2012 in science fiction

The year 2012 is marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Events

George Lucas with the head of Disney Bob Iger and various Star Wars creators

• George Lucas sold Lucasfilm, with all its property, including Star Wars franchise, to Disney for $4 billion.
• Esli magazine closed down.

Deaths

Ray Bradbury, a famous science fiction writer, died in 2012

• Ray Bradbury, a writer.
• Harry Harrison, a writer.
• Boris Strugatsky, a writer.

Films

• Antiviral
• Battleship
• Chronicle
• Cloud Atlas
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
• Dredd
• The Hunger Games
• Iron Sky
• John Carter
• John Dies at the End
• Lockout
• Looper
• Men in Black 3
• Prometheus
• Resident Evil: Retribution
• Robot & Frank
• Total Recall
• Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
• Upside Down
• The Watch

Literature

• Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnson
• Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card
• Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

Awards

See also