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A drawn image from Akira (the manga) of a young man (Kaneda) standing in front of a large futuristic motorcycle. He’s wearing a motorcycle jacket with a pill on the back.
Akira creator's mysterious new sci-fi movie just got a massive update

12 years is a long time, but who's counting?

a close-up of Mark S. reading Ricken’s book while his co-workers stand behind him on Severance
The Severance replacement you didn't know you needed is officially 3 weeks away

Check out an exclusive preview of Sublimation’s creepy soundscape

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A woman wears a blue jumper in front of a flower-filled wallpaper, while flowers grow out of her face in Copenhagen Cowboy.
Netflix's trippy crime-thriller series is a perfect weekend binge

Nicolas Winding Refn leans fully into mood, myth, and stillness in a supernatural saga that resists conventional storytelling.

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Apple's sci-fi spinoff Star City will diverge from For All Mankind in one key way

Don't expect another decade-hopping saga

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Key art for Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2
Before Alien: Isolation 2, the most underrated Aliens game is getting a sequel

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 was recently announced, and that makes its predecessor worth checking out on Xbox Game Pass

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Grace (Samara Weaving), a woman wearing a bloodstained wedding dress and a suit jacket, holds a shotgun while hiding in a hotel kitchen in Ready or Not 2
Ready or Not 2, Send Help, and everything new to streaming this weekend

Watch a moody zombie flick or a post-apocalyptic thriller

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Homelander (Antony Starr) stands behind The Deep (Chace Crawford) and Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) in Vought Tower as Deep looks very nervous.
The Boys showrunner isn't finished with Gen V, despite Amazon cancellation

“Why would I prepare for failure?”

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Homelander (Antony Starr) stands behind The Deep (Chace Crawford) and Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) in Vought Tower as Deep looks very nervous.
Black Noir’s actor got to choose when he would reveal his face on The Boys

Nathan Mitchell talks about playing a (mostly) silent character for five seasons

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The king Proximus, a black ape in a crown and a heavy necklace, stands in front of banners in the film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The next Planet of the Apes movie is officially happening, but it could be making a huge mistake

It's also a bit ironic that the Fantastic Four director will heading this movie

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Jessica Rothe on her new sci-fi thriller and the future of Happy Death Day

"We have some tricks up our sleeve," the star of Affection tells Polygon.

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An image of Darth Vader on Bespin in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. He stands tall and menacing.
Dave Filoni is wrong about Darth Vader in one concerning way

'The key to Vader for me is that he’s not Anakin'

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Paul Verhoeven's misunderstood sci-fi masterpiece is still as sharp as ever

The anti-war movie is now on Netflix

An image of the Xenomorph in closeup, all snarly teeth and spiky tail. Who knows which movie this one’s from? Could be any of them.
James Cameron wants to give his 40-year-old sci-fi thriller masterpiece a controversial upgrade

I would gladly wear 3D glasses again for an Aliens re-release

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Star Wars actor teases the incredible connection Maul and Devon will have in Shadow Lord season 2

There's more to come for this Sith master and apprentice combo

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Harrison Ford smirks in character as Han Solo in 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope
The Expanse creators' Star Wars novel has a whole new angle on Han Solo

2014's Honor Among Thieves shows off the Corellian smuggler from a certain point of view

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Darth Vader reaches out with a hand while surrounded by a dark, sci-fi, futuristic room in The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars just redefined Darth Vader canon in one epic way

Vader's as big and bad as ever

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Shot from Sonny Boy featuring Nagarra and a wolf in a strange painting world.
Lost meets Lord of the Flies in the most bingeable anime of the decade

A quiet, existential series that gets harder to look away the more it withholds

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King Kong roars in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2
Everything we know about Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 3

The series is catching up to Godzilla: King of the Monsters

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Mitchells vs Machines
An oral history of The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Netflix's quirky sci-fi masterpiece

Co-directors/writers Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe look back at one of the only good things to come out of the pandemic

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Titan X emerges from the ocean in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
The MonsterVerse's best new Titan was inspired by Alien movies and jellyish

The show’s VFX director talks about his inspirations and building stakes

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