The year 2012 is marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

• George Lucas sold Lucasfilm, with all its property, including Star Wars franchise, to Disney for $4 billion.
• Esli magazine closed down.

• February 3 – John Christopher, British writer (born 1922)^[1]
• June 5 – Ray Bradbury, American writer (b. 1920)^[2]
• August 15 – Harry Harrison, American writer (b. 1925)^[3]
• November 19 – Boris Strugatsky, Russian writer (b. 1933)^[4]

• Antiviral
• Battleship
• Chronicle
• Cloud Atlas
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
• Dredd
• The Hunger Games
• Iron Sky
• John Carter
• John Dies at the End
• Lockout
• Looper
• Men in Black 3
• Prometheus
• Resident Evil: Retribution
• Robot & Frank
• Total Recall
• Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
• Upside Down
• The Watch

• Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnson
• Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card
• Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

• Best science fiction film: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Best Network Television Series: Fringe

• Best Science Fiction Novel - Embassytown by China Miéville