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Illustrative: Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'The Terminator' (Publicity)
July 27, 2026, 9:51 am
‘Skynet Day,’ when AI hacked into startup, brings dystopian sci-fi scenarios closer than ever
While real-life ‘Terminator’ is not at hand, use of AI in military is getting uncomfortably close to film’s imagery, such as Israel’s use of programs to find targets in Gaza war
By Laurie Kellman and Lindsey Bahr
Gideon Marcus poses in front of a 'Dr. Who' telephone booth. (Courtesy)
March 16, 2020, 4:08 am
Historian and family live in groovy 1965 bubble and do the time warp, again
A trip down memory lane becomes a lifestyle as space historian Gideon Marcus utilizes a trove of 55-year-old genre mags to bridge the past with the present
By Sheldon Teitelbaum
In this image taken from video on August 29, 2014, people begin to gather in Atlanta for Dragon Con. The science fiction convention, which runs through Labor Day, is one of the largest in the United States. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)
August 28, 2019, 9:11 am
The strange saga of a Jewish sci-fi convention founder convicted of molestation
Ed Kramer being brought up on new charges after photographing a minor without permission, violating probation
By Kate Brumback
This March 13, 2012 photo provided by Steve Barber shows author Harlan Ellison in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Courtesy Steve Barber via AP)
June 29, 2018, 5:36 am
Harlan Ellison, science fiction master, dies at age 84
Author Stephen King describes the writer as ‘angry, funny, eloquent, hugely talented’
By Robert Jablon
Yoav Blum's bestseller 'The Coincidence Makers' has just been published in English and is being optioned for a film (Courtesy US Macmillan)
March 7, 2018, 6:46 pm
Israeli book ‘The Coincidence Makers’ to be adapted for big screen
Yoav Blum’s sci-fi romance about 3 people who change history being made into film by US screenwriter Richard Friedenberg of ‘A River Runs Through It’ fame
By Jessica Steinberg
A still from the piece by Larissa Sansour. (Courtesy of the artist)
From the WebAugust 25, 2017, 11:29 pm
Barbican accused of showing anti-semitic film in science fiction season
UK Jewish leader accuses London’s Barbican arts center of showing ‘blatant propaganda about the Israel-Palestine conflict,’ Guardian reports
British actress Jodie Whittaker arriving for the British premiere of her latest film 'Attack the Block' in London, May 4, 2011. (AFP PHOTO / MAX NASH/File)
July 17, 2017, 12:18 am
BBC television unveils first female ‘Doctor Who’
Jodie Whittaker to be 13th incarnation of Gallifreyan Time Lord who travels the galaxy like a wandering Jew
By AFP and ToI Staff
Role-playing fighters clashing at the Icon Festival in Tel Aviv, Oct. 18, 2016. (Courtesy of Icon Festival)
October 29, 2016, 11:50 am
Israeli geeks turn to sci-fi and fantasy to escape a sometimes harsh reality
Thousands attend annual Icon Festival in Tel Aviv for cosplaying and LARPing
By Andrew Tobin
Fans wearing Storm Trooper costumes ahead of the first public screening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at TOHO Cinemas in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 18, 2015. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg/Getty Images/JTA)
From the WebOctober 9, 2016, 12:30 pm
The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship
TechCrunch: SciFi, fantasy, D&D and comics, pique the interest of founders and funders alike, as they show us visions we sometimes go on to build
William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from the television program Star Trek. (NBC Television/Wikipedia/public domain)
June 28, 2016, 5:33 am
When Captain Kirk slugged it out with Jesus
A new history of the Star Trek franchise reveals the plot of a rejected early script by series creator Gene Roddenberry that doesn’t shy away from theological questions
By ToI Staff
Jewish-American filmmaker J.J. Abrams on the set of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in May 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/Star Wars)
December 21, 2015, 3:21 am
J.J. Abrams says he initially declined Star Wars film offer
After reboot’s opening weekend global gross of $517 million, ‘terrified’ Jewish director likely breathing a sigh of relief
By ToI Staff
Jewish-American filmmaker J.J. Abrams on the set of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in May 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/Star Wars)
December 18, 2015, 4:36 pm
The Jewish roots of ‘Star Wars’
For director J.J. Abrams, ‘The Force Awakens’ is like a ‘second bar mitzvah,’ according to Steven Spielberg
By Jessica Steinberg
What's really in that cheese? SCIO knows (Courtesy)
November 24, 2015, 7:18 pm
How Israeli tech makes science fiction into fact, on display
From Star Trek to the Six Million Dollar Man, what was once the product of an imaginative scriptwriter has now become real-world tech
By David Shamah
Steven Spielberg is photographed at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, on Jan. 18, 2014 in Park City, Utah (AP/Danny Moloshok/Invision)
August 12, 2015, 1:40 pm
An ‘Oasis’ of Spielberg in 2015
Two ‘event films’ on the slate from the three-time Academy Award-winning director
By Lisa Klug
A screenshot of the title screen of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. (screen capture: YouTube/MOVIE CLIPS Trailers)
November 29, 2014, 1:26 am
Star Wars releases new movie trailer
Director J.J. Abrams runs action-packed teaser for sci-fi blockbuster slated for 2015
By ToI Staff
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