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2020 felt an awful lot like a science fiction film, didn’t it? Living through a deadly global pandemic launched us right into
Contagion and
World War Z territory, while the empty shelves at grocery stores and toilet paper frenzy were straight out of a dystopian drama or a zombie thriller. If you had to swear off sci-fi movies while living through it all, we don’t blame you. But with the year still young, we re staying hopeful about the remainder of 2021: pandemic- and film slate-wise.
This year, now that we can stomach sci-fi a bit better, the genre is roaring back with a slate of can’t-miss movies launching in theaters and streaming from home. We can look forward to big-budget blockbuster adaptations of seminal sci-fi novels, as well as exciting original projects. With the return of beloved franchises like