Did Rian Johnson Turn Down Directing Star Wars Episode IX? Here's The Truth
Lucasfilm reportedly asked Rian Johnson to direct Star Wars: Episode IX after he made The Last Jedi, but is that true? Here's the answer from Johnson himself.
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Brad Pitt Almost Destroyed This Underrated Rachel Weisz Drama
While Brad Pitt was, in many ways, the reason Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain even got made, he was also nearly responsible for derailing the movie entirely.
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The Sci-Fi Flop Roger Ebert Predicted Would Become The King Of Bad Movie Jokes
Even as he reviewed it for the first time, Roger Ebert (correctly) predicted this sci-fi flop starring John Travolta would go down as a historic turkey.
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First Avatar: Fire & Ash Reactions Are Mostly Positive, But There Are Some Criticisms We Can't Ignore
The first wave of reactions to James Cameron's upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash have arrived, and they're not uniformly positive.
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Godzilla's Different Atomic Breath Colors And Their Meanings Explained
Godzilla's atomic breath has turned pink for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and this isn't the first time it's explored the color spectrum.
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James Cameron's Jurassic Park Movie Pitch Could Have Been A Disaster
James Cameron was one of several big-name directors in contention to make Jurassic Park, but it's probably for the better that his pitch didn't win out.
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The Real Reason The Predator Killed Shane Black's Hawkins First
Shane Black's Predator character, Rick Hawkins, is the first to meet their end at the titular alien's hands in the film, though that wasn't always the plan.
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Knives Out Posed An Unusual Challenge For Director Rian Johnson After Star Wars
Some of Rian Johnson's closest friends raised an eyebrow when he said he was going from the expansive Star Wars franchise to a much smaller murder mystery.
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A 1995 Sci-Fi Box Office Hit Featured An Unexpected Cameo From Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett had both a fan and a friend in Frank Marshall, which explains why he briefly showed up in this 1995 sci-fi box office hit directed by Marshall.
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Avatar Nearly Starred Another Big Actor As Jake Sully (And It's Not Matt Damon)
Most film fans know that Matt Damon turned down the chance to star in Avatar, but another actor also almost landed the main role in James Cameron's mega-hit.
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Shirley Henderson Landed Her Star Wars Role In One Of The Franchise's Most Unusual Auditions
Shirley Henderson's audition to voice Babu Frik in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker was pretty unconventional, to say the least.
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Why Patrick Stewart Agreed To Star In X-Men After Turning Down The Movie At First
Patrick Stewart initially turned down one of his most famous roles. Here's how the director of X-Men convinced him to play Professor X.
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James Cameron Knows How To End The Avatar Franchise If Fire & Ash Isn't Profitable
On the off chance that Avatar: Fire and Ash is a disaster that puts an end to the Avatar film franchise, James Cameron knows a way to tell the end of the story.
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A Game Of Thrones Co-Creator Helped Write An Ambitious Will Smith Sci-Fi Flop
David Benioff, one of the co-creators of HBO's Game of Thrones, was one of several writers who worked on Ang Lee's Will Smith-led sci-fi film, Gemini Man.
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The Real Reason Sigourney Weaver Joined The Star Wars Movie Mandalorian & Grogu
Sigourney Weaver will join the Star Wars franchise with her role in The Mandalorian and Grogu, a movie the actor was excited to work on for one simple reason.
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Joaquin Phoenix's Bizarre 2000s Sci-Fi Movie Might Deserve Another Look
This strange 2000s Joaquin Phoenix sci-fi film was excoriated upon its release, and while it is a bit of a mess, it's only grown more relevant over time.
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How Avengers: Age Of Ultron Worked To Avoid A Big 'Green Goblin Mistake'
Avengers: Age of Ultron may have had a robot villain, but director Joss Whedon wanted to avoid giving Ultron an expressionless mask like Green Goblin.
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Uma Thurman's 2003 Sci-Fi Thriller Is One Of Hollywood's Worst Philip K. Dick Adaptations
The 2003 adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Paycheck, starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman, has largely been forgotten by sci-fi fans.
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Ray Liotta's Forgotten '90s Thriller On Prime Video Will Scratch Your Dystopian Sci-Fi Itch
Prime Video is currently streaming this '90s Ray Liotta dystopian sci-fi thriller, which is reminiscent of movies like Escape from New York (in a good way).
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Quentin Tarantino Thinks That The Hunger Games Ripped Off A Wild 2000 Movie
Quentin Tarantino is among those who feel The Hunger Games ripped this film off (despite Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins' claims to the contrary).
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The Sci-Fi Movie Steve McQueen Didn't Want To Talk About
Steve McQueen was rarely hesitant to talk about his career, although there was one sci-fi film on his resume that he refused to discuss in interviews.
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Chris Evans Dodged A Bullet By Dropping Out Of Mark Wahlberg's 2021 Sci-Fi Failure
Chris Evans lucked out when he left this much-hyped sci-fi flick, which replaced him with Mark Wahlberg before becoming a straight-to-streaming critical bust.
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Let's Try To Explain Every Marvel Symbiote In Venom 3 (The Movie Doesn't Make It Easy)
Venom: The Last Dance introduces more new symbiotes than you might have anticipated, but it's hard to determine if they're familiar from Marvel Comics or not.
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Fox Thought H.R. Giger Was Too 'Obscene' To Work On Alien
And yet, the Alien is only the best movie creature ever.
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/Film Holiday Gift Guide 2025: The Best Movies & TV Shows Worth Buying On Physical Media
If you really want to own your movies and TV shows, physical media is the way to go, and our holiday gift guide is packed with tons of cool titles to buy now.
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The 12 Scariest Scenes In A Nightmare On Elm Street Movies
Focusing on the original film series, we combed through the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise's scariest scenes.
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The 14 Greatest Science Fiction Movies Of The 21st Century
The 21st century has been a watershed period for smart, genre-defying science fiction. Here are the 14 best movies of the century — so far.
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