ComingSoon.net have published an article on the Alien vs Predator movie and gives a basic outline of the story but also gives their account of the so-called set “problems” reported by Ain’t It Cool News. Take a look at these paragraphs:

“What I can tell you is that while touring the sets, and even running into some of the actors at the hotel, everyone and I mean everyone is excited about working on this film. The “problems” with the creatures, reported on another website, are no more than the problems you would normally have with a big effects sci-fi shoot. The Aliens are NOT “silver.” They are the slimy black creatures that reflect whatever light they happen to be in that we’ve all come to know and love. There are design changes (the hands are larger) and occasionally a robotic alien, puppeteer off camera, is used for shots that involved repetitive fast movements or teeth to shoot out.

The reported ill fitting Predators costumes were in my opinion the second hand reporting of someone who caught glimpse of a stand-in or stunt man being helped off the set. The actors who play the Predators, while they may appear to some to look a bit dull or unimpressive outside a soundstage or under the harsh florescent light of a creature shop, look great through the lenses, and in the end that’s what matters.”

Over at JoBlo’s Movie Emporium, they’ve completed their third interview on the Alien vs Predator set by interviewing Lance Henriksen. It’s nothing we don’t already but here’s an extract:

JoBlo’s: In the third Alien Movie, were you human or –

Henriksen: Well, they were leaving that open, because they weren’t sure what they were going to do with it. What I saw was that it was a more advanced model certainly. I love the idea of it being an advanced model. This is a prequel so you have a well-rounded…

JoBlo’s Movie Emporium have completed Part 3 of their Alien vs Predator interviews by speaking to Ewen Bremner (Miller), Colin Salmon (Max Stafford), Tommy Flanagan (Verheiden), and finally Joseph Rye (Connors). Here’s an excerpt:

JoBlo’s: Can you speak a little about working with Paul and how arduous a shoot this is?

Ewen Bremner: Very enthusiastic, quite particularly about this world that he’s creating, he totally loves it to bits. He’s got real glee about how things come together and all the toys he’s got to play with. He’s great with actors as well, if he’s happy with a take he’s always very happy to say so and make his pleasure clear.

Merry Christmas Eve and Christmas day everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating Christmas.

-Blind

ComingSoon.net have posted the first picture from the Alien vs Predator movie. Take a look:

After receiving an email from Corpral Hicks, the owner of AvPWorld, he’s informed me that AvPWorld is back online with a new host and new content:

“After about four months of being offline, AVPWorld is back online. I have made huge changes to the site, this includes a new host and new URLs: http://aa.domaindlx.com/avpworld, http://www.avpworld.cjb.net and lastly http://www.avpworld.tk I have added more information to already existing sections aswell as new sections. A New Guestbook, a new Layout and a new banner. Be sure to visit.”

Cinematic Happenings Under Development have published three interviews with cast and crew of the Alien vs Predator movie. They’ve been to the set of Alien vs Predator and interviewed director Paul Anderson, Lance Henriksen, Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff. More articles will be published on their website over the next few days/weeks so for now you can read the first three:

AvP Movie Interview Part 1 – Paul Anderson
AvP Movie Interview Part 2 – Lance Henriksen
AvP Movie Interview Part 3 – Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff

Here’s an interesting quote from Paul Anderson about the film’s certificate:

CHUD: And what about the rating? Are we looking at a gore-fest?
Anderson: We’re not making any specific rated movie. We’re making the movie that we’re making and it’ll get the rating that it gets. There’s so much unpleasantness in this movie. I mean, it’s pretty gruesome.

After the region 1 2-disc Alien DVD sets were anounced for a January release, I’ve often wondered when the region 2 sets were going to be released. I did a bit of searching on all UK websites and the only site which has them listed is Play.com and the sets will supposedily be released on 15th March 2004. It’s not known whether the region 2 sets will have the same artwork as the region 1 sets but at least we know they’ll be released in the UK. Also Play.com is selling each 2-disc set for £14.99 each which isn’t bad for if you only want the first two films.

Over at JoBlo’s Movie Emporium, they’ve published a long and interesting article of their trip to Prague to go behind-the-scenes on the Alien vs Predator movie. They’ve included information on the plot, cast, interviews with the crew and detailed info on two of the scenes they witnessed. Full article on next page.

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IGN FilmForce recently went to Prague to visit the set of Alien vs Predator the movie and has published an interview with none other than the Alien vs Predator movie director, Paul Anderson. IGN said they’ll be adding more info on their trip to Prague throughout the week but for now have a look at this quote from Paul Anderson:

“One of the things that make Alien and Aliens and the first Predator movie work so well is that fact that the filmmakers deliberately held back the creatures for as long as possible. Whether intentionally or not, that’s what they did and that’s why I think those movies work so well. You don’t see a Predator until 58 minutes into the first movie. You get a hint of Predator-vision but you don’t see one until about an hour into the film. The same with Alien. You don’t see the face hugger come out of the egg until 45 minutes into the film. In the Director’s Cut of Aliens, you don’t have that big battle until an hour and 10 minutes into the film. I think those movies benefited from the fact that they just made the audience wait a little bit.