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In addition to writing the novelization of Alien: Covenant (check out our review of it here! In short, go buy it), we've known for a while that Alan Dean Foster would also be writing a prequel novel. Thanks to the good folk over at Titan Books for providing us with the synopsis, we ... [Read More]

There are certain names that you just associate with Alien. The obvious ones being the likes of Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, H.R Giger. However, for the fans out there who like to read the novels the names Steve Perry and Alan Dean Foster are just as intertwined with the series. For those who might not have ventured into ... [Read More]

The Predator has finished shooting today, ending it's nearly 15 week production that began on the 20th of February. Many of the cast and crew have been sharing their farewells via social media (our community members have been tracking them on the forum) and sharing one of the crew gifts made by vfx creators Todd Masters and his crew ( ... [Read More]

The Predator made it through most of its production without much in the way of leaked photos. They nearly made it until we had a couple of stills of some of the film's new Predators. There had been plenty of other photos taken by the crew working on the film, most of which didn't really give much away. However, there ... [Read More]

Ever since the first leaked set pictures of David's laboratory emerged online the fanbase has been fascinated with the illustrations hanging up in the background. Those illustrations are the result of David's interest in "zoology" in the film. In real life, they're the products of the hard work of two immensely talented artists, Dane Hallett and ... [Read More]

The team over at A-BOX have announced a special Alien: Covenant themed box. A-BOX is a LootCrate-style product where you pay for a blind-box and receive products worth nearly 3 times as much as you maybe paying for the box itself. For sale at £55, the limited edition Alien: Covenant A-BOX contains the following products worth ... [Read More]

In the weeks since Alien: Covenant has been released, many of the concept artists that worked on the film have been sharing their work online. We've previously reported on Wayne Haag (who has also added more artwork! Check it out!) and Carlos Huante's portfolios but Steve Burg, Ev Shipard, Valentin ... [Read More]

When Alien: Covenant finally hit the big screens in the United States, it opened with a fairly strong $36 million. It was on the lower end of the predicted take (around $40 million) but it was still reasonable. Despite fairly favorable critic reviews (currently certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 71% rating), unfortunately for 20th Century Fox ... [Read More]

In a recent interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Sir Ridley Scott talked about the test screenings for Alien: Covenant and revealed that he'd trimmed about 20 minutes from his initial edit of the film. "Ridley Scott: The only reason I take my hat off occasionally to screenings is you think you know everything, but you know you don’t. ... [Read More]

Following on from Luma Pictures' Brendan Seals talking about visual effects work on Alien: Covenant, we have another effect focused article, this time coming from several interviews and articles with Charley Henley, the VFX supervisor for Alien: Covenant. Henley has been chatting to Animation World Network, IndieWire and Cartoon Brew about working on Alien: Covenant. ... [Read More]

Brendan Seals, one of Luma Pictures visual effects supervisors sat down to chat with vfxblog about their work on Alien: Covenant. Luma Pictures was responsible for a series of visual effects in Alien: Covenant that includes the motes flying into Ledward's ear, the strange Engineer lights found inside the Citadel, the graphics on Covenant's cryopods and ... [Read More]

The Empire Podcast has released a new episode focusing on Alien: Covenant. As well as discussing the film, the Spoiler Special episode also includes an interview with Sir Ridley Scott recorded during Alien: Covenant's press rounds. Scott talks a lot about Alien, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, re-iterating a lot of points that he has previously spoken about (including some ... [Read More]

Tested and Adam Savage have posted a new behind-the-scenes featurette, this time focused on the sound effects from Alien: Covenant. As well as more behind-the-scenes footage, the short featurette also features Adam Savage talking to Ben Osmo about how live sound effects on set. "Adam Savage steps into the Sound Recordist Ben Osmo's audio mixing truck on the set of Alien: ... [Read More]