Silver Screen Saucers: UFO movie news round-up (10 Nov. 2012)

Silver Screen Saucers

George Clooney to star in Disney’s Top Secret UFO movie, 1952?

First pic of Tom Cruise in alien invasion flick All You Need is Kill...

Not content with owning Star Wars, Disney may also soon add Transformers to its collection!

Star Wars Episode VII gets a writer

Ridley Scott talks Prometheus 2

Thor: The Dark World gets an official synopsis

"UFO Movie"

Robbie Graham's Working Definition:

Any movie that taps directly into any aspect of UFO mythology or notably draws inspiration from UFOlogical literature, incorporating into its plot references to frequently debated UFOlogical phenomena, events and locales, as well as specialised UFOlogical terminology.

A UFO movie need not be about UFOs, per se, nor feature traditional UFOlogical iconography, but will nevertheless often devote a respectable amount of its running time to the dramatisation of imagined human/alien interactions, usually - though not always - in the context of a 'first contact' scenario in which the extraterrestrials assume the role of visitor/invader. In other words, the UFO movie frequently is concerned with the problems inherent from a human perspective in earthly encounters with extraterrestrials.

Notable Hollywood UFO Movies: 1950 - 2016

ID Forever Part II (2016)
ID Forever Part I (2015)
Alien at Large (2015)
Eden (2014)
The Pet (2014)
Tomorrowland (2014)
Flight of the Navigator (2014)
Beyond Apollo (2014)
Asteroids (2014)
The Nye Incidents (2014)
The Day of the Triffids (2014)
Absolutely Anything (2014)
Charles Fort (2014)
Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens (2014)
Transformers 4 (2014)
Area 52 (2014)
Umbra (2014)
Area 51 (2014)
Ninja Turtles (2014)
All You Need Is Kill (2014)
Under the Skin (2013)
The Last Days on Mars (2013)
Ender's Game (2013)
Pacific Rim (2013)
Escape from Planet Earth (2013)
Oblivion (2013)
The Europa Report (2013)
The Host (2013)
Dark Skies (2013)
Grabbers (2012)
U.F.O. (2012)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
The Watch (2012)
Prometheus (2012)
Battleship (2012)
John Carter (2012)
The Thing (2011)
The Darkest Hour (2011)
Apollo 18 (2011)
Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Super 8 (2011)
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
I Am Number Four (2011)
Skyline (2010)
Monsters Vs. Aliens (2009)
Planet 51 (2009)
Aliens in the Attic (2009)
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Knowing (2009)
The Fourth Kind (2009)
Outlander (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull (2008)
The Objective (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Transformers (2007)
The Invasion (2007)
Lifted (2006)
Slither (2006)
Altered (2006)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Chicken Little (2005)
The Forgotten (2004)
Looney Toons Back in Action (2003)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Men in Black 2 (2002)
Signs (2002)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
The Faculty (1998)
Dark City (1998)
Contact (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Mars Attacks (1996)
The Arrival (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
Species (1995)
Roswell [TV movie] (1994)
Coneheads (1993)
Stargate (1993)
Fire in the Sky (1993)
The Abyss (1989)
Communion (1989)
They Live (1988)
Alien Nation (1988)
Mac and Me (1988)
Batteries Not Included (1987)
Predator (1987)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Cocoon (1985)
Explorers (1985)
Starman (1984)
The Thing (1982)
E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)
Hangar 18 (1980)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
2001: A Space Odyssesy (1968)
Plan 9 from Outer Space 9 (1959)
The Blob (1958)
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Forbidden Planet (1957)
Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
This Island Earth (1955)
War of the Worlds (1953)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Man from Planet X (1951)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Flying Saucer (1950)

Notable UFOlogical TV Series

Defiance (2013 - )
Falling Skies (2011 – )
The Event (2010 – 2011)
V (2009 – 2011)
Invasion (2005 – 2006)
Battlestar Galactica (2004 – 2009)
Taken (2002)
Roswell (1999 – 2002)
Stargate franchise (1997 – 2011)
Dark Skies (1996 – 1997)
The Outer Limits (1995 – 2002)
The X-Files (1993 – 2002)
Alien Nation (1989 – 1990)
V: The Final Battle (1984)
V (1983)
Battlestar Galactica (1978 – 1979)
Project U.F.O. (1978 – 1979)
UFO (1970 – 1971)
Doctor Who (1969 – )
The Invaders (1967 – 1968)
The Outer Limits (1963 – 1965)
The Twilight Zone (1959 – 1964)

10 November 2012

UFO movie news round-up (10 Nov. 2012)

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