Erik Aadahl, the sound designer behind “Project Hail Mary” and 2014’s “Godzilla,” uses his background in biology to bring characters to life.
The "Star Trek" phaser sound, iconic in its own right, has its origins in a sci-fi horror classic that helped define the ...
How puppeteer James Ortiz turned a pile of steel rods and fiberglass into Project Hail Mary’s Rocky.
Sound designers Erik Aadahl & Ethan Van der Ryn tell IndieWire about reverse-engineering and performing a non-human language for 'Project Hail Mary.' ...
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The merging between New Age beliefs and conspiracies — dubbed “conspirituality” by researcher Charlotte Ward and sociologist ...
Steven Spielberg is synonymous with science fiction, and he’s especially associated with sci-fi stories that feature aliens, but it’s actually been 20 years since the director of E.T. and Close ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Predator: Badlands” is the first film in the franchise where much of the dialogue is in the alien hunters’ ...
When asked how much of the alien language used by the franchise’s central hunter species he is able to speak, “Predator: Badlands” director Dan Trachtenberg quickly answers, “Zero.” “My mouth will not ...