Sun's out, James Gunn's out — Watch This Space — July 2025
Sun's out, James Gunn's out | What's the deal with Lex Luthor's pocket universe in James Gunn's 'Superman'? | How long would it take Superman to travel from Krypton to Earth?
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I have been waiting four months to use that title pun, so you better enjoy it.
Speaking of Mr Gunn, Superman has leapt into theaters to a positive reception, sitting at an 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. Unlike the serious and gritty Superman of Henry Cavill, this is a very comic-booky affair with characters like Mr. Terrific and Metamorpho — who your average moviegoer has never heard of — and lots of sci-fi jargon about pocket dimensions. Our nerdy writers have done their best to guide newcomers with some fantastic explainers, so check them out if you left the theater with more questions than answers.
We can't spend all day talking about Superman, though, because July is a jam-packed month for sci-fi. Fantastic Four: First Steps drops next Friday, and two mega sci-fi shows — Foundation and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — both debuted their third seasons this week. We've been chatting to the cast and crew of both, so check out the interviews below.
We also got the first movie trailer for the adaptation of Andy Weir's novel Project Hail Mary, which looks banging (if you'll excuse my Britishism for a second). If that name sounds familiar, it's because he's the guy who wrote The Martian, so he's basically sci-fi royalty. We sat down for a quick chat with Weir to get his impressions of the trailer, and even he was blown away.
Despite all the amazing sci-fi on the horizon, we also found time to gaze backwards at the staggering number of movie anniversaries that took place over the last month. Cocoon and Species both turned 30, and War of the Worlds hit the 20-year mark too. However, the biggest anniversary was something a little more grounded: Apollo 13 — the quintessential space movie — turned 30, and we spoke to NASA flight director Gerry Griffin about how the agency helped make it the most realistic space movie of all time, while also taking time to appreciate the "little guys" in mission control, too.
It's been a quiet month for space games, which suits me fine because I'm too preoccupied playing Blue Prince anyway. Plus, we've been busy checking out the funky mushroom blaster Mycopunk, and shooting the breeze with the Revenge of the Savage Planet director about the game's "playful" mockery of our corporate overlords and merciful lack of a meat planet.
See you out there,
Ian Stokes, Entertainment Editor, Space
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As James Gunn's Superman (2025) races into cinemas faster than a speeding bullet, we look at the planet that could have hosted his home world and why he might be older than he looks.
Robots take on a dangerous and world-consuming fungus in Mycopunk, a new co-op shooter set in outer space. We chatted to the developers about how the fungal menace was created.
'We had an idea for a meat planet' — Revenge of the Savage Planet game director Alex Hutchinson talks strange new worlds and mocking corporate spaceflight.
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