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We’re a new non-profit media company dedicated to telling entertaining stories about the future of science and tech. While others create great newsletters, docs, and podcasts, we focus on entertaining through fiction that explores futures both grounded and wildly imaginative.
The Traveler: A grounded sci-fi about reluctant time traveler, who leaps forward in time in ever‑doubling intervals,. His genius son, Lyle, races through life and against time to bring him back. Directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein for Paramount. deadline.com/2025/12/the...
‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Helmers Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein In Final Negotiations To Direct ‘The Traveler’ For Paramount
'The Traveler' has new directors at Paramount, with Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein in final talks to take over the project, sources tell Deadline.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Traveler: A grounded sci-fi about reluctant time traveler, who leaps forward in time in ever‑doubling intervals,. His genius son, Lyle, races through life and against time to bring him back. Directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein for Paramount. deadline.com/2025/12/the...
Today marks the 12th anniversary of Her, directed by Spike Jonze and starring Joaquin Phoenix & Scarlett Johansson (voice), it showcased OS-level AI companions, natural-language interfaces, and wearable always-on comms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJT...
Her Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson Movie HD
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December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today marks the 12th anniversary of Her, directed by Spike Jonze and starring Joaquin Phoenix & Scarlett Johansson (voice), it showcased OS-level AI companions, natural-language interfaces, and wearable always-on comms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJT...
Paramount is developing Grady Hendrix’s 2022 novella BadAsstronauts: a blue‑collar space odyssey about a washed‑up astrophysicist building a homemade rocket to rescue his cousin in orbit. Underdogs, purpose, family with science/tech on display. deadline.com/2025/12/bad...
Paramount Developing Grady Hendrix Novella ‘BadAsstronauts’ For Film
A 'BadAsstronauts' movie, based on Grady Hendrix's novella, is in development at Paramount, Deadline can report exclusively.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Paramount is developing Grady Hendrix’s 2022 novella BadAsstronauts: a blue‑collar space odyssey about a washed‑up astrophysicist building a homemade rocket to rescue his cousin in orbit. Underdogs, purpose, family with science/tech on display. deadline.com/2025/12/bad...
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of Battlestar Galactica (miniseries), which premiered on December 8, 2003! 🚀 Starring Edward James Olmos & Mary McDonnell, it showcased FTL jumps, humanoid Cylons, DRADIS targeting, and nuclear-era fleet tactics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yif...
Battlestar Galactica | Welcome to Galactica
Commander Adama walks the halls of his ship as he prepares to give his last address.Mini Series PART 1 - After a 40-year armistice in the war between the Twe...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of Battlestar Galactica (miniseries), which premiered on December 8, 2003! 🚀 Starring Edward James Olmos & Mary McDonnell, it showcased FTL jumps, humanoid Cylons, DRADIS targeting, and nuclear-era fleet tactics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yif...
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of Equilibrium. 🔫 Directed by Kurt Wimmer and starring Christian Bale & Taye Diggs, it showcased Prozium emotion suppression, gun-kata combat, pervasive surveillance, and data-state censorship.
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Equilibrium (2002) Official Trailer #1 - Christian Bale Movie HD
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December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of Equilibrium. 🔫 Directed by Kurt Wimmer and starring Christian Bale & Taye Diggs, it showcased Prozium emotion suppression, gun-kata combat, pervasive surveillance, and data-state censorship.
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Today marks the premiere anniversary of Black Mirror, which first aired on December 4, 2011! 📺 Its pilot episode showcased social-media coercion, real-time surveillance, and viral network dynamics as nation-scale pressure tech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mid...
The National Anthem | Black Mirror
Charlie Brooker, the writer of E4's Dead Set, returns with a suspenseful, satirical three-part mini-series that taps into collective unease about our modern ...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today marks the premiere anniversary of Black Mirror, which first aired on December 4, 2011! 📺 Its pilot episode showcased social-media coercion, real-time surveillance, and viral network dynamics as nation-scale pressure tech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mid...
Love @realgdt.bsky.social's SF Film Festival comment earlier this month: “The scientific quest belongs to all of us. It’s not just for transnational gigantic corporations to tell us what to seek, and that quest is as much the duty of an artist as it is that of a scientist.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Love @realgdt.bsky.social's SF Film Festival comment earlier this month: “The scientific quest belongs to all of us. It’s not just for transnational gigantic corporations to tell us what to seek, and that quest is as much the duty of an artist as it is that of a scientist.”
Brain drugs are often not effective. The answer could be new magnet‑guided micro‑capsules that travel intravascularly and release therapy at the lesion, boosting efficacy while cutting side effects. Potential in aneurysms, aggressive brain cancers. www.msn.com/en-us/healt...
Robots in your bloodstream could deliver drugs with greater precision
Scientists in Switzerland are pioneering a way to precisely target drugs in the body using tiny devices controlled by magnets, a technique that could one day reduce unintended side effects.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Brain drugs are often not effective. The answer could be new magnet‑guided micro‑capsules that travel intravascularly and release therapy at the lesion, boosting efficacy while cutting side effects. Potential in aneurysms, aggressive brain cancers. www.msn.com/en-us/healt...
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of Solaris (2002)! 🛰️ Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney & Natascha McElhone, it showcased sentient-planet phenomena, memory manifestations, and deep-space station life-support. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTY...
Solaris (2002) Trailer | George Clooney | Natascha McElhone
Solaris (2002) A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.Director: Steven SoderberghW...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of Solaris (2002)! 🛰️ Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney & Natascha McElhone, it showcased sentient-planet phenomena, memory manifestations, and deep-space station life-support. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTY...
Today marks the 10th anniversary of The Expanse. 🚀 Based on the series of novels by James S. A. Corey, where humanity has colonized the Solar System, showcasing Epstein-drive fusion ships, air-recycling habitats & tightbeam comms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Q...
The Expanse | Trailer [HD] | Netflix
Now Streaming on Netflix.SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/29kBByrAbout Netflix:Netflix is the world's leading internet entertainment service with 130 million members...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today marks the 10th anniversary of The Expanse. 🚀 Based on the series of novels by James S. A. Corey, where humanity has colonized the Solar System, showcasing Epstein-drive fusion ships, air-recycling habitats & tightbeam comms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Q...
Today marks the 19th anniversary of The Fountain, which premiered on November 22, 2006! 🌱 Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman & Rachel Weisz, it showcased bio-regeneration concepts and life-extension research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXk...
🎥 THE FOUNTAIN (2006) | Movie Trailer | Full HD | 1080p
As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stric...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today marks the 19th anniversary of The Fountain, which premiered on November 22, 2006! 🌱 Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman & Rachel Weisz, it showcased bio-regeneration concepts and life-extension research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXk...
Today marks the 29th anniversary of Star Trek: First Contact, which premiered on November 22, 1996! 🖖 Starring Patrick Stewart, it showcased Borg nanotech assimilation, a temporal incursion, and the Phoenix’s first warp flight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEz...
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) Original Trailer [FHD]
Directed by Jonathan Frakes. Starring Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner.Star Trek: First Contact Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/3LHPlb7Star Trek: ...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today marks the 29th anniversary of Star Trek: First Contact, which premiered on November 22, 1996! 🖖 Starring Patrick Stewart, it showcased Borg nanotech assimilation, a temporal incursion, and the Phoenix’s first warp flight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEz...
Researchers have built a fully edible soft robot for targeted, sustainable medication delivery at scale in animals. Built with a gelatin pneumatic “battery”, a valve and an actuator to help it move. It’s cheap, safe and tuned to attract specific animals. spectrum.ieee.org/soft-edible...
Can You Really Eat This Robot?
Edible robots are here, and they might taste like gummy candy. Learn how these wiggly wonders could help in wildlife conservation.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Researchers have built a fully edible soft robot for targeted, sustainable medication delivery at scale in animals. Built with a gelatin pneumatic “battery”, a valve and an actuator to help it move. It’s cheap, safe and tuned to attract specific animals. spectrum.ieee.org/soft-edible...
TRUDY BLUE: an upcoming grounded near‑future sci‑fi film starring Dakota Johnson where an outlawed android maid wakes in a landfill 2,000 miles from home and fights back to belong again. Showcasing robotics ethics, AI autonomy, and human‑machine resilience deadline.com/2025/11/dak...
Dakota Johnson-Led Sci-Fi Android Pic ‘Trudy Blue’ Launching Sales At AFM
Trudy Blue, starring Dakota Johnson and directed by Angus MacLane, is kicking off sales at the American Film Market.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
TRUDY BLUE: an upcoming grounded near‑future sci‑fi film starring Dakota Johnson where an outlawed android maid wakes in a landfill 2,000 miles from home and fights back to belong again. Showcasing robotics ethics, AI autonomy, and human‑machine resilience deadline.com/2025/11/dak...
Apple Original Films is developing "Fallen Astronaut". Billed as a tech-forward thriller with a pivotal VR sequence; looking to see if they'll showcase near‑future XR/VR, human‑machine interfaces, and spaceflight ops. deadline.com/2025/11/app...
Apple Original Films Acquires J S Mayank & David Carlyle’s Manuscript ‘Fallen Astronaut’; Scott Glassgold’s 1201 Films Producing
Apple Films Acquires J S Mayank & David Carlyle's Manuscript 'Fallen Astronaut'; Scott Glassgold's 1201 Films Producing
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Apple Original Films is developing "Fallen Astronaut". Billed as a tech-forward thriller with a pivotal VR sequence; looking to see if they'll showcase near‑future XR/VR, human‑machine interfaces, and spaceflight ops. deadline.com/2025/11/app...
Today marks the 48th anniversary of Close Encounters of the Third Kind! 🛸 Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss & Melinda Dillon, it showcased SETI-style signal analysis, tone-based alien comms, radar/ATC tracking, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSp...
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - Official Trailer
After an encounter with U.F.O.s, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen. #...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today marks the 48th anniversary of Close Encounters of the Third Kind! 🛸 Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss & Melinda Dillon, it showcased SETI-style signal analysis, tone-based alien comms, radar/ATC tracking, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSp...
Researchers have devised a low-cost all-in-one sunlight-powered catalyst made from plastic waste that purifies and desalinates water, even adsorbing heavy metals in the dark. scitechdaily.com/from-plasti...
From Plastic to Pure Water: Scientists Turn Trash Into a Super Catalyst
An optimized mechanochemical process produces multifunctional composite particles that remove pollutants from water. Scientists are increasingly turning to sunlight as a powerful ally in cleaning up polluted water. Photocatalysts can harness solar energy to break down harmful contaminants, while
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November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Researchers have devised a low-cost all-in-one sunlight-powered catalyst made from plastic waste that purifies and desalinates water, even adsorbing heavy metals in the dark. scitechdaily.com/from-plasti...
Paramount sets writers for a new standalone Star Trek film, separate from prior timelines. Expect optimistic frontier science: warp-drives, AI crew systems, hi-tech medbays, and deep‑space engineering. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movi...
New ‘Star Trek’ Movie in the Works From John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
The 'Dungeons & Dragons' filmmakers will create a project unrelated to previous incarnations.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Paramount sets writers for a new standalone Star Trek film, separate from prior timelines. Expect optimistic frontier science: warp-drives, AI crew systems, hi-tech medbays, and deep‑space engineering. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movi...
“Dungeon Crawler Carl” is leveling up: Seth MacFarlane and Fuzzy Door’s TV series based on Matt Dinniman’s hit LitRPG is reportedly nearing a home. Soon we could see the System AI, Primal Engines, and Mexx robots.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
New from Berkley/Ace Books
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November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Dungeon Crawler Carl” is leveling up: Seth MacFarlane and Fuzzy Door’s TV series based on Matt Dinniman’s hit LitRPG is reportedly nearing a home. Soon we could see the System AI, Primal Engines, and Mexx robots.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfP...
“Videodrome” heads to TV: Sam Esmail and Kyle Bradstreet are cooking a modern remake of Cronenberg’s cult signal. Expect algorithmic mind‑warfare, corporate techno‑paranoia, and the return of “the new flesh.” Plug in, or get rewritten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjk...
Videodrome Official Trailer #1 - James Woods Movie (1983) HD
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November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“Videodrome” heads to TV: Sam Esmail and Kyle Bradstreet are cooking a modern remake of Cronenberg’s cult signal. Expect algorithmic mind‑warfare, corporate techno‑paranoia, and the return of “the new flesh.” Plug in, or get rewritten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjk...
Today marks the 9th anniversary of Arrival, which premiered on November 11, 2016! 🛸 Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams & Jeremy Renner, it showcased linguistic cryptography, heptapod logograms, and predictive-time cognition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFM...
Arrival Trailer (2016) - Paramount Pictures
Watch the new official movie trailer for Arrival. Coming to theatres November 11, 2016.When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today marks the 9th anniversary of Arrival, which premiered on November 11, 2016! 🛸 Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams & Jeremy Renner, it showcased linguistic cryptography, heptapod logograms, and predictive-time cognition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFM...
RED PLANET returns in stunning 4K. Val Kilmer, Carrie‑Anne Moss, and Tom Sizemore headline this sci‑fi survival epic set in Mars, where terraforming, space weather (solar flares), autonomous systems gone rogue, and a newly breathable atmosphere collide.
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Red Planet | Official Trailer | 4K
Order on 4K in the UK: https://bit.ly/41rOMtU Order on 4K in the US: https://bit.ly/4n5HqED Order on 4K in Canada: https://bit.ly/421gKN1 Val Kilmer and Carr...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
RED PLANET returns in stunning 4K. Val Kilmer, Carrie‑Anne Moss, and Tom Sizemore headline this sci‑fi survival epic set in Mars, where terraforming, space weather (solar flares), autonomous systems gone rogue, and a newly breathable atmosphere collide.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRO...
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Lost Planet (sci‑fi horror) blasts off: a near‑future colony goes dark; two astronauts find… no one. Showcasing life-support ecosystems, autonomous habitat ops, and deep‑space comms. Directed by Darius Dawson. Starring Alexandra Shipp & Brenton Thwaites. deadline.com/2025/11/ale...
Alexandra Shipp & Brenton Thwaites To Star In Sci-Fi Horror ‘Lost Planet’; K5 Launching For AFM
The film takes place in the near future where a leading aerospace corporation has established colonies on various planets.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Lost Planet (sci‑fi horror) blasts off: a near‑future colony goes dark; two astronauts find… no one. Showcasing life-support ecosystems, autonomous habitat ops, and deep‑space comms. Directed by Darius Dawson. Starring Alexandra Shipp & Brenton Thwaites. deadline.com/2025/11/ale...
Override (sci‑fi survival thriller) now filming in Belfast. Starring Maria Bakalova as a futuristic soldier and Frank Grillo as her (battlefield A.I.). Directed by Jordan Downey. Showcasing near‑future tech: combat A.I. and survival biotech. variety.com/2025/film/g...
Frank Grillo and Maria Bakalova to Lead Sci-Fi Survival Thriller ‘Override,’ Launching at AFM With Capture (EXCLUSIVE)
Frank Grillo and Maria Bakalova will lead AI-focussed sci-fi survival thriller Override, which Capture is launching at the AFM
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November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Override (sci‑fi survival thriller) now filming in Belfast. Starring Maria Bakalova as a futuristic soldier and Frank Grillo as her (battlefield A.I.). Directed by Jordan Downey. Showcasing near‑future tech: combat A.I. and survival biotech. variety.com/2025/film/g...
Today marks the 28th anniversary of Starship Troopers! 🪖 Directed by Paul Verhoeven (Robocop / Total Recall) and starring Casper Van Dien & Denise Richards, it showcased powered armor concepts, orbital dropships & FTL starships, and rapid-heal med bays. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPY...
STARSHIP TROOPERS [1997]– Official Trailer (HD) | Get the 25th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD SteelBook Now
Do your part! Get the new #StarshipTroopers 25th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD SteelBook, featuring a brand-new cast reunion: https://bit.ly/Troopers4K Subscribe t...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Today marks the 28th anniversary of Starship Troopers! 🪖 Directed by Paul Verhoeven (Robocop / Total Recall) and starring Casper Van Dien & Denise Richards, it showcased powered armor concepts, orbital dropships & FTL starships, and rapid-heal med bays. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPY...