Chris Heasman
School
King's College London
Expertise
Classic Sci-Fi Cinema, Prestige TV, Marvel And DC Movies
- Chris has worked extensively as a background extra, briefly appearing in films such as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Bohemian Rhapsody.
- His love of movies was kindled at 8 years old when he saw The Fellowship of the Ring at the cinema. He went back four times.
- As the father of a young child, Chris has become an accidental expert in the Cars and Despicable Me franchises — but he doesn't really mind that.
Experience
Chris has been writing professionally since 2010, having scored his first gig covering local music in North East England. After interning with Esquire and NME during university, he began working as a freelance travel reporter and food critic, writing for outlets such as Travel + Leisure, Time Out, INSIDER, and West London Living. He joined Static Media in 2017 and later pivoted towards his oldest passions: film and TV. Today, he writes features for /Film and works as a script editor across all of the company's brands.
Education
In 2014, Chris graduated King's College London with a degree in history.
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Stories By Chris Heasman
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Ridley Scott's "Alien" prequels "Prometheus" and "Alien: Covenant" left a lot of dangling threads. Will Scott ever get to finish the third part of the trilogy?
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A great television show can cement its reputation with an unforgettable last episode. Just ask M*A*S*H fans. These are the 14 best series finales of all time.
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Sci-fi movie fans have great sequels to look forward to -- and some are hitting screens sooner than you might think. Here are key ones to have on your radar.
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For various reasons, several live-action "Star Wars" projects never made it to our screens. Here are the ones we wish had gotten across the finish line.
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The Roy family has done a slew of terrible things over the course of "Succession," and these heinous acts rank among the worst of the worst.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 promises lots of action and, sadly, some tears too, as some characters may die. Here, we rank who's likely to perish -- and why.
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Xenomorphs bring the terror to the "Alien" franchise again and again and again. And we've got a dozen Xenomorph factoids that are out-of-this-world.
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Awesome spaceships are a staple of any great science fiction movie, and we take a look at 12 of the coolest vehicles the genre has to offer.
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Despite being ripe for adaptation, some classic sci-fi novels have yet to receive their moment on the silver screen. Here's hoping that changes.
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He may be faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive, but Henry Cavill's Superman was no match for Warner Bros. executives.
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The best sci-fi films grip viewers rom the very first shot, introducing a fantastic new world and keeping everyone interested until the credits roll.