best of the billboards
Celebrating the best, worst and weirdest movie posters
The FirsT Purge
We are getting very strong
Banksy vibes from this art poster
for The First Purge, but it really
works in our opinion. Using
minimal colours often makes the
most impact.The Meg
We have all been positively
swimming (pun most definitely
intended) in posters for the upcoming
movie The Meg for quite a while
now (this latest one has got to bring
us to at least 30 posters by now,
surely...) and they may all look
pretty identical at a quick glance,
but each one is still just as delightful
as the poster that came before.
Also, amazingly, Jason Statham still
hasn’t been eaten...The PredaTor
The Predator has gone very bold with
this recent poster, with its excessive
use of orange. It’s not an obvious
choice but we have to admit we’re
really digging it.WORDS PoPPy-JAy PAlMerWelcome to Memory Bank, the
small section of SciFiNow in
which we skim through past
issues and reminisce about what
was going on in the world of sci-
fi, fantasy and horror.
This month, we’re looking at
issue 103, which featured TV’s
superhero dream team Arrow
and the Flash on the cover. Arrow
was in its third season as The
Flash was just getting started, and
the pair were being dubbed the
Justice league of television.
“We really don’t think of
them like superhero shows and
genre shows,” said executive
producer Greg Berlanti. “I know
it’s probably hard to believe, but
we get most excited when we’re
in the writing room, to work
with these actors and to create
stories and character stories
and character journeys for these
people. And it’s no different
from when I’ve been able to
participate in family shows,
teen dramas or straight-on
character shows. It always just
feels the same. you know, it’s:
‘What’s the heart of the story?
What are we following? Why
do we care? Why is this going to
be exciting and interesting, and
how can we craft a scene that’s
as talented as the people working
on the shows?’”
elsewhere, we got almost
indecently excited about Neill
Blomkamp’s AI drama Chappie.
Very much hoping it would live
up to District 9 (and outperform
the somewhat forgettable
elysium) we spoke to star Sharlto
Copley about what to expect
from the film. “When we were
out there making it, we were just
saying it all the time, it took us
totally back to making District
9 ,” he said. Blomkamp himself
even piped in: “I actually don’t
know what genre [Chappie] is,”
he explained. “It’s a very unique
film.” He wasn’t wrong there.mem ry bank
dead NighT
our favourite poster of the month is for Brad Baruh’s upcoming horror film
Dead Night and we think it is nothing short of gorgeous. From the subtle colouring,
to the bold, plain font with simple text, to all the little details that are pretty easy
to miss on the first viewing and its general creepy vibe – we can’t get enough
of it. The poster feels very fresh, but it also really captures everything that we
absolutely love about snow-covered vintage horror, which is quite the artistic
achievement really. The skull fashioned from the branches of a spooky old tree
finishes it all off beautifully in our opinion. Here at SciFiNow, we’re all suckers
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casTle rock
This recent poster for
Hulu’s Castle rock
wouldn’t look out of place
if you spotted it on a
bookshelf. It announces
itself – it’s definitely a
Stephen King series –
but it also really doesn’t
give away much at all.
We also think the
distressed look is also
a wonderful touch.