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Upcoming Futurist Movies

Moon jurvetson FlickrSeveral new futurist movies are due out in the next two months:


Movie: Moon
Release date: Out in some US cities, and due out widely July 10
Futurist element: Mining colony, at least at some scale, on the Moon


Movie: GI Joe: Rise of Cobra
Release date: August 7, 2009
Futurist element: Military exoskeletons


Movie: District 9
Release date: August 14, 2009
Futurist element: Aliens living in South Africa


Movie: The Time Traveler’s Wife
Release date: August 14, 2009
Futurist element: Time travel (though this version may have no scientific explanation)


Movie: Gamer
Release date: September 4, 2009
Futurist element: Brain implants and mental control


Movie: Splice
Release date: September 18, 2009
Futurist element: Genetic engineering runs wild


Movie: Surrogates
Release date: September 25, 2009
Futurist element: Virtual reality and robots, seemingly


Note that some of these dates could shift.