AvP Requiem FA Cup Adverts
AvP Requiem News | Posted by Darkness on 09 May 2008 17:54 BST
If you check out the Official UK AvPR DVD Site, you'll find three AvPR DVD ads. If you remember the AvP Poker spoof that Fox did for the first AvP, you'll enjoy these.


The clips centre around football and the upcoming FA Cup Final. In the first clip, the Predator shoots and scores, second one, the alien saves it and the third shows the Predator doing kickups. The suits and visual effects are straight from AvPR. Thanks to Rishi and shakermakerman for the news.

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AvP Requiem Nominated!
AvP Requiem News | Posted by Corporal Hicks on 07 May 2008 07:43 BST
...For the MTV Movie Awards in the category of Best Fight:

"It'll be a fight to the finish, but nothing like the kind of brawls that are nominated this year in the category of Best Fight, which include Damon vs. Joey Asah, for their rooftop rumble in "The Bourne Ultimatum"; Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco, for their superhero smackdown in "Spider-Man 3"; Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell for the global grudge match in "Jumper"; Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming for their behemoth beating in "Rush Hour 3"; and Alien vs. Predator for their whoever-wins-we-lose grapple in "AvP: Requiem."

Other than two Razzie nominations - Worst Prequel or Sequel and Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie - none of which it won, this is the third nomination AvP Requiem has received. Also it is its first positive nomination. Check out the whole story here.

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New Aliens: CM Interviews
Aliens CM News | Posted by Darkness on 04 May 2008 19:31 BST
There's a couple of new interviews about the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines game. The first is on CVG and another preview / interview you can find in Issue 35 of the Official X-Box Magazine [UK]. You can read a transcript of this article on Sh0dan's Space site.

X-Box 360 Magazine: Have you worked closely at all with the original filmmakers?

Brian Martel: Not that closely! I mean, we are in contact with Fox, and they've provided a lot of material. We work closely with some of the special effects people at Amalgamated Dynamics, who did the special effects for Alien3, Alien: Resurrection and Alien vs Predator. We went and talked to them to get a better understanding of how the aliens work, and how they would design the aliens for a game. The writers' contributions were also essential in helping us create an experience that is as close to Hollywood as it gets. James Cameron hasn't been round for a chat yet, but hey, we'll keep knocking at his door. You never know...

Aliens: Colonial Marines is still scheduled to be released by the end of this year. Thanks to G-Man and Sh0dan for the news.

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AvP Requiem DVD / Blu-Ray Sales
DVD/Blu-Ray News | Posted by Darkness on 24 Apr 2008 19:21 BST
So AvP Requiem was released on DVD / Blu-Ray last week in the US and the sales figures have now been published today. From ComingSoon.net:

"Juno debuted at No. 1 on both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert Sales chart and Home Media Magazine's rental chart, with Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem bowing at No. 2 on both charts... In rental revenue, Juno generated an estimated $8.4 million in its first week according to Home Media Magazine market research. "Requiem" finished close behind with $7.7 million... On Blu-ray Disc, "Requiem" came out on top while Juno bowed at No. 2."

So AvPR came second place in the Sales/Rentals charts, generating $7.7M in rental revenue. It came top in the Blu-Ray chart, however. So what does this mean? Well, the first AvP generated $8.6M in its first week. So despite the overwhelming negative reaction to AvPR, it's done pretty well.

Update: AvPR made $11M in DVD sales in its first week making a total of $19M. That doesn't include Blu-Ray rentals/sales so the figure is even more.

Update #2: In the second week, Cloverfield entered the rental chart at the top while AvPR dropped to 4th making $6.34M. However, AvPR still kept top place in the Blu-Ray chart.

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No Extended Cut for AvPR UK Sets
DVD/Blu-Ray News | Posted by Darkness on 21 Apr 2008 21:08 BST
A couple of clarifications need to be made about the UK AvPR DVDs / Blu-Ray sets. I read the first UK AvPR Blu-Ray review over on DVDActive and:

-There will be no extended / unrated cut in the UK AvPR Blu-Ray Set. Instead, all people will get is the theatrical version. The same is probably true for the DVDs too. If you noticed on shopping sites, the DVDs have been renamed from Extended Combat Edition to Ultimate Combat Edition.

-The 20 minutes of deleted scenes which we heard about a while ago is nothing more than the 6-7 minutes of extra footage from the US Unrated version. This has been padded out with existing footage which comes out at 20 minutes in length. What a bitch, eh? Still, there is a whole lot more hidden footage out there and I wouldn't be surprised if Fox release another cut of the movie later down the line.

According to Fox UK, the lack of an extended version was due to 'time constraints on production'. On the bright side though, we do get a few more extras than the US sets.

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Sigourney Weaver: 'Let Ripley Rest'
Alien 5 News | Posted by Darkness on 19 Apr 2008 18:04 BST
It's been a while since we've heard anything from Sigourney Weaver about a potential Alien 5 movie. There's a new report over on MTV Movies Blog where Sigourney mentioned Alien 5 and the Ripley character.

"The last time [Ridley and I] saw each other we talked about it. The character is still interesting [and] I'd love to work with Ridley again," Weaver said, raising our hopes to their absolute apex before immediately dashing them against the rocks of reality. "But Fox has effectively killed it because of 'Alien vs. Predator.' What else can you do with the creature? You can take the situation, you can go back to where they came from. "To play someone who ages a couple hundred years was fascinating," she added. "[But] let [Ripley] rest."

I agree with her about AvP killing any chance of Alien 5. That's what the series did to both franchises if you ask me. I wonder if she's seen AvP2 yet. Thanks to JK for the news.

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Tom Woodruff IGN Video Interview
AvP Requiem News | Posted by Darkness on 16 Apr 2008 18:54 BST
There's a new video interview with Tom Woodruff over on IGN. Like the previous interview, he talks about working on AvP Requiem amongst other things.


IGN also have another video. It's kind of a trailer for the Unrated DVD and the video contains a lot of the unrated scenes. Thanks to XenoVC and ElitePredator for the news.

Update: DreadCentral also did a video interview with Tom Woodruff. It's much longer than IGN's - over 12 minutes long. Couple of interesting things I noted. He mentions that Alec and himself had aspirations to direct AvP Requiem themselves. Tom also pitched an idea to Fox for Alien 5 but revealed Fox had no interest in going back to the Alien series.

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