Yautja warrior Dek and Weyland-Yutani synthetic Thia are on the cover of SFX issue 396 (click here to get a better look at that).
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Predator: Badlands
Ahead of the release of the new movie set on the alien hunters’ homeworld, we speak to director Dan Trachtenberg and stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi for a 10-page feature.
Tron: Ares
Fifteen years on from the last Tron movie, there’s finally a follow-up. We visit the set in Vancouver and speak to director Joachim Rønning and producer Justin Springer about bringing Light Cycles into the real world – as well as Steven Lisberger, writer/director of the original 1982 movie.
Him
In this horror from Jordan Peele’s production company, an up-and-coming American football player is taken under the wing of a veteran quarterback, and discovers the dark secret behind his success… Director Justin Tipping tells us more.
Gen V
The superpowered students of Godolkin University School of Crimefighting are back soon for a second season of the spinoff from The Boys – and there’s a new Dean in charge. We talk tentacled anuses (as you do) with Eric Kripke.
The Strangers: Chapter 2
Masked home invaders Scarecrow, Dollface and Pin-Up Girl are back in the second entry of the relaunch trilogy. We find out more from director Renny Harlin.
Space: 1999
Back on 4 September 1975, the staff of Moonbase Alpha were sent spinning out of the Solar System as an explosion propelled the Moon from Earth’s orbit. We celebrate 50 years of the series by speaking to Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s son, Jamie.
But that’s not all, features-wise! We also look back at Stranger Things season three and interview The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski, while Stephen Baxter completes our author questionnaire.
Red Alert
And the big features are just the tip of the iceberg! As ever, our news section, Red Alert, is crammed with insights into yet more movies, TV shows, comics and books. In the spotlight this month: romantic fantasy A Big Bold Beautiful Journey; the latest batch of animated show Lego Star Wars: Rebuild The Galaxy; Sylvester McCoy Doctor Who story Alixion; British indie film The Drowned; SF horror The Astronaut; Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor’s new book; YA animated series The Sisters Grimm; animated comedy show Haunted Hotel; horror mockumentary Strange Harvest; plus the latest Blade Runner, Conan, Megaton Man, The Phantom, Powers, Secret Wars and 2000 AD comics.
Reviews
The SFX verdict on The Long Walk kicks off 19 pages of searing critical analysis, as we inform you which of the latest films, TV shows, books, comics, audio plays, and video games are worth splashing your hard-earned cash on!
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