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Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou in Star Trek: Section 31

It’s Star Trek, Jim, but not as we know it

Star Trek: Section 31 breaks all the rules and gives Michelle Yeoh’s villainous Philippa Georgiou a shot at redemption.

  • Michael Idato

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The trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded epic Megalopolis has been withdrawn after finding it included false and misleading quotes.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis trailer withdrawn over fake quotes

The trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded epic Megalopolis has been withdrawn after finding it included false and misleading quotes.

Noa (played by Owen Teague) , and Freya Allan as Nova.

How this director plans to keep Planet of the Apes one of the most enduring franchises

Shot in Australia, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes aims to extend the dynasty a little further. 

  • Karl Quinn
Eiza González in 3 Body Problem: experiences menacing visions.

What came next for Game of Thrones creators? An even more unwieldy book to adapt

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss follow Game of Thrones with another adaptation of a sprawling set of novels, but instead of dragons, this one has extraterrestrials.

  • Karl Quinn
Alice Babidge is the Australian costume designer behind Foe and Beau Is Afraid.

Dressing Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan: The Aussie designer taking on Hollywood

Alice Babidge is the Australian costume designer behind sci-fi psychological thriller Foe and surreal horror Beau Is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix.

  • Hannah Story
Foe leads Paul Mescal and Saosire Ronan.

Lion director Garth Davis turns to sci-fi for a different kind of love story

The Australian filmmaker has two of Ireland’s best young actors, Saosire Ronan and Paul Mescal, in a story set in 2065.

  • Garry Maddox
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Metropolis was to have been a reimagining of Fritz Lang’s 1927 film.

Massive TV production planned for Australia cancelled due to writers’ strike

The high-profile sci-fi series from Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail has fallen victim to delays, an uncertain economy and the writers’ strike.

  • Karl Quinn
Chloe Grace Moretz as Flynne Fisher in The Peripheral.

Thought Westworld was confusing? Wait until you see TV’s newest brain puzzle

I’ve watched most of The Peripheral, but I’m almost as lost as I was at the outset.

  • Karl Quinn
Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner.

Forty years on, Blade Runner’s still peerless as a sci-fi classic

Ridley Scott’s world of unchecked technology, environmental disaster and extreme wealth disparities still resonates four decades after its release.

  • Charles Purcell
Elisabeth Moss in Shining Girls

Elisabeth Moss offered this Aussie a plum Shining Girls gig, then apologised

Australian director Daina Reid and the star of The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss are getting used to working together.

  • Karl Quinn

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