There's a fairly detailed article on CGSociety about the visual effects in AvP Requiem. They interviewed the Strause Brothers as well two crew members. "Even so, the film has around 460 visual effects shots. In addition to adding digital characters in post, Hydraulx created the interior of the predator’s ship, wiped out a city with a nuclear blast, colorized ... [Read More]

There's a competition on Kerrang at the moment to win tickets to see AvP Requiem. You'll stay in some London hotel and after you've seen the movie, they take you to some battle event in the forest. "Want to get even closer to the biggest, baddest battle between the deadliest species who are now on Earth? Enter our prize ... [Read More]

Well this is certainly interesting. Fox has put up this official trivia competition in which fans can compete with other fans in a chance to win prizes: "Hi, I work for a trivia company, we've just teamed up with 20th Century Fox to create a freeplay Aliens and Predator quiz based on all of the movies and the run of comics, ... [Read More]

There's a new two-page article about AvP Requiem in this month's Total Film Magazine. Forum member War Wager was kind enough to scan the article in. Check out this thread in the forum for the scans plus a full transcript. There's two new behind-the-scenes images, one of the Predalien and the other of the skinned body. There's also a very ... [Read More]

News seems to have all but disappeared since AvPR came out. I feel sorta empty. There's an interview with the Strause Brothers on LA Times (Requires Registration). It's mostly about their life story and how they got into visual effects and formed Hydraulx etc. "Colin, the more effusive of the two, said they convinced executives at 20th Century ... [Read More]

Izzet over at Alien Experience found a really interesting article over at VFXWorld that they posted before AvPR's release. It deals with a lot of technical related stuff but it's quite a good read: "The film came in under budget, "which doesn't seem to happen too often around here," Colin says. "It actually freed up money so the studio would let ... [Read More]

The box office figures are in for December 25. According to Box Office Mojo, the movie made $9,515,615 on Christmas Day. It's slightly more than the $7-$9m ComingSoon predicted. It's also the third all-time highest opening on a Christmas Day according to /Film. ALL-TIME TOP SINGLE DAY CHRISTMAS OPENING DAY GROSSES 1. Ali - $10.2M 2. Catch Me If ... [Read More]

This is just a little post giving a roundup of all the reviews released so far. I'll update this news post as more are released. I've split them up into good and bad. The Good MovieWeb (3.5/5) 7MPictures (3/5) SKNR.net (3.5/5) NYTimes (N/A) Outtakes With Fiore (6/10) One Guy's Opinion (C) IGN FilmForce (3.5/5) ... [Read More]

> ...with a brand new featurette. This one's a little video with the Brothers Strause as they talk about the movie and the previous films: That's not much we don't already know in there. Couple new shots: One of Wolf smashing his way through pavement onto the surface. Interesting none-the-less. Check it out over at the Reelz site. You ... [Read More]

Ah, it always comes back to Aint It Cool News. Remember when they told us Anderson's AvP was gonna suck balls? Remember when they got Fox - and us - in a big rile over an old AvP Requiem script? Good times. Well, they're back to stir more trouble with two new reviews: "So, basically what I'm saying is ... [Read More]

There's an interesting article on ComingSoon.net which predicts how movies are going to do this week at the box office. There's a lengthy section on AvPR. Why I Should See It: It's aliens… fighting predators! Need we say more than just repeat the title? Why Not: The first movie really wasn't as good as it could have been and the ... [Read More]

There's a new review of AvP Requiem on DreadCentral. It's pretty negative. They scored it 2/5 overall. "The fact that Fox opted for this franchise instead of the Ridley Scott/James Cameron Alien 5 collaboration or Robert Rodriguez’s epic Predator 3 script will forever be one of Hollywood’s biggest blunders. Now that they’ve effectively ruined both franchises, the next move ... [Read More]

There's a new behind-the-scenes segment on IESB.net. It's about six minutes long and features a few scenes being shot. Reiko and other characters in the rain, Ricky laying on the floor injured etc. They've also got all the previous clips from Bloody-Disgusting in much better quality here too. I'll just give you the direct links: -Behind-The-Scenes Footage (46MB) - ... [Read More]