Collected below is a list of the very best sci-fi movies based on books ever made.įritz Lang’s seminal film Metropolis is one of the last and greatest silent films, and one of the first feature-length science fiction films ever made. Clarke, Michael Crichton, and Frank Herbert have made an indelible mark on cinematic history, both in and beyond their lifetimes. Just as Homer's epics The Odyssey and The Iliad have inspired countless poems, books, plays, and movies, science fiction veterans like Philip K. In either case, we see that literature and cinema are very closely intertwined. Sometimes the novel is immensely popular and a dedicated fanbase hotly anticipates the adaptation, as was the case with Dune, and other times the film version takes audiences by surprise and introduces a generation to a once-forgotten work of fiction. Wells, to the pulp and dime-novel yarns of little-known science fiction writers of the '50s and '60s, the film industry is always on the hunt for the next book or short story to adapt into a major blockbuster. In fact, many of the greatest science fiction movies that we celebrate today are inspired by or based on novels written years before the films were even dreamed of. Her screenwriting credits include Toy Story 4 and Celeste and Jesse Forever, and an episode of Black Mirror.Long before there were science fiction films, there was science fiction literature. Jones has also carved out a career as a filmmaker, winning a Grammy for helming the documentary Quincy, focusing on her father, music producer Quincy Jones, as well as episodes of #blackAF and Angie Tribeca. She next appears in dystopian drama Silo as well as dark comedy Sunny, both for Apple TV. She is known for her work on Parks and Recreation and The Office.
Jones last starred in a film with Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks opposite Bill Murray. Stanton has delved into live-action before, with the 2012 feature John Carter, and more recently on episodes of Better Call Saul, Stranger Things and For All Mankind. Production begins next week in Vancouver.
Senior vp of production Taylor Friedman and creative executive Apolline Berty are overseeing for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to heads of production and development Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen. Jared Ian Goldman, who counts indie Ingrid Goes West and heady TV series Russian Dollamong his credits, is producing.ĭay is acting as an exec producer. Hollywood Flashback: 'Wall-E' Blasted Its Way to Awards Glory in 2008
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