In the last few years, Apple TV has become one of the premier streaming homes in the world for original sci-fi programming. The streamer boasts one of the most impressive libraries of original sci-fi shows, but the two at the top of the pile are Severance and Pluribus. Both shows have been renewed for new seasons, but both are still lacking return dates as fans grow more impatient by the day for new episodes from Ben Stiller and Vince Gilligan’s hit sci-fi series. One show sitting at the top of Apple TV watchlists worth checking out to hold over fans of Severance and Pluribus is Silo, the epic dystopian thriller starring Rebecca Ferguson. New episodes of Silo are added to streaming weekly, and Apple TV has already confirmed that the fourth and final season will be released next summer.
One department Apple TV fell behind its streaming competitors was older movies and TV shows — the streamer has stuck mostly to original programming until now. Apple TV has begun to acquire licenses for movies and shows that have been lost to time, and the latest film to land on the platform is I, Robot. The 2004 sci-fi thriller stars Will Smith, and it grossed over $350 million at the box office against a $120 million budget. I, Robot had been absent from streaming for some time, but the film was recently added to Apple TV’s standard streaming library for all subscribers, and it’s also crept into the top 10, sitting at #7 at the time of writing. Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, and even Alan Tudyk all have key roles in I, Robot.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
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Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
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🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
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The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
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Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
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Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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What Is ‘I, Robot’ About?
I, Robot is set in the year 2035, and it follows a technophobic cop who investigates a crime he suspects was committed by a robot. This leads him to discover a much larger threat to humanity, while also forcing him to question the morals and feelings he’s had about technology his entire life. I, Robot is perfect for fans of Blade Runner, as it is set in a world where the relationship between humans and androids is morally blurred, but the film also has shades of Tom Cruise’s iconic sci-fi thriller, Minority Report. Del Spooner from I, Robot and John Anderton from Minority Report both find themselves in the middle of a complicated techno-conspiracy with implications for the entire human race.
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Check out I, Robot streaming on Apple TV and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Will Smith’s future projects.
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Release Date
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July 15, 2004
Runtime
115 Minutes
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Writers
Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Vintar
Producers
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Anthony Romano, James Lassiter, John Davis, Laurence Mark, Michel Shane, Topher Dow, Will Smith, Wyck Godfrey
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