Awesome Science Fiction

After creating the excellent low-budget short film Arrowhead: Signal, Jesse O’Brien and Samuel Baulch moved on to create a full-length adaptation of their sci-fi flick about a mercenary who finds himself stranded on a mysterious desert moon, awaiting rescue from above.

Liam Murphy’s graduation film from the Savannah College of Art and Design is a wonderfully done, action-packed short with a heart about a faithful robot named NO-A (Noah) who risks himself to save the life of the young woman who created him.

Director Ninian Doff’s video for The Chemical Brothers’ new track works as a brilliant standalone work of science fiction, leaving us wanting to know so much more about this dystopian world that lives somewhere between Mad Max, The Walking Dead and Westworld.

BLACKM00NSTUDIOS re-edited the photo zoom sequence from Blade Runner, imagining that the Esper machine was built with today’s tech. Given the fact that the story takes place in 2019, we’ve got a lot of work to do.

A new HBO series from Jonathan Nolan (writer of The Dark Knight and Interstellar) based on Michael Crichton’s classic sci-fi film about a wild-west theme park inhabited by lifelike humanoids. With an all-star cast led by Anthony Hopkins.

Digg takes us through the history of strange and unusual lifeforms in science fiction flicks, from Gort to Groot and everyone in between, backed appropriately by Radiohead’s Subterranean Homesick Alien.

Star Wars fan and VFX artist Bill Parker put on a GoPro to show us what a Jedi Knight might see in battle, using his lightsaber and Force powers to take on the Empire. Bonus points for using the Wilhelm Scream.

Sir Ben Kingsley stars as a dying billionaire who is able to use his wealth (and movie science) to transfer his consciousness into the body of a younger man (Ryan Reynolds.) But it seems there are some “side effects” to the process.

NBC resurrects the once popular sci-fi action show that later lost its way, with a new group of mutant heroes to save Earth from its foes. We’ll be interested to see what they do differently this time. Premieres 9/24/15.

(Gore) Get thee to the chariot! A band of Templars and an unlikely ally are asked to hunt a strange and heartless creature through a foggy forest. Fools. Starring Joel from The Last of Us and Mr. Common Sense.

The wax figure makers of Madame Tussauds London have launched one of their most impressive exhibitions ever, a collection of insanely accurate sculptures of characters from the Star Wars saga, set into detailed backdrops.

An upcoming sci-fi drama series coming to UK channel Channel 4 and AMC. Humans is set in a world where you can get an android companion – a boon to some but an unwelcome – and creepy – intruder for other people.

A web of lasers slice and dice two men, George Clooney takes kids on a rockettub ride and windows wait to be seen on camera before closing in the new action-packed trailer for Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland.

Animator Paul Johnson (aka “OtaKing”) spent countless nights and weekends over a four year period creating this epic Star Wars fan film, drawn in the style of 1980s anime. Trust us when we say this needs to be made into a feature film.

Director Ruairi Robinson (Blinky) created this epic proof of concept for a science fiction film which involves battling giant worms, as mankind harvests its eggs to enable faster-than-light travel. All we can say is we want to see more.

Jay Aron’s upcoming documentary about the history of the Back to the Future trilogy, its impact on geek culture and the team behind the making of these classic films. Support the completion of the film on Kickstarter.

The debut trailer for Tomorrowland gives us a good idea of the film’s story. The movie’s title refers to a hidden city where the brightest minds gathered to change the world. Would you kindly stay the heck away from there kid?

“An empty spacecraft. A paranoid vacuum cleaner robot. Some strange invaders. Jeremy Clapin’s animated short film serves as the music video for Hundred Waters‘ dreamlike track Innocent, and also is a great little science fiction story.

Enjoyed the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser? Tom Barker thought it didn’t have enough of J.J. Abrams’ trademark lens flare, so he enhanced the footage for us. We can already imagine the lights floating off the screen in 3D.

Ambition is a mysterious sci-fi film starring Aidan Gillen (The Wire, Game of Thrones) and directed by Platige Image’s Tomek Bagiński, the man behind the awesome teaser for Cyberpunk 2077. It will premiere at the 2014 BFI sci-fi event.

David Weinstein’s short science fiction film explores the relationship between a boy and a powerful, but misunderstood alien. It’s kind of a live-action homage to The Iron Giant., but it also stands on its own. (Thanks David!)

Like Star Wars Uncut, hundreds of fans created their own scenes from The Empire Strikes Back for them to be edited into a complete scene-for-scene remake of the original. A hilarious and charming mix of animation and live-action schtick.

It’s 1964. Joe comes home after a hard day’s work, but his wife doesn’t greet him at the door, and dinner isn’t ready yet. Francesco Calabrese makes great use of color and props in this dark subversion of domestic life.