Science Fiction For Youth ~ After Earth & Ender's Game 2013

Below is a clip of Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) on his mission to save himself and his father, encountering some ultra bad-ass CGI tigers and some sort of giant bird in "After Earth." See the  clip below. 

With some very serious Sci-Fi coming out this year for adult audiences, like "Gravity," , "Europa Report,"  and the Tom Cruise film "Oblivion," Hollywood had deemed it necessary to provide the tweens with some Sci-Fi fodder as well.  After Earth is literally a father and son tale of bonding and coming of age in a post-human Earth. After humanity's escape to other worlds abandoning Earth to naturally select on its own, the creatures have climbed the evolutionary ladder without humans being in the way. After Earth star Will and Jaden Smith and is directed by M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense"), and starts on May 31st 2013.

Later this year, Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford star in an adaptation of Orson Scott Card's bestselling novel, "Ender's Game." Once agin focused on the youth as the hero, Asa Butterfield's Ender Wiggans is humanity's only hope in the fight against the alien insectoid Buggers. Written and directed by Gavin Hood, "Ender's Game" comes to theaters on November 1st 2013. 

Related

After Earth

After Earth - Official One Sheet

Ender's Game - First Trailer

Ender's Game - Promotional One Sheet

Gravity - First Look Poster

Europa Report ~ Trailer

Oblivion - An Analysis Of The Sci-Fi Tropes and Inspiration

Oblivion ~ A Lesson In Remembering

Movie Data After Earth Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure Year:  2013 Staring: Jaden Smith, Will Smith Director: M. Night Shyamalan  Producer(s): Caleeb Pinkett, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, James Lassiter, M. Night Shyamalan Writer: Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan Rating: PG-13

Movie Data Ender's Game Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Year:  2013 Staring: Ben Kingsley, Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis Director: Gavin Hood Producer(s): Orson Scott Card,Robert Chartoff, Lynn Hendee, Linda McDonough, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci,  Writer: Gavin Hood Rating: Not Rated

Europa Report ~ Trailer

Ignoring HAL's last broadcast to the world at the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "2010: Odyssey Two" a new group of exployers are on their way there.

"ALL THESE WORLDS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE
USE THEM TOGETHER
USE THEM IN PEACE"

The "Europa Report" a story written by Philip Gelatt ("The Bleeding House"), whose new Sci-Fi thriller involves a crew of international six astronauts embarking on a privately funded three year journey to one of Jupiter's Galilean moons, more specifically Jupiter's fourth moon, Europa. The mission is trying to find extraterrestrial life, by exploring its oceans and confirm these findings of life. However, following a disastrous technical failure and the death of one of the crew, the remaining crew struggle to regain communication with Earth. 

Directing "Europa Report" is 39 year-old Sebastián Cordero, who in 1999  wrote and directed  "Ratas, Ratones, Rateros " a film  about Ecuadorian poverty.  Cordero is a graduate of University of Southern California. In the past, Cordero has worked with Guillermo Del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth") , and Alfonso Cuarón, who has his own Sci-Fi thriller, "Gravity"  coming out this year as well.

The film stars an international cast  including Sharlto Copley ("Elysium," "District 9"),  Michael Nyqvist, ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" trilogy), Christian Camargo ("Hurt Locker" "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" Parts I & II), Daniel Wu, and Anamaria Marinca. 

Producing " Europa Report"  is Ben Browning of Wayfare Entertainment (now Start Motion Pictures) who has worked with James Cameron on the 2011 film "Sanctum" that they produced together.  Best of all, in my opinion, is that Bear McCreary of "Battlestar Galactica," and "Walking Dead" is providing the musical score for this film.

A promotional website up as Europa Ventures L.L.C. billing themselves as THE WORLD'S LEADER IN AEROSPACE AND EXPLORATION.  Perhaps this is what Virgin Galactic becomes in the future. 

click on the logo

Coming to theaters in the U.S on August 2nd, 2013

Movie Data

Genre:  Sci-Fi, Thriller

Year:  2013

Staring: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo, Daniel Wu, Anamaria Marinca

Director: Sebastián Cordero

Producer(s): Ben Browning

Writer: Philip Gelatt

Rating: PG-13