For this reason, many fans have been quick to voice their enthusiasm for the director's latest projects, voicing their wholehearted approval of Spielberg's upcoming film. "Spielberg + Aliens is never a bad combo," one fan aptly commented. "It's like PB + Jelly, it just makes sense."

As the end of the year nears, a massive new Sci-Fi movie promises to be 2025's biggest cinematic event, and genre fans need to check it out.

Other big franchises getting another chance to shine include The Hunger Games, Mortal Kombat, and The Mandalorian (in its silver screen debut), but there is also plenty for the indie crowd, with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s gangster monster movie The Bride!, and Na Hong-jin’s alien thriller Hope - his first multinational feature.

Over the last 15 years, we have had some incredible sci-fi movie remakes of old classics, and even more are on the way.

Acclaimed director Steven Spielberg is diving back into the sci-fi genre for his next film, which has released an intriguing new alien-themed image.

There are so many sci-fi movies that are masterful yet kind of underrated overall, including Woman in the Moon, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, and Starman.

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The sci-fi section of Netflix ‘s streaming roster is going to take a pretty sizeable hit later in the month, as three of the very best genre films on the entire service are set to exit at the same time. Netflix had announced a list of movies exiting after December 31st, but that list didn’t actually mention a couple of these big sci-fi exits.

Neill Blomkamp's debut movie is an intense ride that's perhaps more relevant today than it was back in 2009.