Andrew Niccol

20 Sci-Fi Directorial Debuts That Became Genre Classics

Years before he visited a galaxy far, far away, scruffy University of Southern California grad George Lucas made his directorial debut with 1971 dystopian tale THX 1138. In honor of that movie’s release 49 years ago this month, we’ve gathered up a list of 20 other first-time director efforts that have since become sci-fi classics.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 19

Anon Is a Scifi Movie That Shows How the Singularity Is Going to Screw Us All

In the alt-reality of Anon, everyone’s brain is hooked up to a massive shared network and authorities can see what you’re seeing whenever they want. There’s no real crime but no privacy either. If you try to keep your life to yourself, you’re a major threat to society. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca),…

io9 Evan Narcisse May 3

Hooray! Gattaca‘s Andrew Niccol Is Making Another Dystopian Thriller

At this point, Andrew Niccol has become synonymous with weird dystopias. Gattaca, Truman Show, In Time, Lord of War… even The Host, based on a Stephenie Meyer novel. Now he’s making a dystopia about our surveillance state, with his In Time co-star, Amanda Seyfried. Anon, his next dystopia, comes on the heels of Good Kill,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8

Monopoly Movie in the Works From Truman Show and Gattaca Writer

For what seems like the 100th time, a Monopoly movie is about to pass Go. Lionsgate is the latest company to try and turn the popular board game into a movie and they’ve hired Andrew Niccol, creator of Gattaca and The Truman Show, to write it. Hasbro has been trying to turn Monopoly into a…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 1

Good Kill Makes A Point About Drone Warfare You Never Considered

Good Kill is the latest high tech parable from director Andrew Niccol, best known for scifi flicks GATTACA and In Time. Set in 201o, it deals with “actual events” in the lives of drone pilots flying assassination missions over Afghanistan. The movie is uneven, but it will give you a look at drone warfare that’s…

Movies Annalee Newitz May 15

Ethan Hawke Is A Tortured Drone Pilot In The Dystopian Good Kill

Director Andrew Niccol is best known for creating futuristic dystopias, like Gattaca or In Time. But he’s often at his best when he creates a dystopia that’s set in a darker version of the “now,” like Lord of War. Check out the trailer for Good Kill, where Niccol is holding up a dark mirror to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 7

The Host is the most terrible movie you’ll ever fall in love with

Everybody loves dystopias right now. And we’re in the middle of a huge boom in movies about sexy young people who are struggling to figure out their identities and which hottie they want to boink. Both of these trends are inherently absurd, so it’s a pleasure to encounter a movie that embraces the absurdity as…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 29

The Host and Gattaca director Andrew Niccol explains his obsession with beautiful dystopias

From The Truman Show, Gattaca to In Time, director Andrew Niccol is swiftly becoming Hollywood’s go-to architect of beautiful but dangerously flawed utopias. But what’s his attraction to these tidy futures? In our exclusive interview, the director of The Host explains the message behind his shiny, disturbing visions. In The Host, opening Friday, the world…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 27

First clips from Stephenie Meyer’s movie The Host kind of feel like an alien Twilight

Maybe we’re biased because we know Stephenie Meyer wrote the novel source material, but dang it if these new Host clips don’t have a Twilight twang to them. All the notes are there: a slightly sepia world, completely nonthreatening violence, and a crap load of teen love and introspection. Not that that’s necessarily a bad…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 14

First trailer for The Host is sexy Body Snatchers

Now that the Twilight franchise is nearing completion with the release of Breaking Dawn: Part 2, it’s time for Stephenie Meyer to release yet another teenage love bomb upon this world. Behold, the first real trailer for The Host. A story about two kids who find each other and fall in love, despite the rest…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Nov 13

First footage from The Host is a dystopian thrill ride — with one huge problem

After the Twilight panel at San Diego Comic Con, there was a huge surprise — the first footage from The Host, the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s alien-invasion novel directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, Now). And the good news is, The Host looks like a beautifully shot movie with some lovely action sequences. There’s just one…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 12

First Trailer for The Host: Could a Stephenie Meyer movie be… good?

Here it is: the first teaser trailer for The Host, the movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s non-Twilight novel. It’s very much a teaser, which doesn’t really contain any proper footage from the movie, but I like the creepy voiceover a lot. This movie is being directed by Andrew “Gattaca” Niccol, the master of creepy dystopias…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 22

In Time really is Occupy Wall Street: The Movie

Andrew Niccol must be thanking his lucky stars that In Time, his dystopian movie about a world where the rich live forever and the poor die young, is coming out just as the fervor over the Occupy Wall Street movement is at a peak. In Time is all about the 99 percent versus the 1…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 28

Six new In Time clips show you the creepy side of having an eternally young father

Watch as Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser gives us all a lesson in future Darwinism. Only the rich survive. He then creepily eyes his daughter for looking just like his wife. This forever young society raises some serious incest issues.

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 17

Exclusive footage from In Time shows the madness of a world where rich people live forever

Take an exclusive look inside Andrew Niccol’s (The Truman Show, Gattaca) futuristic class warfare flick In Time — where time really is money. Meet Will (Justin Timberlake), a working stiff who wakes up every morning with 24 hours on his life clock. Plus Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried) a rich girl with plenty of time on her…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 12

Harlan Ellison sues yet another science fiction movie for copyright infringement

Harlan Ellison famously sued James Cameron over The Terminator and won — and now he’s going after Andrew “Gattaca” Niccol’s new film In Time. Ellison claims In Time is too similar to his story “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman.” And he’s not just seeking a payout — he’s trying to stop the October 28 release…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 15

New In Time trailer shows why it’s the year’s most political movie

Want to see why we’re excited about Andrew “Gattaca” Niccol’s In Time? Check out this international trailer, which shows just how harsh a critique this futuristic thriller is of the gap between rich and poor. Spoilers ahead… So yeah, don’t get too attached to Olivia Wilde as Justin Timberlake’s mom. She’s a victim of runaway…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 26

Fall Movie Preview: 5 Movies We’re Sure Will Rule, and 17 That Could Surprise Us

Summer movie season is almost over, and that means movies are going to change. Get ready for Holiday movies, Oscar-bait, and some lower-budget, lower-concept action films. Some movies will rock your world, others will crumble into dust. Here’s our complete guide to Fall 2011’s movies — with five films we’re pretty sure will kick your…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 18

Why We Love Suspending Our Disbelief

One of the great pleasures of science fiction and fantasy is that they ask us to suspend our disbelief more than almost any other fictional genres. (Except maybe romance.) Stories about fantastical worlds and strange discoveries force us to use our imaginations to bring the settings to life — but they also force us to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 10

Olivia Wilde is Justin Timberlake’s Mom in new In Time trailer

Andrew Niccol’s latest dystopian mind-bender, In Time, has a brand new trailer. And now we get a good look at the mother-son relationship between Olivia Wilde and Justin Timberlake. Here’s the set-up: At 25 everyone stops aging. But if you keep earning more years, you can tack on years to your life. If you’re really,…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Aug 1

Andrew Niccol

20 Sci-Fi Directorial Debuts That Became Genre Classics

Anon Is a Scifi Movie That Shows How the Singularity Is Going to Screw Us All

Hooray! Gattaca‘s Andrew Niccol Is Making Another Dystopian Thriller

Monopoly Movie in the Works From Truman Show and Gattaca Writer

Good Kill Makes A Point About Drone Warfare You Never Considered

Ethan Hawke Is A Tortured Drone Pilot In The Dystopian Good Kill

The Host is the most terrible movie you’ll ever fall in love with

The Host and Gattaca director Andrew Niccol explains his obsession with beautiful dystopias

First clips from Stephenie Meyer’s movie The Host kind of feel like an alien Twilight

First trailer for The Host is sexy Body Snatchers

First footage from The Host is a dystopian thrill ride — with one huge problem

First Trailer for The Host: Could a Stephenie Meyer movie be… good?

In Time really is Occupy Wall Street: The Movie

Six new In Time clips show you the creepy side of having an eternally young father

Exclusive footage from In Time shows the madness of a world where rich people live forever

Harlan Ellison sues yet another science fiction movie for copyright infringement

New In Time trailer shows why it’s the year’s most political movie

Fall Movie Preview: 5 Movies We’re Sure Will Rule, and 17 That Could Surprise Us

Why We Love Suspending Our Disbelief

Olivia Wilde is Justin Timberlake’s Mom in new In Time trailer

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