Upcoming Science Fiction Movies

Trailers of upcoming science fiction movies are our little holes in the fabric of spacetime. They let us peek into the future and see what kind of SF movies are there waiting for us.

Though the movie trailers are just a glimpse of the real thing, they sure put a smile on my face and make the waiting that much sweeter.

Here is the list of upcoming science fiction movies with info and trailers.

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Upcoming Science Fiction Movies - May

Iron Man 3

May 3, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: Shane Black

Cast:
Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall

Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Tagline: "Prepare for a heavy metal! "

Star Trek Into Darkness

May 17, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: J. J. Abrams

Cast:
Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Benedict Cumberbatch

Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Upcoming Science Fiction Movies - June

After Earth

June 7, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Cast: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Zoë Kravitz, Isabelle Fuhrman, Sophie Okonedo, Kristofer Hivju, Daha Mohamed

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Tagline: "Danger is real. Fear is a choice."

Man of Steel

June 14, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: Zack Snyder

Cast:
Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

World War Z

June 21, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: Marc Forster

Cast:
Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Tagline: "Remember Philly!"

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Upcoming Science Fiction Movies - July

Pacific Rim

July 12, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Cast:
Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Max Martini, Ron Perlman

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Tagline: "to fight monsters, we created monsters."

The Wolverine

July 26, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: James Mangold

Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Hiroyuki Sanada

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Tagline: "When he's most vulnerable, he's most dangerous. "

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Upcoming Science Fiction Movies - August

Elysium

August 9, 2013
SF action/drama

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Cast:
Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Faran Tahir, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga, Carly Pope

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Upcoming Science Fiction Movies - September

Riddick

September 6, 2013
SF action/thriller

Director: David Twohy

Cast:
Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà, Nolan Gerard Funk, Keri Hilson, Dave Batista

Studio: Universal Pictures

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SF Movies Released in January

Storage 24

January 11, 2013
SF horror
(R; 87 min)

Director:             Johannes Roberts

Cast:
Noel Clarke, Colin O'Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Laura Haddock

Studio:     Magnet Releasing

Tagline: "Will their first contact be their last?"

Sneak Peek:
"On board a military plane, a disaster occurs and the aircraft crashes into Greater London, leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware that the city is in total lockdown, four people find themselves trapped inside a giant disused warehouse. As they try to escape, they discover they are being stalked by something not of this Earth..." (Wikipedia)

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SF Movies Released in February

Escape from Planet Earth

February 14, 2013
SF Animation adventure/comedy

Director:                  Callan Brunker

Cast:
Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry, Jessica Alba, Sarah Jessica Parker, William Shatner, Craig Robinson

Studio:     The Weinstein Company

Tagline: "Earth's greatest secrets are about to break out!"

Sneak Peek:
On Valentine's Day comes the latest animated adventure - Escape from Planet Earth and we'll get to meet a defender of the universe from planet Baab - astronaut Scorch Supernova.

Although he likes to think of himself as a one-man band, he is assisted by his braniac brother Gary and chief Lena working out of the BASA mission control center. Everything is good and well until they get a distress call from planet Earth. Scorch jumps into the new task. However, the call turns out to be a trap and he ends up in the custody of Area 51 and general Shanker, who has a major beef with aliens. Gary is called upon to rescue his brother and other colorful inhabitants from general's clutches.

Director Cal Brunker described the movie this way:
"Escape from Planet Earth has got it all... explosions, romance and a cast of hilarious aliens....what more could you ask for? We are having a great time making it which is coming across on the screen. It will ultimately provide a ton of fun for both kids and their parents."
(source article: Voice Cast Lined Up for Weinstein's Escape From Planet Earth)

Take a look...

Dark Skies

February 22, 2013
SF horror/thriller

Director:                  Scott Stewart

Cast:
Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, J.K. Simmons

Studio:     Dimension Films

Tagline: "Once you've been chosen, you belong to them."

Sneak Peek:
Director Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest) brings us a scary tale about aliens who pray on human children. Unfortunate families won't know what hit them till it's too late.

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Science Fiction Movies Released in March

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

March 28, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: Jon M. Chu

Cast:
Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Jonathan Pryce, D.J. Cotrona, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Sneak Peek:
Tooled up and ready, G.I. Joe Team are back with some die-hard reinforcement. Add to that, a high octane action, cool gadgets (the kind of Batman and James Bond would die for), and evil, evil characters who want to rule the world.

What can I say, bring it on. ;)

The Host

March 28, 2013
SF thriller/romance

Director: Andrew Niccol

Cast:
Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons, Diane Kruger, William Hurt, Chandler Canterbury, Frances Fisher

Studio: Open Road Films

Tagline: "Choose to believe. Choose to fight. Choose to love."

Sneak Peek:
After the movie In Time, Andrew Niccol is back with another SF thriller. This time he brings to screen Stephenie "The Twilight Saga" Meyer's novel - The Host.

It is a story about an invasion of technologically advanced aliens called "Souls". They use humans as hosts taking over their bodies and subduing their minds. When a resistance fighter Melanie Stryder is caught and "joined" with a soul called Wanderer, she manages to fight back from within and influence Wanderer in the most unexpected ways.

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Science Fiction Movies Released in April

Oblivion

April 19, 2013
SF action/adventure

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Cast:
Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Studio: Universal Pictures

Tagline: "Earth is a memory worth fighting for."

Sneak Peek:
Director of Tron Legacy, Joseph Kosinski adapted his graphic novel Oblivion into a movie.

He says about the comic book: "It's a love story that explores various themes ranging from identity to redemption. It's a sci-fi adventure that spans two different worlds and two different times. It's epic in terms of its scale and scope, but it's a character driven story with a small cast." (CBS News)

And here is how it looks on screen....

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2012
SF Movies Movies Released in November

Generation P

(November 16, 2012)
SF comedy/drama

Director: Victor Ginzburg

Cast:
Vladimir Epifantsev, Mikhail Efremov, Andrey Fomin, Sergey Shnurov, Vladimir Menshov

Studio: Room (Russia) and New World Distribution (US)

Comment:
The movie is based on Victor Pelevin's novel of the same name. It tells an interesting story of Babylen Tatarsky and his "rise through Russia’s nascent advertising business".

SF Movies Movies Released in October

Frankenweenie

(October 5, 2012)
SF horror/animation

Director: Tim Burton

Voices:
Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Comment:
If you love dogs, the story of Frankenstein and Tim Burton's unique animation style, this movie is perfect for you as it has all three things in it. Sparky is absolutely adorable!

Cloud Atlas

(October 26, 2012)
SF drama/mystery

Directors: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Cast:
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Keith David, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Xun Zhou, David Gyasi

Studio: Warner Bros.

Tagline: "Everything Is Connected"

Comment:
Movie is based on David Mitchell's award winning novel Cloud Atlas and tells a story, actually six interwoven stories, about love, life, death, hope and how all that is connected across time and space.

Trailer is a class-act and I get goosebumps every time I watch it. I am sold. :)

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