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]
The merchandise board has been buzzing about this for the past few days but it's taken this long for bigger and better pictures to show up. Without further ado I present to you the PredAlien vs Predator - PRE-PAINTED DIORAMA KIT:
"Approximate standing 12 inches tall well pre-painted diorama kit, this highly detailed sculpture captures the Predator and its enemy Predalien ... [Read More]
I found this fantastic video on YouTube which led me to one of our linked sites, Pryotecto-Yautja. Turns out one of their forum members, Deimos Anomaly, has made this cracking Aliens game using the Doom2 engine:
The game text is in Spanish(I think) and there are only two levels. You don't need Doom2 to play this, you just ... [Read More]
There's a new interview with Alien 3 director David Fincher on AICN. It's mainly about the movie Zodiac but there's a section on Alien 3 about the problems he faced.
"No, I mean again there were about six months on that movie where things were really exciting and we were going to do all of this different stuff and ... [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]
You may remember the picture of the Predalien maquette (seen below) that was circulated online earlier this year.
It was rumoured to have been sent to ADI when AvPR was in pre-production. Though that was true, it was never sent with the intent to design the creature. Even so, a lot of fans actually preferred this design to the version ADI ... [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]