Plot Synopsis

Using iconic movie clips and cutting-edge animation, PROPHETS OF SCIENCE FICTION explores the relationship between genre and the constantly-evolving worlds of science and technology and how the dreams of storytellers often become the inspiration for researchers seeking mankind's next transformative discovery. In each 60-minute episode, famous film director Ridley Scott and his group of cinematic and scientific experts -- including famed director, Paul Verhoeven, and renowned theoretical physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku -- dissect the genius on one science-fiction titan, including: Mary Shelley, George Lucas, Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, Phillip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, H.G. Wells, and Robert Heinlein.