Curated category
American space adventure films
- The Mandalorian and GroguJon Favreau pitched a Star Wars television series featuring Mandalorians to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy in 2017.
- Avengers: Infinity WarIn October 2014, Marvel Studios announced a two-part sequel to Avengers: Age of Ultron. The project carried the working title Avengers: Infinity War , Part 1.
- First Man (film)In early 2003, actor-director Clint Eastwood and production people at the Warner Bros. studio bought the film rights to James R.
- Star Wars (film)George Lucas conceived a space opera in 1971, shortly after finishing his first feature film THX 1138. He initially planned to adapt the Flash Gordon serials…
- 2001: A Space OdysseyStanley Kubrick told a publicist from Columbia Pictures in 1964 that his next project would be about extraterrestrial life.
- Apollo 11 (1996 film)The year 1995 brought a massive box office hit with the film Apollo 13. Executive producer James Manos Jr. saw an opportunity to follow that success.
- Star Wars: StarfighterShawn Levy flew to London in the mid-2010s specifically to meet with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. He expressed his love for the Star Wars franchise…
- Rogue OneIn 2003, visual effects supervisor John Knoll pitched a story called Destroyer of Worlds during the production of Episode III in Sydney.
- Apollo 13 (film)On the third day of their journey to the Moon, an electrical short circuit caused a liquid oxygen tank to explode inside the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
- Flash Gordon (serial)Alex Raymond launched the Flash Gordon comic strip in 1934, introducing readers to a hero who would soon conquer cinema.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)George Lucas watched a rough cut of early television episodes on a big screen in 2008 and made an immediate decision. He declared the footage beautiful…
- SpaceballsIn a galaxy very, very, very, very far away, the ruthless Spaceballs led by President Skroob squander their planet's atmosphere.