Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry

Date of Birth

1921-08-19

Date of Death

1991-10-24

Place of Birth

El Paso, Texas, USA

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JoBlo Originals

Awesome Art: Sci-Fi Classics with Blade Runner, Dune, The FIfth Element, Star Trek, Star Wars

Posted 1 year ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

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Nichelle Nichols space

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Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols’ ashes being sent to space

Posted 4 years ago

Theodore The ashes of the late Nichelle Nichols, who played lieutenant Noyota Uhura on the original Star Trek series, will be sent into deep space. Celestis, a company that specializes in “memorial spaceflights”, announced that some of Nichelle Nichols’ ashes...

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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Mike Mahle

Posted 5 years ago

Theodore For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Star Trek Special

Posted 10 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net:Darth Vader, Doctor Who, Transformers

Posted 12 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

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Weekend Box Office: Spider-Man: Brand New Day only $45 million away from becoming the highest grossing movie ever domestically

Posted 1 day ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is closing in on Star Wars: The Force Awakens' $936 million record as the highest-grossing movie ever in North America.

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JoBlo Originals

Poll: What’s the best Ridley Scott movie?

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What's Ridley Scott's greatest film? Take the JoBlo poll and let us know!

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Fall 2026 Horror Movie Preview: The Scariest Movies Coming This Season

Posted 1 day ago

See the biggest horror movies coming to theaters in fall 2026, from Resident Evil and Godzilla Minus Zero to Clayface and Stiletto

From The Mist to Oldboy, these are the 10 most shocking movie endings of the 21st century, ranked and loaded with major spoilers

JoBlo Originals

10 Most Shocking Movie Endings of the 21st Century, Ranked

Posted 1 day ago

From The Mist to Oldboy, these are the 10 most shocking movie endings of the 21st century, ranked and loaded with major spoilers

Movie News

Legendary VFX icon Phil Tippett has to close his historic studio after 35 years as decades of props go to auction

Posted 1 day ago

Legendary VFX pioneer Phil Tippett is closing his historic studio after 35 years, auctioning off iconic props, models, and studio gear.

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JoBlo Originals

Five Great Spaghetti Westerns That Don’t Star Clint Eastwood

Posted 1 week ago

Clint Eastwood may be the face of spaghetti westerns, but these five great movies prove the genre had plenty of other legendary gunslingers.

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Every Live-Action Spider-Man Movie Ranked: Which One Is the Best?

Posted 1 month ago

From 2002 to 2026, we're taking a look at every Live Action Spider-man film and ranking them. Let's see how they stack up!

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VHS Gems: The ’80s Movies We Discovered at the Video Store

Posted 3 weeks ago

We take a look back at some eighties classics that weren't huge theatrical hits but became classics on home video.

Terrible Sequels to Great Movies

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Five Great Movies That Were Followed by Absolutely Terrible Sequels

Posted 2 weeks ago

Developing a sequel to a great movie is always difficult, but unfortunately, for each one that succeeds, there's an absolutely terrible one.

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The 10 Best ’80s Movie Villains: From Biff Tannen to Hans Gruber

Posted 1 week ago

No decade had better movie bad guys than the 1980s, but in a decade full of villains, who were the best?

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The Jackal: Is Bruce Willis’s 1997 Thriller Better Than Its Reputation?

Posted 2 weeks ago

1997's The Jackal teamed two box office heavyweights, Bruce Willis and Richard Gere, but has largely sunk into obscurity.