Upcoming Science Fiction & Fantasy Movies
These are some Sci-Fi/Fantasy movies coming up that might be of interest. Not all of them are my thing, and I've probably left out a few, but these are the major ones. Sorry, no horror, and I've included animation (but I tried to leave out anime) only because most animated movies include heavy fantasy elements.
January 2009
- Inkheart (01/23/09)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Two words: Brendan Fraser. - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (01/23/09)
Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
Vampires vs. Werewolves. Ah, the creativity... - Outlander (Third Rail) (01/23/09)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
James Caviezel plays a space traveler who crashes into ancient Norway. I'm soooo there! - The Uninvited (1/30/09)
Horror, Thriller
Two girls and their mother's ghost try to stop their dad from marrying a woman who is not as nice as she seems.
February 2009
- Coraline (02/06/09)
Animation
A girl opens a secret door and discovers an alternate life. - Push (02/06/08)
Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
This delves into the future world of physic espionage. Sounds intriguing, but a little darkly odd… - Friday the 13th (02/13/09)
Horror
A reimagining of the classic horror film, and yes, it’s coming out on…Friday the 13th. - Eden Log (limited) (TBA)
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A guy wakes up with amnesia in a cave, and has to find his way back to the surface.
March 2009
- Phoebe in Wonderland (limited) (03/06/09)
Drama, Fantasy
After a young girl named Phoebe is cast in a school production of Alice and Wonderland, she stresses out an begins retreating into a fantasy world full of Alice and Wonderland Characters. - Watchmen (conventional theaters and IMAX) (03/06/09)
Action, Sci-Fi
A mystery/thriller set in an alternate 1985 reality where superheroes are the norm. - The Horsemen (limited) (03/13/09
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A detective discovers a link between him and the killers he is seeking in Biblical prophecies about 4 horsemen in the Apocalypse. - Race to Witch Mountain (03/13/09)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A Las Vegas cab driver finds two teens with superpowers. Yes, this is a reimagining of the original, and I can’t wait to see it—especially with the Rock playing the cab driver. - Knowing (03/20/09)
Action, Thriller
A professor discovers that a list of random numbers found in a time capsule are anything but random.
April 2009
- Alien Trespass (limited) (04/03/09)
Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A sci-fi movie that pays homage to the great sci-fi movies of the 50’s. - Dragonball Evolution (04/08/09)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Adapted from manga, this is about an alien who comes to destroy Earth, and then decides to help it. - Sleep Dealer (04/17/09)
Sci-Fi, Thriller
A boy in futuristic Mexico gets caught up in international politics. Looks like the storyline is a little to intricate and a bit too anti-American… - Mutant Chronicles (NY, LA) (04/24/09)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci Fi
A futuristic movie about a machine that makes people mutants.
