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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Expect more Titan battles and plenty of interpersonal drama when the MonsterVerse spinoff show returns on 27 February. We find out what season two has in store (including a new monster, the mysterious Titan X) from producer Tory Tunnell.
Cold Storage
David Koepp’s 2019 gory thriller novel Cold Storage told the story of a deadly fast-mutating fungus that gets loose from a storage facility. Now the screenwriter behind the likes of Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds has adapted it for the big screen. We chat with director Jonny Campbell and his leading man: chart-topping Stranger Things alumnus Joe Keery (aka Djo).
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Here at SFX we love to showcase the work of behind-the-scenes creatives. This issue, Doctor Who spinoff The War Between the Land and the Sea is our main subject, as we take a deep dive into designing Aquakind. In a 10-page feature crammed with fascinating unseen concept art, makeup test photos, and extracts from the script, we speak to executive producer Joel Collins, Millennium FX CEO Neill Gorton and prosthetic make-up supervisor Georgia Brown.
Designing Stranger Things
And Stranger Things’ final season gets the treatment too, as we catch up with production designer Chris Trujillo and costume designer Amy Parris to discuss subjects such as Eleven’s clobber, researching the radio tower, and how Mr Whatsit’s look took inspiration from US TV host Mr Rogers.
Battlefield Earth
It’s fair to say that the movie adaptation of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard’s sci-fi novel about a human rebellion against tyrannical alien invaders wasn’t exactly showered with garlands upon its release in May 2000 – it won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture. But has all that critical derision done it a disservice? We look back at the making of the film in the company of director Roger Christian.
Ghostwatch
BBC One’s 1992 Halloween night shocker confused and terrified some viewers (prompting many complaints) by presenting itself as a genuine slice of live TV reportage from a haunted house in London. We preview a new Australian Blu-ray release that aims to recreate the viewing experience on the night – down to restoring the original subtitles.
And that’s not all, feature-wise! We also profile novelist Aliya Whiteley, and get Nnedi Okorafor to fill out our author questionnaire.
Red Alert
And the big features are just the tip of the iceberg! As ever, our news section, Red Alert, is crammed with insights into yet more movies, TV shows, comics and books. In the spotlight this month: Sam Raimi’s castaway thriller Send Help; Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die; Scarlet, an anime take on Hamlet; Aztec death whistle shocker Whistle; animated movie Stitch Head; The Strangers – Chapter 3; and a new book based on Scream!’s “The Thirteenth Floor”, plus the latest Army of Darkness, Fantastic Four, The Human Fly, The Phantom of the Opera, A Quiet Place, Smile and Star Wars comics.
Reviews
The SFX verdict on 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple kicks off 20 pages of searing critical analysis, as we inform you which of the latest films, TV shows, books, comics, audio plays, and video games are worth splashing your hard-earned cash on!
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