Upcoming Top 2012 Sci-Fi Movies Coming Soon

Decided we needed a Upcoming Top 2012 Sci-Fi Movies list of future movies that you should keep an eye out for. This list features Underworld Awakening, John Carter, The Hunger Games, Prometheus, The Amazing Spider-Man, Total Recall and Elysium so far and I have no doubt that the list will increase due to high demand for sci-fi movies and their popularity. Mostly all of the movies below have movie posters and we will be adding movie trailers as soon as they become available. Sci-Fi films are usually high budget action films with crazy amounts of action and visual effects.

Underworld Awakening

Theatrical Release Date: 01/20/2012

Starring: Kate Beckinsale

Genre(s): Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Plot: The Underworld franchise continues with this fourth film, bringing the action horror hybrid franchise into 3D for the first time. Kate Beckinsale returns to the series after taking the third outing off.

John Carter

Theatrical Release Date: 03/09/2012

Starring: Taylor Kitsch , Lynn Collins , Willem Dafoe , Samantha Morton , Dominic West

Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action

Plot: From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes ‘John Carter’–a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom, Mars.

The Hunger Games

Theatrical Release Date: 03/23/2012

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth , Elizabeth Banks , Amandla Stenberg

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Plot: Inspired by the best-selling young-adult novel by author Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games tells the dark tale of a 16-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who is selected to compete in a vicious televised tournament in which 24

Prometheus

Theatrical Release Date: 06/08/2012

Starring: Noomi Rapace , Michael Fassbender , Charlize Theron , Guy Pearce , Logan Marshall-Green

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Plot: Director Ridley Scott steps back into sci-fi territory with this tale that takes its cues from the Alien films — which it was originally supposed to tie in to before growing into its own mythology during pre-production.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Theatrical Release Date: 07/03/2012

Starring: Andrew Garfield , Emma Stone , Rhys Ifans , Sally Field , Martin Sheen

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Plot: Columbia Pictures reboots the Spider-Man franchise with this new entry focusing on a high school-era Peter Parker as he grapples with his newfound superpowers.

Total Recall

Theatrical Release Date: 08/03/2012

Genre(s): Science Fiction, Action

Plot: Mega-producer Neal H. Moritz attempts to update Paul Verhoeven’s campy sci-fi classic Total Recall with this Columbia Pictures production. Based on the Philip K. Dick We Can Remember It for You Wholesale short story, the plot details the path of a man who wrestles with reality when he is summoned to Mars while under the control of virtual-reality memory implants. Equilibrium’s Kurt Wimmer adapts the screenplay.

And one sci-fi movie so far coming out in 2013.

Elysium

Theatrical Release Date: 03/08/2013

Starring: Sharlto Copley , Matt Damon , Jodie Foster , Wagner Moura , William Fichtner

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Plot: Neill Blomkamp returns to science fiction territory with this mysterious untitled production re-teaming him with his District 9 star Sharlto Copley, who leads a starring cast that includes Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, Wagner Moura, and William Fichtner.

Make sure you look out for these movies as they will be popular sci-fi movies in 2012.