Sci-Fi
JULY 10 // GHOSTBUSTERS:
AFTERLIFE
Afterlife likely wants to
right the ship after 2016’s
Ghostbusters reboot. This
time, the story will be a direct
sequel to Ghostbusters and
Ghostbusters 2, rather than
Paul Feig’s misguided pseudo-and a computer hacker who
also happens to be a centaur.
Yeah, it’s that kind of thing. It’s
not a great sign that the film’s
original 2019 release date
was pushed into this year, but
we’re trying to stay positive.
PRELIMINARY VERDICT: Looks
PromisingThe 2020
Sci-Fi
Film Guide
T
HIS IS A VERY GOOD
year for sci-fi. With
no major Avengers
blockbusters (thanks
to Thanos’s shenan-
igans last year) and
Star Wars going on a
cinematic hiatus, maybe, just
maybe, other films will be able
to have their own moment.FEBRUARY 28 //
THE INVISIBLE MAN
Any adaptation of an H.G.
Wells classic is going to
grab our attention. Starring
Elizabeth Moss, The Invisible
Man takes Wells’s work and
modernizes it into something
that seems to be speaking to
today’s #MeToo movement.
Whether the film succeeds with
this update is hard to say, but
we’ll be watching to find out.
PRELIMINARY VERDICT:
Looks PromisingMAY 29 // ARTEMIS FOWL
One of the bolder, more eclectic
YA stories to emerge in the
wake of Harry Potter. Based on
a series of eight science fiction–
fantasy (our two favorite things)
novels of the same name, this
movie takes place in a realm
called the Lower Elements,
populated by dwarves, fairies,In The Invisible
Man, Cecilia
(Elizabeth
Moss) fights
to prove her
deceased
ex-husband is
alive, invisible,
and violent.COURTESY UNIVERSAL PICTURES// BY DARREN ORF //9
26 March/April 2020