Left to right: Chloe Gong, Sarah J. Maas.
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Romance and fantasy have long been bedfellows. But thanks to BookTok, ‘romantasy’ is trending – online, in bookshops and on bestseller lists.
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A century before the Dune films became new classics of the genre, Fritz Lang was making epic fantasies that redefined cinema.
A storyline in the forthcoming ‘Wonka’ movie is that the central character can change a dutiful young girl’s life.
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The original storyline for Road Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” contained some stunning parallels to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Dafne Keen returns as Lyra in season three of His Dark Materials.
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In its third and concluding season, His Dark Materials grapples with ideas poorly suited to small screen adaptation – but comes out swinging.
A man holding a Q sign waits in line to enter a Donald Trump rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 2018.
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The key to understanding online conspiracy theorists is to understand how the line between fantasy and reality can become blurred.
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The battle for the Iron throne throws up all sorts of leaders that each has different leadership styles.
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What can Tolkien’s lesser-known stories tell us about the world he created?
Daemon Targaryen on virtual bridge at Dragonstone.
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No green screens or chasing after balls, the actors in House of Dragons are interacting with virtual environments.
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Badly paced and luridly shot, the series’ first episodes have been a let down.
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The new series is part of the expansive world created by J.R.R Tolkien across several books, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.
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Gaiman’s dream goes by many names, each inspired by different ideas of what dreams and nightmares have been to people throughout history.
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You can still tell the truth without ruining everyone’s Easter. Here are some tips.
Arthur Rackham’s illustration of the Victorian poem Goblin Market.
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Everyone is going ‘goblin mode’, but does the trend unfairly malign goblins of folklore?
At the end of ‘Don’t Look Up,’ the protagonists gather for a final meal.
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The end is often envisioned the same way: abruptly, hopelessly and completely. How does this constrain the range of possible solutions?
Sofia Nomvete as the dwarven Princess Disa.
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Adaptations are original cultural entities that can imitate, question, re-write, or reinterpret their source material for new audiences.
The epic fantasy series has been turned into a tv show on Amazon.
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We modelled the climate of the far future planet Earth in which the fantasy series is set.
Ray Harryhausen with a skeleton model from Jason and the Argonauts.
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From mythical beasts to extinct creatures, the pioneering special effects work of Ray Harryhausen inspired a generation of zoologists, palaeontologists and ecologists.
La Llorona.
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Latin American filmmakers wanting to alert the world to human rights abuses are turning to the supernatural to tell compelling stories
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Travel somewhere new from lockdown.
A document in Tengwar, the script of the Elvish languages invented by JRR Tolkien, Dozza, Italy.
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From Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones, writers and linguists have invented an array of new languages.