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Category: Science Fiction
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SF September 7, 2026: Rhys Darby chats about his iconic return to Star Trek in Strange New Worlds
Science Fiction this week: Rhys Darby discusses his return as Trelane in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a character originally from The; and Disney+ is developing a live-action series adaptation of Rick Riordan’s The Kane Chronicles, with…
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SF August 24, 2026: Star of Unfairly Canceled Masterpiece Marvel Series Calls Out Disney: Optics Are Obvious
Wonder Man star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II publicly criticized Marvel and Disney over the cancellation of his Disney Plus series, saying the optics of axing projects led by Black actors are obvious.
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SF August 17, 2026: Star Wars Maul Shadow Lord, David Robert Mitchell’s wild sci-fi
Science Fiction this week: Lucasfilm has confirmed that Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord season 2 will arrive in 2027, as part of the franchise’s; and David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street, produced by J.J.
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SF August 10, 2026: R Martin-Backed Sci-Fi Novel Is, Stranger Things Claims All-Time Nielsen
Science Fiction this week: Silvia Park’s debut novel Luminous, which won the George R.R. Martin Sense of Wonder Scholarship and was pre-empted; and Nielsen’s H1 2026 streaming report shows Stranger Things setting an all-time record with 23.
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SF August 3, 2026: Batman Caped Crusader Season 2, Axanar Returns After 12 Years
Science Fiction this week: Prime Video’s Batman: Caped Crusader season two premieres July 31, trading the first season’s episodic restraint for; and After a 12-year saga marked by a landmark lawsuit, crowdfunding controversies, and the…
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SF July 27, 2026: astronaut Michael Foale about
PBS’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Space’ miniseries, from filmmaker James Bluemel, devotes its second episode to the 1997 Mir collision crisis.
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SF July 20, 2026: Ridley Scott’s Cancelled 2-Part Sci-Fi, Star Wars George Lucas Screenrant, Charlton Heston’s Soylent Green gets, and more
Science Fiction this week: Ridley Scott’s dystopian sci-fi series Raised by Wolves, canceled after two seasons in 2022, has received its most; and Disney and Lucasfilm will release the original 1977 theatrical cut of Star Wars in a wide…
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Evil Dead Burn Proves That the Franchise Needs More Comedy
Science Fiction this week: Evil Dead Burn, the latest entry in the franchise, leans heavily into the grim, gore-heavy style of the 2013 remake; and Apple TV’s ‘Star City,’ a spin-off of ‘For All Mankind,’ introduces Sasha Polivanov as a…
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Studio Trigger’s Next Big Project Is a ‘Gurren Lagann’ Reunion
Science Fiction this week: Studio Trigger has announced a fourth flagship project at Anime Expo 2026, reuniting director Hiroyuki Imaishi and; and A24 is re-releasing its horror hit Backrooms on July 3 with 15 minutes of new footage from…
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Netflix Deleted One Of Its Best Animated Series — And The Ending Is Impossible To Watch Now
Netflix removed “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power,” a reboot series, after its licensing agreement with DreamWorks expired in February 2026.