Movies

BIG has designed the new premises for the Robert De Niro-backed Wildflower Studios. The project is described by the firm as the "first vertical film studio in the world" and will also create New York City's first purpose-built production soundstage.

We've recently had long-awaited adaptions of several classic science fiction and fantasy stories hit our screens and the good times are set to continue. Here are some highlights of big sci-fi and fantasy stories we can look forward to in 2022.

2021 is proving as big year for both the science fiction genre and movie memorabilia. This week Marty McFly's Hoverboard from "Back To The Future Part II" sold for $501,200, while Captain Kirk's Phaser Rifle from "Star Trek" fetched $615,000.

A campaign for a new sci-fi film is letting the audience use deepfake technology to insert themselves into the trailer next to Hugh Jackman. It's just one use of a rapidly evolving technology also allowing companies to bring deceased artists back to life.

Flexound Augmented Audio has launched the Flexound Pulse, a cinema seating solution that creates a personal sound bubble around movie watchers for the promise of a full-range quality audio experience without the use of external loudspeakers.

Two very different $200-million-dollar films. Two release strategies. Two pathways to the future. The theatrical film industry has been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a pair of films could determine the fate of the definitive popular entertainment medium of the past century.

The Cinera Edge is a light personal cinema headset that packs a 5K(ish)-resolution display and Dolby Surround Sound. It uses two OLED displays measuring just 0.83 inches with 2560 x 1440 pixels each, creating the equivalent of almost an IMAX screen.

Haptic feedback is becoming a bigger part of entertainment. Now, a German startup is launching the Feelbelt, which adds the element of touch to games, music, movies, and basically any other device that outputs sound.

Here's a bit of next-level product placement for you. Porsche has let part of its design team off the chain to co-design a spaceship for the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie. Meet the Tri-Wing S91X Pegasus Starfighter.

Is high-frame-rate cinema a technological cul-de-sac, or is it a bracingly new visual aesthetic we just need to get used to?

Netflix is shooting for Oscar glory with its latest epic gangster film from Martin Scorsese, but Hollywood is not making it easy for this disruptive startup to take a place in the modern ecosystem of film distribution.

After losing millions pushing an unsustainable business model, the disruptive startup MoviePass is calling it quits, but major US theaters are taking notes.