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The first teaser trailer for the next live-action “Star Trek” spinoff, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” has beamed in from Paramount Plus and it looks to be a cowboy adventure to the stars. “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” stars Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, the first captain of Trek’s iconic USS Enterprise starship (before … Read more
“Star Wars” fans worldwide must have sensed a ripple in the Force on Wednesday as Disney Plus revealed a new teaser trailer for its six episode “Obi-Wan Kenobi” live-action series and it’s packed with geeky sci-fi goodness. The adventure begins on May 25, the iconic calendar date that represents the 45th anniversary of the original … Read more
“From time immemorial, we humans have looked up at the night sky, marveling at billions of tiny specks. Settling on distant planets was once the domain of poets and dreamers, but with every leap in technology we come closer to realizing their dreams.” Those words, spoken by famed German director Werner Herzog, kick off the … Read more
These are strange times indeed! During the Super Bowl this past week, fans were zapped with a mind-warping new trailer for Marvel Studios’ upcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (May 6) and the far-out preview perfectly captures the Sorcerer Supreme’s trippy dimensional-hopping insanity. Stepping in for “Doctor Strange” helmer Scott Derrickson, who did … Read more
With spring looming just around the corner and summer slowly coming into focus, space-loving filmgoers eagerly awaiting Disney/Pixar’s Buzz Lightyear origin story, “Lightyear,” have something new to cheer about with a freshly released trailer and poster for the animated sci-fi film. “Lightyear” enters our orbit on June 17, 2022 and it’s poised to be one … Read more
The latest trailer for the live-action “Halo” TV show coming from Paramount Plus dropped during Sunday’s AFC Championship Game and not only did we get to see Spartans in action, but we also saw Cortana for the first time outside of the game, a teaser of some back story to Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 … Read more
In a single “Star Trek“-tastic announcement, streaming service Paramount Plus provided updates on every incarnation of sci-fi’s favorite franchise, including a new trailer for “Star Trek: Picard” Season 2. The second season of “Picard” will premiere on Thursday, March 3 (moved from Feb. 17) for 10 episodes, while Season 3 was due to start principal … Read more
In case you needed a reminder about how good SyFy’s sci-fi comedy “Resident Alien” is, a new trailer has dropped to make the two week wait until Jan. 26 just a little bit easier. If you haven’t seen this cosmic comedy then you’re seriously missing out. “Resident Alien” focuses on an extraterrestrial who crash-lands on … Read more
The latest trailer for “Moonfall” has arrived and it promises a cosmic catastrophe on a truly Biblical scale. Despite being abundant in action, overflowing with explosions and incorporating plenty of planetary destruction, a surprising amount of care and consideration went into the physics and science of such colossal cosmic carnage. Peter Travers was the Visual … Read more
The first proper footage from the eagerly-awaited “Halo” TV series on Paramount Plus has arrived, the live-action adaptation of the famous first-person shooter Xbox games. One of the flagship franchises for Microsoft’s Xbox, “Halo” is a military-style, sci-fi/fantasy video game series that focuses on the experiences of Master Chief John-117, one of a group of … Read more