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Journey to the Center of the Earth

ActionScience FictionAdventureComedyFamily

Directed by Eric Brevig

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. From TMDB

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Journey to the Center of the Earth is a 2008 action science fiction adventure film, directed by Eric Brevig, starring Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem.

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    7 Treasured Film Scores (semi-random) • Ennio Morricone, Days of Heaven • @bernardherrmann.bsky.social, Journey to the Center of the Earth • Thomas Newman, Road to Perdition • Michael Gibbs, Housekeeping • Nino Rota, Giulietta degli spiriti • José Nieto, Passion in the Desert • James Bernard, She

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  • Zeb Cyrus 🎃👻🙀 @zbcy.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    Books to Films 📚=🎞️ Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) by Jules Verne was filmed in 1959 & 2008. The book is more science-oriented with geology & paleontology while the films adopt an action/adventure approach. Romantic leading ladies are added which the book lacks. 🌍⛏️🌋 #filmsky #booksky

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  • Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.comBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    I watch bad-to-mediocre movies basically every night and Albert Pyun's Journey to the Center of the Earth is maybe the least coherent movie I've seen in the last two years. Just a marvel of pure nonsense.

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  • collin (enjoys sitting) @bussyrizzler.nycBluesky · Jan 7, 2026

    my mom at the movie theater in 2008 after dragging her to see Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D starring Brendon Fraser:

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  • Paula @totallypaula.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2025

    Books to film 📚=🎞️ Journey to the Center of the Earth(1864) by Jules Verne. Adapted to film, TV, & manga. I like the 1959 film best. A Professor & his nephew discover a secret passage to a subterranean world. Prehistoric monsters, molten lava and adventure. Lots of fun!🤠 #booksky #filmsky #scifisky

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  • Chris Burnham @theburnham.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    Got an hour into the 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth waiting for Brendan Fraser to show up. Turns out I was watching the 2008 TV movie starring Ricky Schroeder.

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  • Kait. 🎀🩷 @forthel0ve0fkay.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2025

    I was born with heart conditions and every other year I have to get heart MRIs. Today I had one, they also let me pick a movie to watch. I saw “Journey to the Center of the Earth” on the list&it has Josh Hutcherson in it… of course I had to pick it immediately. 🤣 I haven’t seen the movie in years. 😭

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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆 @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 4, 2023

    * Moon * Event Horizon * Alien and Aliens * District 9 * Solaris * The 5th Element * The Valerian * Blade Runner (both) * Back to the Future 1, 2 and 3 * 2001: A Space Oddity * Silent Running * Fire in the Sky * A Scanner Darkly * Total Recall * Journey to the Center of the Earth * Planet of the Apes (all of them) * John Carter (more the books than the movie IMO) Some of these may be for when she's a bit older, but I had seen most of these before I was 13 and nothing traumatized me. The genre…

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  • Onomatopoeia @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 6, 2026

    No, he isn't. Jules Verne's work has inspired a lot of contemporary films, shows, and books, with many stories drawing from his adventurous spirit, exploration themes, and early sci-fi concepts. Here's a list of some that are heavily influenced by Verne's ideas: Films & TV Shows The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) This film is filled with characters from 19th-century literature, including Captain Nemo, who is a key character from Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The film…

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  • Mooch @cachiporra.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (2008, Tubi, #film) A 3D(🫵!!!) family action theme park ride that's much less hacky or phoned in than it could have been. Brendan Fraser does Arms, Josh Hutchinson does Kid, and Anita Briem does Blonde. It's surprisingly fine, if set entirely in a Playstation 3.

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  • Kevin Green @kevincgreen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2026

    I'm a big fan of underground mushroom forests and am compelled to add them whenever I get the chance. Here's one I added to Tangled Depths. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) is an all-time favorite movie of mine and definitely influenced this level.

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  • Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.socialBluesky · May 30, 2025

    #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmSky #MovieSky May 30: pet Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) Hans and his duck Gertrude. It was Icelandic athlete Peter Ronson’s only film role. Gertrude, bitter at not earning a best supporting actress nod, also retired from filmmaking with just one credit.

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2024

    Well, I suppose that the truly greatest film ever made is Journey to the Center of the Earth, with James Mason and Arlene Dahl (to say nothing of Pat Boone and Peter Ronson), but this comes close.

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  • Jordan @jordevio.soyBluesky · Apr 29, 2026

    Make that 4 I forgot about Journey to the Center of the Earth The fakest looking movie ever made

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  • Dr. FrankenLarry @frankenlawrence.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    JW: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) - NBC TV-movie (pilot for an unproduced series) that has Jeffrey Nordling leading a team in a hi-tech drilling vehicle into the fabled inner world. With Tim Russ, John Neville, Fabiana Udenio, Carel Struycken as a Yeti, and F. Murray Abraham.

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  • Colby "Kneedeep" Dalziel @colbydalziel.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth for Tax Purposes

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  • WumpaGem @wumpagem.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    PointlessHub reminded me that Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) was a movie that existed and that I convinced my middle school's cinema club to screen it with anaglyph 3D glasses given for the audience, because of my hyperfixation on the technology at the time.

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  • Hunter Felt 🏳️‍⚧️ @hunterfelt.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    The worldbuilding in "Alien From LA"/"Journey To The Center Of The Earth" is absolutely amazing and intricate. There's so much creativity here. It's like if you grew up and made a movie based on one of the stories you wrote when you were eleven but also kept the same story and dialogue.

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  • Hunter Felt 🏳️‍⚧️ @hunterfelt.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2025

    Okay. I have just now learned that "Alien From L.A." was essentially a reshoot of "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" which was released as a separate film after Albert Pyun salvaged the incompetent efforts of director Rusty Lemonade. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_L...

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  • Ms. Trannÿ of Tÿranny 🏳️‍⚧️ @alissa914.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2025

    Journey To the Center of the Earth was a decent film. I actually enjoyed that one.

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  • MinnesotaGoddam @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 17, 2025

    i think i'm starting to understand those movies *Journey To The Center Of The Earth* and *At The Earth's Core* and that obsession. At one point we were actually digging just to see how fucking deep we could dig, and that's pretty neat when you think about it.

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  • Mooch @cachiporra.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2024

    JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959, VOD, #film) A massively sexy Pat Boone (hand to god) and an overly talented cast of babes do battle with a plodding, plotzing, tired script that keeps putting the focus on sexism, villainry, and duck reaction shots instead of the wondrous adventure. Eh!

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  • NatalieNightshade🏳️‍⚧️ @natalienightshade.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2024

    Here's my goober! I wish everyone luck! Movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth

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  • The Cannon Film Guide @cannonfilmguide.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2023

    Cannon's Journey to the Center of the Earth (Lemorande/Pyun, 1989) is a Christmas movie.

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  • Moondoggie (Rick) @moondogrick.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    #JuneMovieChallenge 6/9 A movie with a duck in it Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) Gertrude the Duck provides a key plot motivator in this Jules Verne story of scientists following a trail down an Icelandic volcano to the Earth's core. #filmsky 📽️ #moviesky 📽️

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  • John Lees @johnlees.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2026

    Hello, decade-old review of Journey to the Center of the Earth. Ouch, this was harsh! I have no memory of watching this film, so no idea if it merited a response this scathing. Sentiments could probably be applicable to some other stuff out there now.

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    #Bales2026MovieChallenge May 22 - features a journey to the unknown Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) #filmsky #moviesky

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  • faythofdragons @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 6, 2026

    Journey to the Center of the Earth was also turned into multiple movies.

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2025

    The only thing wrong with the 1959 film of Journey to the Center of the Earth is: no Harryhausen. I also just read that they originally wanted Clifton Webb (!) for Professor Lindenbrook, but he wasn't in good enough health to play the role.

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  • Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2025

    Carcharodontosaurids were arguably the closest real life thing to antiquated depictions of three-fingered T. rex. That one Journey to the Center of the Earth film even had an albino Giganotosaurus that practically was one.

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  • Sko Hayes @skohayes.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    When I first started getting into sci fi as a young kid, one of my favorite movies was "Journey to the Center of The Earth". youtu.be/4GsN66CB9sc?...

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  • Abbott and Costello Meet MikeZilla Minus Zero (#15584) @mikeymcfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2025

    My ★★★★★ review of Journey to the Center of the Earth on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8XPj0B #265moviereview #filmsky 📽️

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  • Mateo @bozodeluxe.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2024

    Honestly, there were some before this, a micro-budge sasquatch movie; earlier even, a Bambi matinee, a Mid-Seventies showing of "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" in Lakota, ND. I understood what the process of walking into a theatre. But, after this night, I understood what it *meant*.

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  • Jim Calafiore @jcalafiore.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 13, 2024

    Morning warm-up sketch: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH! After watching the movie, I just had to.

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  • Raygan @ramblindragon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Combine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film. Bill and Ted's Excellent Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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  • TheRebelSqurl @therebelsqurl.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Combine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film. A Dog's Journey to the Center of the Earth

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  • AAAAAHHHnne Case @snoopybanana.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    Mine was this theater, it was the largest screen in Omaha with CINERAMA, and I saw Star Wars here when I was 13. It also had summer movie packages we could buy and go see a movie every Wednesday. I saw Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Incredible Journey.

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  • \♡/ @lardyrevenger.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2025

    The super uggos weirdo world of the 1989 Journey to the Center of the Earth. Turrible movie, but sweet Emo Philips cameo!

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  • J-Bone @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 3, 2025

    Albert Pyun is one of those underappreciated b-movie scifi / cyberpunk / action directors, although to be fair he does have an underground cult following. My personal favourite is [Radioactive Dreams](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091818/). This is an electric mix of post-apocalypse and a parody of 50's private eye motifs. It really is a unique experience. Fallout 1/2 were clearly inspired by Radioactive Dreams. I will agree with @[email protected], and recommend people avoid anything…

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  • Flying Squid @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 20, 2025

    Oh, I forgot to mention the not good movies that I watched over and over again on VHS in my childhood. Number one would be the 1959 version of Journey to the Center of the Earth where James Mason plays a Scotsman and doesn't even bother with an accent and Pat Boone also plays a Scotsman but gives up on the accent after about 10 minutes. The whole plot is moronic and the effects are terrible and I love every single minute of it. The only true compliment I can give it is that Bernard Herrmann's…

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  • Dave @expletivedeleted.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    This morning's movie, with the great James Mason, is Journey to the Center of the Earth. Pat Boone sings. Alan Napier (Batman) looks distinguished as always. Thayer David (Dark Shadows) serves as the antagonist. Diane Baker looks pretty. A goose steals the show. www.imdb.com/title/tt0052...

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  • Jim Calafiore @jcalafiore.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2024

    What I’m watching: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. Caught it playing on TCM. I think when I was a kid, it was on the after school movie like every other week. This and Jason and the Argonauts.

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  • Holly Rae Garcia @hollyraegarcia.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2023

    Saw The Meg 2..... Stretched suspension of disbelief entirely too far and ended up being a Journey to the Center of the Earth meets Sharknado 🤣 BUT I'm still glad I saw it. Much like bad sex is still better than no sex, a bad shark movie is still a good thing.

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  • Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    #OctoberMovieChallenge #filmsky #moviesky
10/12
A movie about an explorer. "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959)
Prof. Lindenbrook travels to the Earth's core, taking his favourite pop singer along.

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  • A Demon Named Sam Kurd @samkurd.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2026

    Just watched Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) and rated it 3 stars on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/splend/film/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-1993/ #FilmSky Post made with @letterboxdposter.finiteui.com

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  • Trey Lawson @tlawson.bsky.socialBluesky · May 8, 2026

    Also the TV is playing Journey 2 The Mysterious Island & boy is that a weird concept for a movie. Technically a sequel to the 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth, but w/ The Rock replacing Brendan Fraser & adding Michael Caine & Luis Guzman. Josh Hutcherson returns as obligatory kid protagonist.

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  • F.A.B. Podcast (Tom, Harry, Moira) @fabthepodcast.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2026

    BONUS 9 - JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (2008) 🦖🌍🌋 A madcap filler film from the 00s which... Is kind of ok? More than it has any right to be. Starting Brendan Fraser, baby Peeta, and an Icelandic actress far too good for this script

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  • Gary Craig @luna2300.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2025

    Unknown World 1951 is tomorrow’s film on the Sci-fi playlist Bit of a lost film it has a lot of Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" about it . Please subscribe to the YouTube Channel. New films all the time. tinyurl.com/2vfuxwx9

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  • Great Gold Artist @greatgoldartist.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    based on the sailed rhino iguanas seen in the 1959 movie, "Journey to the Center of the Earth" this one was annoying to draw for some reason #iguana #retrosaur

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  • Paulitical Eye 🍁 @pauliticaleye.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2025

    I think the first movie I actually saw as a kid was either Journey to the Center of the Earth (at home on TV), which totally fascinated me, or The Invisible Man (1958 series). I also remember seeing "The Railway Children", I think in the theatre with my younger sister and mother.

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  • Scott Pfitzinger @pfitzinger.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    Movies released on July 30: War of the Colossal Beast (1958) Batman The Movie (1966) Squirm (1976) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988) The Dead Talk Back (1994) Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) The Village (2004) MST3K: www.gizmoplex.com/videos/mst3k... #movies 🎬 #anniversary #MST3K

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  • Cold Crash Pictures @coldcrashpics.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2025

    I have had a BIG hankering for the 1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth lately, I consider it one of my biggest dinosaur-film blind spots.

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  • sam raimi's DRAG ME TOO KELL @kellygoround.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2025

    my pal Ivy shared a list she's had going of things we've been meaning to watch together but since it doesn't include some of the stuff we've already watched it looks like we keep trying to have a movie night but i won't shut up about the animatronic lava monster in Journey to the Center of the Earth

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  • casual-friday.bsky.social @casual-friday.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2025

    Pat Boone was in the movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth" along with James Mason back in 1959. Now I'm imagining Little Richard in the role instead. Also: Poor Gertrude.

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  • reddig33 @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 19, 2025

    The 1960 movie “Journey To The Center of the Earth” comes to mind. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0dc81aae-83ec-49bf-b498-d26c68fb5a30.png)

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  • Warthog in a tutu @smellslikecanada.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    Everything I know about volcanoes I learned from the documentary film Journey to the Center of the Earth

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  • Michael Hancock @personofcon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 29, 2024

    Sci fi class part 4: the fourth category, sci fi works you'd recommend to others. The repeats on the list (with two people each suggesting them) are Star Wars; Dune; Love, Death and Robot;, and Journey to the Center of the Earth, the 2008 film. For the rest, we can divide into medium:

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  • blakeyrat 2000 🐀 @blakeyrat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2024

    I imagine you could just watch the Doug McClure "Journey to the Center of the Earth", skip to the mahar scenes, and every time the film cuts away from the mahars just close your eyes and imagine zeppelins or biplanes, that'd give a pretty good impression.

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  • KokoNoko @kokonoko84.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    The earliest film I can recall watching in the theaters (though I can guarentee that it was not the first) was Brendan Fraser's Journey to the Center of the Earth back in 2008.

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  • Rhys 📼 @flemishdog.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    Albert Pyun finished Canons "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" on the condition he get to film Alien from LA with the same crew, which means there is a Saknussemmverse. Kathy as Wanda is in both movies. He got TWO movies for less than the price of one

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