According to Vulture, actress Charlize Theron is being sought by Fox for a role in the Prequel: "Regardless, we’re told that Fox is having the role rewritten so that it’s larger and befitting, if not of Theron, then at least of someone of Theron’s stature. We're also told that the South African beauty should get the new version ... [Read More]

A new screenshot from Aliens Colonial Marines has been found on Lorin Wood's personal website. He's one of the concept artists at Gearbox who is working on ACM. The location in the shot is very similar to Hadley's Hope. Thanks to ikarop for the news. [Read More]

MTV Movies recently sat down with Olivia Wilde while she was promoting Tron: Legacy and she confirmed she'd been talking to Ridley Scott. This adds her name to the list of potentials that includes Natalie Portman, Noomi Rapace and Carey Mulligan. Thanks to Christian Fowler for the e-mail: [Read More]

This is definitely good news if it's true. H.R. Giger's wife, Carmen Scheifele, has said the Swiss surrealist painter is working on the Alien Prequel. You can check out the video interview with his wife here and another report about it here. It's in German though. HR Giger, Schöpfer der "Alien"-Figur für den 1979 entstandenen Film von ... [Read More]

You may remember Gearbox showcased a trailer for Aliens Colonial Marines in September 2008. It was a private function and cam footage of it was leaked back then. The actual teaser trailer has now been leaked in high quality. It starts with a shot of a planet and then pans to Alien eggs with marines exploring ... [Read More]

Sega have still not given the upcoming Aliens Colonial Marines a release date. Yesterday, Sega revealed their 2011 line-up and ACM is still listed as to-be-confirmed. The game was also mentioned in January's issue of Game Informer magazine who interviewed Alan Pritchard - Sega of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing. RidgeTop managed to take ... [Read More]

Vulture posted an update yesterday on the Alien prequel revealing its title: Alien Paradise and various characters in the script. They firstly debunked the previous story about the prequels being delayed. This was apparently a failed attempt to cast Leonardo DiCaprio in the prequels who would have been busy filming another movie. They mention a new character called David ... [Read More]

According to Scriptflags the release of both parts of the prequel have been pushed back: "Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel #1 & #2 have both been pushed back a full twelve months to 2013 & 2014. There has been no official explanation from Fox or Scott's camp. This comes two months after their first publicized fallout over budgetary and rating criteria." The ... [Read More]

I'd like to preface this one by saying take this with a grain of salt as it is only 3rd hand information. Richard Daborn pointed me towards this post: "I'm not sure if any of this is known, but my Brother works in TV and one of the crews he works with came back from Morocco about 10 ... [Read More]

I've uploaded an interview I conducted with Joseph Pepe, a conceptual artist who worked on Predators: "Well the concept of him wearing the scavenged Predator gear was already in the script. I just had to make it work on a human sized body, which I found very difficult, added the Japanese Samurai helmet and other accoutrements in Photoshop. ... [Read More]

ComicBookMovie.com is reporting that production on the Prequel has started. They're citing visual effects artist, Henry South: "Started work on alien prequel today!! Absolutely stunning. Worth waiting till late 2011 for peeps!" South posted this up on his Twitter which actually seems to have disappeared. We also know that Arther Max, the production designer, has been working on the film ... [Read More]

Amidst all the recent casting rumors going around, one has surfaced in regards to Lance Henriksen being involved in the film: "The inclusion of Henriksen is an unexpected one. His character was cleverly integrated into Alien 3, but how will writer Damon Lindelof work him into a prequel apparently set 35 years before the events of Alien? Will ... [Read More]

While not officially released until tomorrow, review copies and early copies of the Alien Anthology have found their way into hands of many people. Below are some of the reviews written up so far: The Digital Bits review Total Film review DVD Beaver review IGN review Screen Jabber review ... [Read More]