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Variety hails Stuart Fails to Save the Universe as a playful, inventive pivot from The Big Bang Theory: Stuart and Bert hop across alternate dimensions to avert an apocalypse, guided by Zak Penn, with brisk 15‑minute episodes, whimsical visuals, cameos, and a Danny Elfman theme that keep the mood breezy and imaginative.
A teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger features Tom Cruise as a Texas oil tycoon who must save the world from a deadly glacier named Judy, with the promo drawing on Cruise’s action-hero persona and footage from his past films, while other film updates (like Panos Cosmatos’ Flesh of the Gods) are noted in the same piece.
'Resident Alien,' a sci-fi comedy starring Alan Tudyk, has been canceled after four seasons, with its series finale set for August 8. The show, which moved from Syfy to USA Network for its final season, was creatively wrapped up by the showrunner, who expressed pride in the series' conclusion.
HBO Max has greenlit a new spin-off series titled 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,' centered on Stuart Bloom from The Big Bang Theory, blending sci-fi and comedy as he attempts to restore reality after causing a multiverse Armageddon, featuring characters from the original series and new sci-fi elements.
The trailer for 'Project Hail Mary' features Ryan Gosling as an astronaut on a space mission to save Earth, based on Andy Weir's novel and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, blending sci-fi and comedy elements.
"The Empire," directed by Bruno Dumont, is a departure from his usual austere style, presenting a quirky sci-fi comedy set in a small French village invaded by aliens. The film's humor derives from the collision of grandiose and mundane elements, but the stretched one-gag setup and simplistic binaries disappoint. Despite fun trappings and mythmaking mumbo-jumbo, the film's conflict feels glib, failing to fully utilize beloved characters and leaving the audience wanting more depth and substance.
Paramount Television Studios is developing a Galaxy Quest TV series for Paramount+. The project is in early stages of development and is executive produced by the film's producer, Mark Johnson. There is no concept or writer yet. The original idea was to do a continuation of the movie with the same cast, but the proposed sequel series suffered a major blow when one of the main stars, Alan Rickman, died in 2016. The Galaxy Quest TV series project has gone through multiple other incarnations since.