"to 2003.) They had been divorced when she died on 23 January 2013. They have two sons. Rea is an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland. Stephen Rea Stephen Rea ( ; born 31 October 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in films such as ""V for Vendetta"", ""Michael Collins"", ""Interview with the Vampire"" and ""Breakfast on Pluto"". Rea was nominated for an Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film ""The Crying Game"". He has during later years had important roles in the Hugo Blick TV series ""The Shadow Line"" and ""The"
"address technical questions regarding scripts in development. A rapid-response team of specialists in neuroscience, epidemiology, and genetics—themes frequently featured in the series—has been gathered to assist the scriptwriters. Thor screenwriters connected through The Exchange with Kevin Hand from Caltech's Jet Propulsion Lab, who helped them turn the comic book's mythological worlds into believable cinematic scenery. In addition, the collaboration resulted in the film featuring Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, a female physicist. This worked towards eliminating the stereotype that many hold viewing scientists strictly as men. This action also served to portray scientists in a positive, relatable manner which so"
"Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. The Wachowskis wrote and produced the film with ""Matrix"" producer Joel Silver, who had previously purchased the film rights to the graphic novel. The Wachowskis offered the film to James McTeigue, the first assistant director of ""The Matrix"" trilogy, as his directorial debut. Moore did not participate in the production, as he was disappointed by previous Hollywood adaptations of his work, and disagreed with differences between the screenplay and his graphic novel. Following a statement to the press by Silver that Moore was supposedly excited to"
"Doom (film) Doom is a 2005 American science fiction action horror film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and written by David Callaham and Wesley Strick, loosely based on the video game series of the same name created by id Software. Starring Karl Urban, Dwayne Johnson and Rosamund Pike, the film follows a group of marines in a research facility on Mars. After arriving on a rescue and retrieval mission after communications ceased, the marines soon battle genetically engineered monsters plaguing the facility. After film rights deals with Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures expired, id Software signed a deal with Warner Bros."
"King Kong (2005 film) King Kong is a 2005 epic monster adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. A remake of the 1933 film of the same name, the film stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and, through motion capture, Andy Serkis as the title character. Set in 1933, ""King Kong"" tells the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island. There they encounter Kong, a legendary giant gorilla, whom they capture and take to New York City. Filming for ""King Kong"" took place in"
"was the same as the original radio series, except for David Dixon as Ford Prefect instead of McGivern, and Sandra Dickinson as Trillian instead of Sheridan. ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" was adapted into a science fiction comedy film directed by Garth Jennings and released on 28 April 2005 in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and on the following day in the United States and Canada. It was rolled out to cinemas worldwide during May, June, July, August and September. The deliberately misnamed ""Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" """"Trilogy"""" consists of six books, five written by Adams: ""The"
"Choker (film) Choker is a 2005 American science fiction action horror film written and directed by Nick Vallelonga and starring Paul Sloan, Colleen Porch, Hayley DuMond, Anthony John Denison, Robert R. Shafer, Katrina Law, and Jesse Corti. The film premiered March 19, 2005, at the Other Venice Film Festival and was released under the title Disturbance on DVD by MTI Home Video in October 2006. Hud Masters (Paul Sloan) is released from prison to hunt down a viral like alien race. He is taken to an agency, where he is partnered with Logan (Colleen Porch) to undergo such a mission."
"Zathura: A Space Adventure Zathura: A Space Adventure (also known simply as Zathura) is a 2005 American science fiction adventure film directed by Jon Favreau and loosely based on the illustrated book ""Zathura"" by Chris Van Allsburg, author of ""Jumanji"". The film stars Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart and Tim Robbins. The story revolves around brothers Walter and Danny Budwing (portrayed by Hutcherson and Bobo respectively), who play a mysterious board game they find in the basement of their house. The game teleports Walter, Danny, and their older sister Lisa (Stewart) into outer space where they encounter"
"ways. Zathura: A Space Adventure Zathura: A Space Adventure (also known simply as Zathura) is a 2005 American science fiction adventure film directed by Jon Favreau and loosely based on the illustrated book ""Zathura"" by Chris Van Allsburg, author of ""Jumanji"". The film stars Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart and Tim Robbins. The story revolves around brothers Walter and Danny Budwing (portrayed by Hutcherson and Bobo respectively), who play a mysterious board game they find in the basement of their house. The game teleports Walter, Danny, and their older sister Lisa (Stewart) into outer space where they"
"duel to the death. In the latter mode, two players team up to combat increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Footnotes Citations Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth entry in the ""Star Wars"" film series and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Frank Oz. A sequel to """" (1999) and """" (2002), it is the third and final"
"States under the title ""Disturbance"" and in the United Kingdom as ""B.E.I.N.G."". Choker (film) Choker is a 2005 American science fiction action horror film written and directed by Nick Vallelonga and starring Paul Sloan, Colleen Porch, Hayley DuMond, Anthony John Denison, Robert R. Shafer, Katrina Law, and Jesse Corti. The film premiered March 19, 2005, at the Other Venice Film Festival and was released under the title Disturbance on DVD by MTI Home Video in October 2006. Hud Masters (Paul Sloan) is released from prison to hunt down a viral like alien race. He is taken to an agency, where"
"a bracing brainteaser with the courage of its own ambiguity. You work out the answers in your own head, in your own time, in your own dreams, where the best sci-fi puzzles leave things."" Conversely, ""The Economist"" described the film as ""tightrope-walking the fine line between open-ended, mind-expanding mystery and lethargic, pretentious twaddle"", but praised its final half hour. Annihilation (film) Annihilation is a 2018 science fiction horror film written and directed by Alex Garland, based on the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. It stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and"
"will enjoy. Raging Sharks Raging Sharks is a 2005 American direct-to-video science fiction action horror film directed by Danny Lerner. It stars Corin Nemec, Vanessa Angel, Corbin Bernsen, Todd Jensen, Elise Muller, Blinky van Bilderbeek, Simone Levin, Emil Markov, Jonas Talkington, and Atanas Srebrev. Set in an isolated underwater research facility, the film follows a group of scientists as they discover a strange series of crystals, only to find out that it also harbors a psychological effect on sharks, causing them to become more aggressive. The sharks soon attack the facility, causing the oxygen supply to start to decrease, and"
"Annihilation (film) Annihilation is a 2018 science fiction horror film written and directed by Alex Garland, based on the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. It stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. The story follows a group of military scientists who enter ""The Shimmer"", a mysterious quarantined zone of mutating landscapes and transforming creatures. ""Annihilation"" was released theatrically in Canada and the United States by Paramount Pictures on February 23, 2018 and in China on April 13, 2018. Across all three countries, it grossed $43 million against a production"
"(1997), and ""The Amber Spyglass"" (2000). It follows the coming-of-age of two children as they wander through a series of parallel universes against a backdrop of epic events. Neil Gaiman is a writer of science fiction, fantasy short stories and novels, whose notable works include ""Stardust"" (1998), ""Coraline"" (2002), ""The Graveyard Book"" (2009), and ""The Sandman"" series. Alan Moore's works include ""Watchmen"", ""V for Vendetta"" set in a dystopian future UK, ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"", and ""From Hell"", speculating on the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. Douglas Adams wrote the five-volume science fiction comedy series ""The Hitchhiker's"
"landings during the filming of ""2001: A Space Odyssey"", and ""Colour Me Kubrick"" (2005), starring John Malkovich as Alan Conway, a con artist who had assumed Kubrick's identity in the 1990s. Both films were authorized by Kubrick's family. In the 2004 film ""The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"", Kubrick was portrayed by Stanley Tucci, and documents their filming of ""Dr. Strangelove"", rather than ""Lolita"". In April 2018, the month that marked the 50th anniversary of ""2001: A Space Odyssey"", the International Astronomical Union named the largest mountain of Pluto's moon Charon after Kubrick. Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July"
"Man Booker Prize, which in general promotes good, middlebrow fiction."" A film adaptation has been shot, with Banville having penned the script. The movie is directed by Stephen Brown and stars Ciarán Hinds (Max Morden), Rufus Sewell (Carlo Grace), Charlotte Rampling (Miss Vavasour), and Natascha McElhone (Connie Grace). The film is produced by Luc Roeg, scored by Andrew Hewitt, with cinematography by John Conroy. The Sea (novel) The Sea (2005) is the fifteenth book (thirteenth novel) by Irish writer John Banville. It won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. The story is told by Max Morden, a self-aware, retired art historian"
"Raging Sharks Raging Sharks is a 2005 American direct-to-video science fiction action horror film directed by Danny Lerner. It stars Corin Nemec, Vanessa Angel, Corbin Bernsen, Todd Jensen, Elise Muller, Blinky van Bilderbeek, Simone Levin, Emil Markov, Jonas Talkington, and Atanas Srebrev. Set in an isolated underwater research facility, the film follows a group of scientists as they discover a strange series of crystals, only to find out that it also harbors a psychological effect on sharks, causing them to become more aggressive. The sharks soon attack the facility, causing the oxygen supply to start to decrease, and forcing the"
"juxtaposition (of) a completely imagined creature in this very specific historical world."" The film was set to be directed by Christopher Renshaw, which would've been his feature film debut, and written by Laura Harrington with McIntyre's involvement. Stephanie Allain and Kristine Belson would executive producer from Jim Henson Pictures. Film producer Bill Mechanic later joined production and brought the film to Walt Disney Pictures after signing a five-year deal with the company in December 2001. Mechanic planned for the film to start pre-production in early 2002, with Natalie Portman to star and James Schamus to revise the script, with Gregory"
"and subsequent DVD release. None of the actors from the original film returned in this sequel, which instead starred Helena Mattsson as the alien-hybrid seductress. Species (film) Species is a 1995 American science fiction horror film directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dennis Feldman. It stars Natasha Henstridge (in her debut film role), Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger. The film's plot concerns a motley crew of scientists and government agents who try to track down Sil (Henstridge), a seductive extraterrestrial-human hybrid, before she successfully mates with a human male. The film was conceived"
"and Canada, and 29 July in South Africa. (A full list of release dates is available at the IMDb.) The movie stars Martin Freeman as Arthur, Mos Def as Ford, Sam Rockwell as President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox and Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, with Alan Rickman providing the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android (and Warwick Davis acting in Marvin's costume), and Stephen Fry as the voice of the Guide/Narrator. The plot of the film adaptation of ""Hitchhiker's Guide"" differs widely from that of the radio show, book and television series. The romantic triangle between Arthur, Zaphod, and Trillian"
"becoming 2005's fourth most successful film both domestically and worldwide, with $234 million in North America, and $591 million overall. The film earned three Academy Awards nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing. An opening narration based on the opening of Wells' novel explains that humans were unaware that a race of extraterrestrials was making plans to occupy Earth. Ray Ferrier is a charming but self-absorbed crane operator longshoreman who works at a dock in Brooklyn, New York and lives in Bayonne, New Jersey. Ray is estranged from his children. His ex-wife, Mary Ann, later"
"Apes"". Other films parodied are ""Sinister"", ""Inception"", ""Ted"" (only in the unrated DVD), ""Evil Dead"" (which was released a week prior to the fim), ""The Cabin in the Woods"", ""Insidious"", ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" and ""The Help"". The film also parodies the best-selling novel ""Fifty Shades of Grey"" and Tyler Perry's character Madea. The film is directed by Malcolm D. Lee and written by David Zucker. Anna Faris, who starred in the previous films in the franchise, confirmed that she would not return for the fifth film. Tisdale's involvement in the film was confirmed in June 2012. Lohan"
"production values, several plot twists"". Michael Patterson of ""Moviepilot"" gave the film a positive review, calling it a ""thrilling story of survival"". The 5th Wave (film) The 5th Wave is a 2016 American science fiction action film directed by J Blakeson, with a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner, based on Rick Yancey’s 2013 novel of the same name. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe, and Liev Schreiber. Development began in March 2012, when Sony picked up the film rights to the trilogy of novels,"
"Cypher (film) Cypher (also known as Brainstorm), is a 2002 science fiction thriller film starring Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu. It was written by Brian King and directed by Vincenzo Natali. Jeremy Northam plays an accountant whose hope for a career in corporate espionage takes an unexpected turn. The film was shown in limited release in theaters in the US and Australia, and released on DVD on August 2, 2005. The film received mixed reviews, and Northam received the Best Actor award at the Sitges Film Festival. Morgan Sullivan (Northam), a recently unemployed accountant, is bored with his suburban life."
"film stars Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau and Chiwetel Ejiofor. It was released in North America on September 30, 2005 by Universal Pictures to generally positive reviews and several accolades, including the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, the Prometheus Special Award and the Nebula Award for Best Script, but underperformed at the box office. In the 26th century, humanity has left an overpopulated Earth to colonize a new solar system. The central planets formed the Alliance and won a war against the outer planet Independents—those who resisted joining the Alliance. River Tam (Summer Glau) is conditioned"
"2005. Douglas also directed Sinatra in ""Young at Heart"" (1954) and ""Robin and the 7 Hoods"" (1964). Randy Newman is co-credited on a soundtrack song. Tony Rome is an ex-cop turned private investigator who lives on a powerboat in Miami called ""The Straight Pass"". This a reference to the fact that Tony also has a gambling problem. He is asked by his former partner, Ralph Turpin (Robert J. Wilke), to take home a young woman who had been left unconscious in a hotel room. The woman, Diana (""née"" Kosterman) Pines (Sue Lyon), is the daughter of rich construction magnate Rudolph"
"to the trilogy, with Graham King and Tobey Maguire attached as producers. A film adaption of the first novel in the series was released on January 22, 2016. It was directed by J Blakeson, with a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner. The film was a critical failure, with review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes giving the film a 17% and Metacritic giving it a 33 out of 100. The 5th Wave (series) The 5th Wave is a trilogy of young adult post-apocalyptic sci-fi novels written by American author Rick Yancey. The series started in May 2013 with"
"and the 58th-most inspiring. It was also nominated for the top 10 science fiction films in AFI's 10 Top 10 and the tenth-anniversary edition of the 100 Movies list. The score by John Williams was nominated for AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores. Alongside ""Star Wars"" and ""Superman"", ""Close Encounters"" led to the reemergence of science fiction films. In 1985 Spielberg donated $100,000 to the Planetary Society for Megachannel ExtraTerrestrial Assay. In the 1979 James Bond film ""Moonraker"" the five-note sequence is heard when a scientist punches the combination into an electronic door lock. In the 2009 comedy film ""Monsters"
"revolutionary actions of V. An interview with producer Joel Silver reveals that he identifies the V of the comics as a clear-cut ""superhero... a masked avenger who pretty much saves the world,"" a simplification that goes against Moore's own statements about V's role in the story. Co-author and illustrator David Lloyd, by contrast, embraced the adaptation. In an interview with ""Newsarama"" he states: Steve Moore (no relation to Alan Moore) wrote a novelisation of the film's screenplay, published in 2006. In October 2017, it was announced that Channel 4 was developing a television series based on the comic book. Since"
"third film adaptation of the novel, after the 1976 film ""Freaky Friday"" starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster, and the 1995 television film ""Freaky Friday"" starring Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffmann. It was released on VHS and DVD on December 16, 2003 by Walt Disney Home Video. Anna Coleman is an average teenager with a stressful life due to her stodgy widowed mother, Tess, and annoying younger brother, Harry. Several conflicts are happening in Anna's life: Tess' upcoming second marriage to Ryan, which Anna is not emotionally ready for due to her father's death three years before, Anna's band, Pink"
"2009 interview, Johnson described the film as an example of ""trying and failing"" to do a good video game adaptation, and that it was a cautionary tale of what ""not to do"". ""Doom"" was released on VHS and DVD on February 7, 2006, HD DVD on April 26, 2006, and on Blu-ray Disc on February 10, 2009. In April 2018, it was announced that Universal Pictures was making a new ""Doom"" adaptation. Doom (film) Doom is a 2005 American science fiction action horror film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and written by David Callaham and Wesley Strick, loosely based on the"
"The cast includes Andrew Husmann, Aaron White, Brandy Blackledge, Gary Hershberger, and Scott Wilder. The voice cast includes Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Paul Newman, Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey. Bryan Cranston and Peter Scolari reprised their ""From the Earth to the Moon"" roles as Buzz Aldrin and Pete Conrad, respectively; many of the other actors had previously portrayed different people depicted in the film, in ""From the Earth to the Moon"", ""The Right Stuff"", and/or ""Apollo 13"". Score by James Newton Howard and Blake Neely. The film was released in IMAX theaters on September 23, 2005. It was released on DVD"