What if Anthony Rogers never left Earth? Philip Francis Nowlan's 1928 novella Armageddon 2419 A.D. now in the public domain, introduced a WWI veteran who awakens five centuries later to find America ...

Deadpool & Wolverine co-writer Zeb Wells is taking on another classic hero as the new writer of Legendary's Buck Rogers movie (via Deadline). The film has been in development since 2020 with little ...

Gil Gerard, best known to a generation of television viewers as the star of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, died on December 16, 2025, at the age 82. While his career extended well beyond that single ...

The long-gestating reboot of the iconic sci-fi adventure hero Buck Rogers just got a major update. Legendary, the company behind Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and the MonsterVerse, is developing the new big ...

Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a ...

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Gil Gerard, who played television's hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a ...