I was just randomly searching on Google and found a new interview with Colin and Greg Strause on DWScifi. It was posted Jan 15 but I guess we all missed it.
What did you think of the original Alien Vs. Predator?
Colin Strause: Like most of the fans we weren’t crazy about the last film. It didn’t deliver enough ... [Read More]
AvPR got off to a good start in the UK in its opening weekend. It made £1.97M according to BBC.co.uk.
"AVP sees the extraterrestrial species visit a Colorado town Horror film Alien vs Predator: Requiem has slashed its way to the top of the UK box office in its opening weekend. The sequel to the 2004 original took £1.97m, ... [Read More]
It's not even been a month and it's finally happened. The inevitable. Directorial debut for the Brothers Strause, AvP Requiem, has been nominated for two Razzie awards:
Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie(which turns out to be a brand new category)
Worst Prequel or Sequel
This years event marks the Razzie's 28th. AvPR's predecessor was also nominated for Worst Prequel or Sequel in ... [Read More]
There's a semi-interesting interview over at SKNR with Victoria Bildwell. She played the pregnant woman in AvP Requiem whose stomach was ripped open. She talks a little about how the scene was done and what it was like.
GVK: How much of the birthing scene was makeup and prosthetics and how much was cgi?
VB: I was amazed at ... [Read More]
To coincide with the release of AvP Requiem in the UK, Alien vs Predator will finally be shown for the first time on terrestrial tv. It will be on Channel 4 at 9PM on Sunday. Go and see what could have been.
There's some more AvPR Reviews: Guardian (1/5), BBC (2/5), Daily Star (4/10), ... [Read More]
Dark Horse has just announced it's third volume in the highly popular Predator Omnibus series:
"Death often hides in the dark, isolated corners of the earth-in thick woods, steaming swamps, or angry seas. These natural dangers of animal, weather, and terrain often give rise to legends and folk tales of demons, serpents, and ghosts to put an understandable face to the ... [Read More]
There's a couple of new UK AvP Requiem reviews. The first is in the News of the World (There's also a scan of the newspaper article here.) and another one on Empire. Both are very negative and they give it 1/5.
The box office totals so far are $40,081,000 domestic and $36,536,503 foreign giving a ... [Read More]
NECA have released the first pictures of their Alien 18" Action Figure based on Ridley Scott's Alien.
In 1979, audiences were terrified by Ridley Scott's genre-redefining science fiction masterpiece: Alien. In 2008, fans finally get what they've been waiting for: an Alien 18" Action Figure from NECA! Captured in painstaking detail, the Alien hits shelves this spring. We'll ... [Read More]
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]
Fox have finally given Predator on Blu-Ray a release date. It will be released April 15, 2008 in the US according to High-Def Digest. Special features are unknown for now.
"In an early announce to retailers, Fox has set an April Blu-ray debut for the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic 'Predator.' One of the "monster" franchises of the '80s (along with ... [Read More]
NECA has just released some official pictures of its upcoming Wolf figure, both masked and unmasked versions:
"The Predator's trademark shoulder-mounted Plasma Cannons are jointed, can swivel and pivot up and down, and be folded back when not in use. And just like in AVP: Requiem, they can be removed from the shoulders and used as hand-held guns with attaching battery ... [Read More]
There's some minor news about AvP Requiem on Blu-Ray at High-Def Digest. Something about an interactive game.
"The exec also demonstrated the forthcoming "Alien vs. Predator vs. You" BD-Live interactive game, which can be played by multiple players across a network, and is set to be included in the forthcoming 2008 Blu-ray release of 'Alien vs. Predator: Requiem' (street ... [Read More]