the genre can always be seen when some imagery or plot point originating with one of them turns up in practically every new movie of the same genre. Such sci-fi titles are likely to be counted among the best movies of all time when their widespread influence is the result of stellar filmmaking. They inspire new movies, which in turn inspire even more movies, extending their legacy for decades.

The most important sci-fi movies include staples like Star Wars and The Matrix, which gave rise not just to recognizable visuals in the genre, but also specific tropes and modes of storytelling. Sci-fi movies are also likely to claim the biggest breakthroughs in special effects technology, given the nature of the genre. Die-hard sci-fi fans have enjoyed some breathtaking movies over a century of cinema, as well as seeing the enduring legacy of these movies take shape.

One of the best bits of advice any writer will give you is to make yourself familiar with as many tropes, cliches and conventions as possible. That way, you can understand how they work while also knowing just when to ignore them. One convention seen in just about all of fiction is the idea that the protagonist and antagonist must share at least one, if not many, moments together, culminating in a final altercation in which the hero emerges victorious over the villain. It's a trope so common that not only is it not questioned, it's routinely expected, so much so that when it's missing, it seems initially like it could be a mistake. Of course, there are many examples of novels, TV shows, and films where this convention is subverted or even ignored, yet it becomes more difficult to do so when an artist is working within the confines of genre.

Apocalypse Now: Four Sci-Fi Parables by Piotr Szulkin is now showing on Mubi in many countries.O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization.When considering the complex and fraught history of Polish science-fiction cinema, one may quote the first words of Stanisław Lem’s novel Eden, which opens a mature period of his writing: “There was a miscalculation.” Between government censorship and long periods of economic recession, the genre was bound to fail.The first Polish sci-fi films were shorts made for TV through the 1960s and ’70s. These films were beloved by TV audiences and often very funny, but they were made with shoestring budgets and did not screen in cinemas. A notable early attempt at creating an ambitious science-fiction film was Andrzej Żuławski’s On the Silver Globe (1988), which aimed for a grand, epic canvas. Because of the Space Race, both Polish politicians and audiences had high expectations for this film.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Thomas Kretschmann, Ashley Greene and Praya Lundberg have joined Anthony Hopkins on the sci-fi thriller and H. G. Wells reimagining Eyes In The Trees. Palisades Park Pictures is launching worldwide sales heading into Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Timothy Woodward Jr. will direct from a screenplay by B. Harrison Smith, Mike Manning, and Dominic Burns inspired by Wells’s The Island Of Doctor Moreau.

The story follows a video journalist (Meyers), his former protegeé (Greene) and a film crew who trek into an isolated forest in Thailand on an island known to locals as “The island of...

Steven Spielberg, the filmmaker behind such original creations as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, never fails to deliver a packed punch of sage wisdom and nightmarish terror with his films. Crafted out of era-defining tales, most of Spielberg’s films are adaptations of timeless classics. War of the Worlds is no different.

War of the Worlds (2005) [Credit: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures]

Formulated from H. G. Wells’s classic work of literature, War of the Worlds stands out in Spielberg’s filmography for being as out-of-the-box as possible. Nonetheless, a harrowing real-life nightmare separate from Wells’s novel was also behind the making of this Tom Cruise film.

Steven Spielberg’s Inspiration for War of the Worlds

Despite his extensive expertise in crafting real and original masterpieces, Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds stands out for being just as terrifying in its source text adapted from H.

Disaster movies like Independence Day set the stage for modern blockbusters, inspiring hits like Geostorm and Moonfall with epic stakes. Geostorm showcases humanity's struggle to control nature, while Moonfall delves into artificial intelligence and the stakes of saving Earth. From World War Z to Pacific Rim, disaster movies explore themes of unity and sacrifice, echoing the message of hope in Independence Day.

Disaster movies that involve saving the world have become some of the biggest summer blockbuster hits and beloved popcorn movies for a reason, with 1996's Independence Day being one of the most iconic. Telling the story of an alien invasion that must be warded off by humanity, Independence Day became the highest-grossing movie of the year and was a watershed moment for the Hollywood blockbuster (via BoxOfficeMojo).

Due to its now-legendary status in movie history, it is no wonder that many other disaster movies about saving the world...

What sort of car does Marty McFly drive back to the future?DeLoreanFord PrefectVolkswagen BeetleFiat XI/9Which of these historical figures do Not feature in Bill & Ted’s history report?Queen VictoriaSocratesBilly the KidSigmund FreudLa Jetée inspired which time travel movie?12 MonkeysThe TerminatorTime BanditsTime CopIn Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), to what year are the characters transported by the eponymous time machine?1986198419851987How many Star Trek movies feature time travel?FourOneThreeSixWhich 19th century villain must Hg Wells attempt to thwart in 1979 movie Time After Time, feat. Malcolm McDowell?Jack the RipperMoriartySweeney ToddJohn Wilkes BoothWhat is the name of the time-travelling police force in 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme movie Timecop?Time Enforcement CommissionFederal Bureau of Temporal InvestigationsTime AgencyAgency Against AnachronismIn Christopher Nolan's Tenet (2020) what do they call the process that reverses entropy?InversionReversionConversionIntropyIn Source Code (2011) Jake Gyllenhaal's character Colter Stevens is sent back how many minutes before a bomb goes off?...

Sci-fi movies of the 1950s reflected Cold War anxieties and explored futuristic themes from popular novels of the era. The 1950s saw adaptations of classic sci-fi novels like The War of the Worlds and Journey to the Center of the Earth, revitalizing their themes. Films like The Thing From Another World and Invasion of the Body Snatchers played on fears of the time, influenced by the space race and the aftermath of the Second World War.

The 1950s produced plenty of memorable sci-fi book adaptations, as filmmakers sought inspiration from both pulp fiction and well-respected authors. In the aftermath of the Second World War, and with the Cold War in full swing, sci-fi in the 1950s reflected the common anxieties of the era. The atomic age and the space race both represented frightening new frontiers in the world of science, and many sci-fi movies also borrowed from the horror genre.

In László Benedek's 1953 crime drama "The Wild One," a young woman dancing with a member of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club asks their leader, the pouty-lipped Johnny (Marlon Brando), what he's rebelling against, to which Johnny replies, unsmiling, "Whaddya got?" The most famous line of Brando's career up there with "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse," it also might as well have been a mission statement for the notoriously temperamental, wild card actor.

Brando's career trajectory reflected his disposition. Where the 1950s saw him collecting accolades and awards left and right, the actor's ill-reputable conduct overshadowed practically everything he did onscreen in the decade that came after. It wasn't until the '70s that Brando's legacy as a screen icon was restored, even as he continued to try and sabotage himself with his unpredictable behavior and seeming apathy towards many of the films he worked on.

The stories of messy production schedules are not new in Hollywood. Over the years, many movies have seen an arduous filming process where everything goes South. Such a film was the 1996 sci-fi horror, The Island of Dr. Moreau, inspired by the H.G. Wells novel and starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer. From the very start, it was a cursed project that hardly went well for anybody on set.

Marlon Brando in The Island of Dr. Moreau | New Line Cinema

Interestingly, The Island of Dr. Moreau‘s mess was so monumental, that an entire documentary titled Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau was made to reveal everything that occurred on that cursed project. According to the reports, none of the co-stars had good working ethics with each other or the director. However, Val Kilmer has a different story to narrate as he felt that...

Exclusive: Days after Disney revealed that it was investigating a reported hack of its internal Slack workplace, the producers behind the upcoming indie Eyes in the Trees starring Anthony Hopkins say they has been targeted in a ransom-seeking data breach.

Producer Daemon Hillin (Which Brings Me to You) tells Deadline that he has received disturbing and very detailed emails from a Korean Zombie address that said 18 minutes of video footage from his film had been hacked. The breach constitutes all of Hopkins’ scenes that were shot in Los Angeles during last year’s strikes. (The film was awarded an interim agreement by SAG-AFTRA.)

The email included screenshots of Hopkins from the film, which is a reimagining of the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, along with a list of the film’s investors and other producers. Bgg Capital and Landon B. Gorman are the money behind the film...

The distribution company Kino Lorber recently launched an interesting Blu-ray line called Kino Cult, and so far they have released the 1985 sci-fi Western Alien Outlaw, the Bettie Page double feature Teaserama and Varietease, the 1985 horror film The Dark Power, the 1974 drama Drifter, the 1974 Jess Franco horror film Lorna the Exorcist, the 1973 Jess Franco crime thriller Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac, and the 1985 Clive Barker adaptation Underworld (a.k.a. Transmutations). Now our friends at Bloody Disgusting have learned that five more Kino Cult Blu-ray releases are set for August 20th, and there’s a theme to this batch: they’re all “nature run amok” horror movies! Most of them are movies I love to watch, too. Here’s the line-up: The Food of the Gods, Empire of the Ants, Frogs, Squirm, and Kingdom of the Spiders. Each one is available for pre-order on Amazon, and each of these...

Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise’s collaboration on the sci-fi action thriller War of The Worlds was hailed as one of the most exciting actor-director combinations. The film expectedly was a huge success and earned over $600 million worldwide while gaining a lot of acclaim from critics as well.

A still from War of the Worlds (image credit: Paramount Pictures)

Spielberg also roped in veteran actor Morgan Freeman as the narrator for the H.G. Wells adaptation and elaborated on his very specific reasons for approaching him for the film. Incidentally, this blockbuster was the beginning of a serious feud between Cruise and the director that ultimately ended after 20 years.

Steven Spielberg Was Hellbent On Bringing in Morgan Freeman For His Blockbuster Hit

There are some actors who have an innate aura that defines them as an artist. Morgan Freeman is a celebrity who commands this sort of respect among his peers and audiences.

A new episode of The Black Sheep video series has arrived online this morning, and with this one we’re looking back at one of the most fascinating “doomed productions” ever, the 1996 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau. (Watch the movie Here.) To find out why we think this one deserves more love than it gets, check out the video embedded above!

Based on an 1896 novel by H.G. Wells, the film was originally going to be directed by Richard Stanley, who was becoming a popular name in the horror genre at the time. Unfortunately, the production was a mess from the moment the cast and crew arrived on set. Stanley was fired, cast members quit, co-stars Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer exhibited strange behavior while dealing with tragedy and heartbreak. John Frankenheimer was brought on to replace Stanley at the helm, but he couldn’t save the sinking ship…...

Upgrade and The Invisible Man share a connection through the company Cobalt. Both films exist in the same universe, with The Invisible Man set in 2020 and Upgrade in a not-so-distant future. Whannell didn't intentionally connect the films but enjoyed the overlap of Cobalt's presence in both stories.

Leigh Whannells Upgrade is set in a unique and terrifying future, and it has a brilliant connection to his take on The Invisible Man. Leigh Whannell has become one of the most respected names in the horror genre as one of the creators of the Saw franchise and also thanks to his work as a writer and director. In 2018, he brought Upgrade, a cyberpunk action film with a good dose of horror. Upgrade took the audience to the year 2046, where technology has evolved to the point where most people have some sort of technological enhancement.

Upgrade follows Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green), a technophobe auto mechanic who,...

The genre-bending detective fiction series that is quickly becoming everybody’s favorite of the year is Sugar. The Apple TV+ series created by Mark Protosevich is set in Los Angeles and it follows the story of a private detective John Sugar as he is hired by a big-time film producer Jonathan Siegel to find his missing granddaughter Olivia. While, trying to find Olivia, Sugar stumbles into something far more dangerous than he could have anticipated. Sugar stars Colin Farrell in the lead role with Amy Ryan, James Cromwell, Sydney Chandler, Nate Corddry, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Dennis Boutsikaris starring in supporting roles. If you loved the mystery and thrill of Sugar here are some similar shows you could check out next.

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Showtime

The Man Who Fell to Earth is a sci-fi drama series created by Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman.

“When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we are free,” says Cesar Catalina, the futuristic architect at the beating heart of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (to give it its full title), a mad eco-sci-fi blockbuster some 40 years in the making. Catalina says it several times, and it’s one of the more succinct aphorisms that he spouts in a script that is stuffed with seemingly random literary allusions from the likes of Petrarch, Crassus and Marcus Aurelius to Goethe, Shakespeare, H.G. Wells and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Watching Anthony Mann’s The Fall of the Roman Empire and eating cheese afterwards would be the only way to replicate its fever-dream grandeur, a series of stunning images, carried along by the loosest of plots, that pontificate on the self-destructive nature of humankind, the only species capable of civilizing itself to death.

True to the advance gossip, Megalopolis is something of a mess — unruly,...

After 13 years, Francis Ford Coppola is back in the director’s seat with a new upcoming project entitled ‘Megalopolis’. The film is scheduled to premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2024 and will break the hiatus since ‘Twixt’, Coppola’s latest release in 2011. Not only is ‘Megalopolis’ scheduled to release this year, but Coppola has announced that this will not be his last film, as he is also working on developing another film. However, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. This is everything we know about Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’.

'Megalopolis' - Scrapbook To Screenplay Like many upcoming films, the plotline has remained vague. Since this film takes place in the future, there is no history we can look into or research to put together the plot. According to a first look from Vanity Fair, ‘Megalopolis’ is about “the personal, political, and romantic clashes that arise during a battle to...

After making what many people cite as the greatest film ever made, “Citizen Kane” (1941), multi-talented actor, writer, director and producer Orson Welles struggled to live up to the success he achieved when he was just 26 years old. Yet seen today, many of the films he made afterwards have attained a similar acclaim. Let’s take a look back at all 13 of his completed feature films as a director, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1915, Welles first came to prominence as a stage director, mounting groundbreaking productions of “Macbeth,” “Dr. Faustus,” and “The Cradle Will Rock” before forming his own repertory company, The Mercury Theater. In addition to Welles, the Mercury Theater Players included Joseph Cotten, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorhead, Everett Sloane, George Coulouris, Norman Lloyd, Martin Gabel and Paul Stewart, many of whom would go onto appear in the director’s films.

It was the Mercury Theater’s transition into...

Francis Ford Coppola has made some of the most defining American films of all time, including The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now. Although not every film in his oeuvre holds such a vaunted place in cinema history, Coppola’s over 60-year career deserves a titanic close. Megalopolis promises to be just such a proper ending with its ambitious self-funding and a massive cast led by Adam Driver. Coppola has been gathering ideas about the project for as long as he’s been making movies, but the kernel of the concept goes back even farther.

“The seeds for Megalopolis were planted when as a kid I saw H.G. Wells’ Things to Come,” Coppola wrote in a statement to Vanity Fair. “This 1930s [Alexander] Korda classic is about building the world of tomorrow, and has always been with me, first as the ‘boy scientist’ I was and later as a filmmaker.” Directed by William Cameron Menzies,...

Science fiction has long captivated audiences by imagining the impossible and turning it into a visual and literary spectacle. This genre does more than entertain; it offers a creative playground where writers and filmmakers can explore the potentials and perils of future technologies.

Remarkably, many of these fantastical ideas have leaped from the pages of novels and scenes of films into our real-world experience.

This article explores some of the most significant sci-fi predictions that have materialized into today’s technologies, demonstrating the uncanny ability of sci-fi to precede real scientific advancement.

Related: 12 Must-Watch Sci-Fi Movies That Redefine the Genre

Early Sci-Fi Predictions and Their Realizations

The lineage of sci-fi predictions traces back to the literary masters of the genre. Jules Verne, for instance, described detailed undersea adventures in submarines long before they were technically feasible in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Similarly, H.G. Wells’s The First Men in the Moon...

The debut of Amazon’s Fallout series is a major moment for fans of the gaming franchise who have long dreamed of an adaptation of the legendary RPG franchise. Of course, since every episode of that series is being released at once, there’s a good chance you’ll finish the post-apocalyptic series pretty quickly and be left feeling as empty as an apocalyptic wasteland.

Thankfully, there is no shortage of tremendous post-apocalyptic movies out there to help you fill that void. From some of the most shocking films ever made to bonafide action classics, the post-apocalyptic genre is a surprisingly robust slice of sci-fi that has gifted us with numerous masterpieces.

In fact, it was so tough to choose between the best of those movies that I ultimately focused more on the best post-apocalyptic movies that share some notable traits with the Fallout franchise. That said, anyone who really...

The classic H.G. Wells story The Island of Dr. Moreau has been adapted multiple times in various different ways over the years – I’d personally like to recommend Island of Lost Souls, the classic 1932 adaptation starring Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi – and Deadline reports that Anthony Hopkins has just come on board to star in the latest adaptation.

Hopkins will star in Eyes in the Trees for director Timothy Woodward Jr., being described as a “reimagining of the classic H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau.”

“In the film, Hopkins portrays a geneticist who has been isolated after the government stopped funding his research following the violent outbreak of one of his test subjects. Later, two renowned filmmakers and their crew embark on a journey of discovery, only to find their excursion turned into a fight for survival for not just themselves, but the entire human race.”

B. Harrison Smith...

Exclusive: After taking on Sigmund Freud in Sony Pictures Classics’ Freud’s Last Session, Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins has been set to star in Eyes in the Trees, a reimagining of the classic H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, from director Timothy Woodward Jr.

In the film, Hopkins portrays a geneticist who has been isolated after the government stopped funding his research following the violent outbreak of one of his test subjects. Later, two renowned filmmakers and their crew embark on a journey of discovery, only to find their excursion turned into a fight for survival for not just themselves, but the entire human race.

A seminal work of science fiction published in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau has inspired numerous screen adaptations over the years, including 1932’s Island of Lost Souls and 1977’s The Island of Dr. Moreau starring Burt Lancaster. Most famous among them is...

Venom #30 features one of the most shocking and disturbing attacks in the Marvel Universe, with two symbiotes having a meeting of the minds, both mentally and physically. Venom's powers have always been gross and disturbing, influenced by body horror, making him a unique and unsettling character in the Spider-Man universe. The new attack witnessed by Venom could potentially be duplicated and used against other symbiotes like Carnage, making it a powerful weapon in Venom's arsenal to stop his reign.

Warning: contains spoilers for Venom #30!

Venom just introduced Marvel’s most disturbing attack ever. Venom is no stranger to brutal and gruesome attacks. At one point, he ate the brains of his victims. The character is also steeped in elements of body horror, a disturbing genre unto itself. Now, in Venom #30, these various elements come together in one of the most shocking, and gross, attacks in the Marvel Universe.

Venom...

Actor Aldis Hodge has not heard any updates about a possible The Invisible Man 2. Hodge says it would be "awesome" and he'd be "definitely down" to do a sequel if it ever gets greenlit. The prospects of an Invisible Man sequel seem less likely the more time that passes after its 2020 premiere.

The Invisible Man star Aldis Hodge has shared his insight into the potential for The Invisible Man 2 to get made. In the 2020 adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel of the same name, Hodge starred as James Lanier, a longtime friend of Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss), who believes she is being tormented by her supposedly dead abusive partner (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) who can seemingly become invisible. Although the movie's theatrical release was cut short by shutdowns during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was a smash hit, earning $144.5 million against its $7 million budget.

Screen Rant had the opportunity to...

On February 2nd, 1993 — and on the infinite number of days that followed it — Bill Murray’s curmudgeonly weatherman Phil Connors woke up to the sounds of “I Got You Babe” and reported on the Groundhog Day festivities in Punxutawney, Pennsylvania. And while his displeasure about having to cover such a nonsensically rodent-centric holiday eventually faded, the enduring charm of “Groundhog Day” has not.

In the three decades since Harold Ramis’ classic comedy hit theaters, the time loop formula of characters being stuck repeating a single day has been imitated by everyone from Tom Cruise to Natasha Lyonne. While the heights of “Groundhog Day” are hard to top, time loop films have become a charming addition to nearly ever genre under the sun. Ramis’ idea ended up providing a shot of adrenaline that allowed time travel cinema to flourish for another quarter century.

Time travel has its roots in ancient myths and folk tales,...

Sci-fi films pave the way for new techniques and styles in cinema, influencing other genres and improving the medium as a whole. While many sci-fi films have been successfully remade for modern audiences, influential classics like Metropolis and The Sorcerers are still waiting for their turn. Movies like They Live and Demon Seed explore relevant themes of aliens and AI, making them ripe for remakes that could captivate a modern audience.

Sci-fi as a genre has led to some of the best films and stories of all time, but several films that helped define the genre happened decades ago and are yet to receive a remake for modern audiences. Sci-fi is often the first place where new techniques and experimental styles in film are employed. These films then influence other genres and help to improve the medium as a whole.

In recent years, Hollywood has spent a lot of time...

The Island of Lost Souls was heavily edited after its release due to its horrifying nature, but went on to receive praise for its cinematography and creativity. The Time Machine is one of H.G. Wells' most popular stories, and the film adaptation faithfully captured the essence of the original novella. The Invisible Man (1933) featured remarkable effects for its time and earned praise for its originality, acting, and visual techniques.

H. G. Wells has been referred to as the father of science fiction, and many of his novels and short stories have served as the inspiration for adaptations in film which popularized the genre. Born in 1866, Herbert George Wells spent his early years in Kent, England with his parents in humble circumstances. When he injured his leg at a young age and found himself bedridden for some time, he discovered his love of books and the way that they could...

Like most movies, The Invisible Man travelled a long and winding road to the silver screen, and perhaps longer and more winding than most. As biographer James Curtis put it in his book James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters, “The gestation of The Invisible Man was the lengthiest and most convoluted of all of James Whale’s films. It involved four directors, nine writers, six treatments, and ten separate screenplays—all for a film that emerged very much in harmony with the book on which it was based.” It was first suggested as a possible follow-up to Dracula (1931), perhaps as a vehicle for new star Bela Lugosi, but was dropped in favor of Frankenstein (1931) due to the complicated special effects it would require. After Frankenstein was an even bigger success, both director James Whale and star Boris Karloff were immediately attached to The Invisible Man and several...

Fan favorite comics author Scott Snyder is jumping back into the horror field, this is time with a three-issue mini-series for upstart publisher Dstlry.

Titled White Boat, the comic will reteam the writer, who became a superstar thanks to his Batman work for in DC in the 2010s, with artist Francesco Francavilla. The two collaborated on a horror mini-series titled Night of the Ghoul, which is now set up for adaptation at 20th Century Studios with 21 Laps producing.

According to the publisher, the boats in White Boats are the mega-yachts that the super-rich use to traverse the globe. They are floating islands where your every desire can be fulfilled. Getting invited on board should be a dream come true…that is, until the crew traps and transports its guests to a remote island where secret cults have existed for millennia, working on something called “The Human Project.”

“I’ve always...

The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering The Invisible Man (2020) was Written and Narrated by Adam Walton, Edited by Jaime Vasquez, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

One of the most recurring trends in Hollywood right now is the horror remake, and for better, or worse, it isn’t gonna disappear (pun intended) anytime soon. David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist remake may have been met with a geyser of pea soup from the mouths of critics and fans alike, but that isn’t slowing the trend down for the foreseeable future. The Halloween franchise has been picked up by Miramax with the intention of creating a TV series, and a possible cinematic universe, and that’s just hot off the heels of Halloween Ends, erm, ending the recent trilogy with somewhat of a whimper. Another classic horror franchise that...

Based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film "A Clockwork Orange" is set in the not-too-distant future when roving British teenage gangs have mutated into bizarre, ultra-violent, morals-free hedonists who commit crimes to their hearts' content. The protagonist is Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) a 15-year-old punk who drinks drug-laced milk before taking to the street with his gang of droogs to savagely and gleefully beat and assault anyone who passes into their field of vision. Alex is eventually arrested and put into prison where the government subjects him to bizarre new rehabilitation techniques in an attempt to turn his mind away from violence. 

Throughout, Alex is depicted as clearly beyond redemption. He has no compassion and will never have compassion. When he reads about Jesus Christ being crucified, he imagines himself to be the Roman soldier whipping him. The government's brainwashing techniques only instill in him a...

Time travel has been a great vehicle for comedy in movies, allowing stories to take audiences to alternate realities and fantastical settings. Movies like About Time, Men in Black 3, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me use time travel as a trope for comedic effect. Back to the Future is considered the greatest time travel comedy ever made, with its well-matched lead duo and cleverly crafted script.

From classics like Back to the Future and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure to underrated gems like Midnight in Paris and Peggy Sue Got Married, time travel has been used as a great vehicle for comedy in movies. Based on the laws of physics as they are understood today, time travel is impossible, so a real-life time machine probably won’t get invented any time soon. But on the big screen, anything is possible. The magic of the movies has taken audiences to alternate realities,...