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OUT OF THE PARK Mike Garner, email Jurassic World Dominion is enjoyable. Just a little thing… the dinos are free-roaming yet they still end up at what is, for want of a better way of describing it, another park. They had enough leads to do most of the film all over the world, showing how different countries were dealing with it. Just seems like a real missed opportunity. SFX: Covid restrictions were possibly an issue… YASSS, QUEEN Roland Robinson, email Congrats on the wonderful SFX issue devoted to queer genre content. This was long overdue – a very wonderful and multicoloured issue. SHORT NEW WORLDS Keith Tudor, email I really enjoyed the first few episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The optimism for the future is back, the characters are great, the effects look brilliant,…

DARREN SCOTT EDITOR RAVES San Diego Comic-Con was a blast. Absolutely great to be back in the room again. The events and activations were top notch – coming face to face with Walkers and the Star Trek cast over two nights was quite something. Saw the first episode of Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – viewers are in for a treat! RANTS Let’s get more studios back at SDCC too next year please – there’s so much genre “content” out there and the fans want to see it represented! IAN BERRIMAN DEPUTY EDITOR RAVES Excited about seeing The Wrath Of Khan on the big screen (it’s reissued on 2 September). I’ve waited 23 years for a new sci-fi/horror film by David Cronenberg, and finally it’s almost here (Crimes Of The Future, 9 September). Though if it turns out he’s…

As I write this I’m 35,000ft above the United States of America, flying back from San Diego Comic-Con with only a few short hours before this issue of SFX goes to the printers. Talk about cutting it fine! But, you know, we’re an efficient bunch of Doozers so “the moment has been prepared for”. What a week! SDCC really is a life-changing experience. This was my second time attending – thank you very much Covid – and it’s such a joy seeing the streets of the city absolutely filled with fans, all celebrating a love of pop culture entertainment. And those panels and announcements! You can check out the extensive coverage over at gamesradar.com and, of course, our very own Twitter and Instagram @sfxmagazine, as well as read more on shows…

LOCKE & KEY’S SECOND SEASON saw the Locke siblings – Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones) and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) – embracing their destinies as keepers of the mystical keys. These objects of power allowed them to vanquish their fiendish foe, Dodge (Laysla De Oliveira), who had taken the form of Kinsey’s love interest, Gabe (Griffin Gluck). Showrunners Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill wanted the third and final season to be rooted in family, to explore what these supernatural artifacts actually represent and to raise the stakes even higher than ever. “The Lockes always claimed the keys as their own,” Averill tells Red Alert. “The reality is they are made of demons. We enjoyed digging into that complication, this idea that they can be used for good, but they can also…

“All of the characters, in one way or another, are being pulled into the alien nature of the show” THE MID-SEASON CLIFFHANGER FOR Resident Alien’s second season had alien Harry Vanderspeigle (Alan Tudyk) in the woods with Asta (Sara Tomko), who had just saved him from the bullet of some mystery bad guy. D’Arcy (Alice Wetterlund) arrived to see the aftermath of Asta’s expert marksmanship, with Sheriff Mike (Corey Reynolds) soon to arrive. The return of the series on Syfy in the US for eight new episodes will have the secrets of Patience, Colorado getting more complex and layered, including Harry tracking a baby alien that’s on the loose. Executive producer/showrunner Chris Sheridan tells Red Alert that the action picks right up where they left off. “It did create a really good launching…

MCU update: Thunderbolts targets 28 July 2024 release, Fantastic Four 8 November 2024. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty set for 2 May 2025, Avengers: Secret Wars 7 November 2025. The Cloverfield Paradox’s Julius Onah signed to direct Captain America: New World Order, starring Anthony Mackie. Chris Hemsworth is the villain in Fury Road prequel Furiosa. Adam Wingard’s Godzila Vs Kong sequel set for 15 March 2024. Russell Crowe set to cast out the spirits in The Pope’s Exorcist. Jurassic Park’s David Koepp writing The Green Hornet And Kato. The Invisible Man’s Leigh Whannell in talks to direct. Lea Seydoux playing Lady Margot Fenring in Dune: Part Two. Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk codirecting horror-comedy Hell Of A Summer. Paramount adapting Valiant Comics superpowers tale Harbinger. Dennis Quaid and David Thewlis starring in tech thriller Littlemouth. Dean Fleischer Camp directing live-action/CG Lilo…