Last week Sigourney Weaver dropped the news that long time Alien producer and co-writer Walter Hill had sent her a 50-page treatment that he had completed for Alien 5! Because Hill hasn't actually been involved with any of the Alien films since Alien 3, the news of his treatment came as something of a shock. Though she was ... [Read More]

Talking to the Empire Magazine for their latest Heroes Issue, Sigourney Weaver revealed to the magazine that Walter Hill sent her a 50 page treatment for an Alien 5! Unfortunately she doesn't mention any details, but Weaver states that she received it nearly 18 months back, in the aftermath of the death of Blomkamp's Alien 5. Speaking to Empire in ... [Read More]

Though ultimately cut from the theatrical release of Alien, the first film infamously had a deleted nest sequence in which Ripley discovered both Brett and Dallas glued to the wall and in the midst of being transformed into eggs. Though this would eventually be restored in the 2003 “Director’s Cut” of Alien. It wasn’t until Aliens release in 1986 that we ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 107th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! In this episode we are again joined by Charles de Lauzirika, who produced the phenomenal Alien Quadrilogy, Alien Anthology and Prometheus boxsets, to discuss Alien 3, the work involved in putting the Assembly Cut together and ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 106th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)!  It's Alien Day! And that means I wanted to treat our community to a special podcast episode with someone involved in truly making their mark on the Alien series, and the writer of the original Alien 3, Alien 4 ... [Read More]

Though the idea of the Alien’s host effecting the eventual creature has existed since the days of the very first film, it wasn’t until the early 90s with the release of Kenner’s Alien figures and Alien 3 that the concept of what would become the DNA reflex became widely known. The expanded universe has flirted with the concept, with the PredAlien ... [Read More]

Following on from their adaptation of William Gibson's original Alien 3 script (check out our podcast review here), and their upcoming adaptation of Dan O'Bannon's first draft of Alien, Dark Horse Comics are now turning their sights on Predator and adapting Jim and John Thomas' original Hunters draft of Predator! "There’s excitement in seeing what might ... [Read More]

Following on from 2019's adaptation of William Gibson's second draft of Alien 3, Dark Horse has just announced (via The Hollywood Reporter) that 2020 will see them adapting another unused Alien film script. However, it's not going to be tackling another Alien 3 (sorry folk, no visualize of Eric Red's take), Dark Horse are turning their sights ... [Read More]

With Keith R.A. DeCandido's adaptation of Alien: Isolation now on the bookstore shelves, and Tim Waggoner's Alien: Prototype due out at the end of October, our eyes turn to next year's recently announced Alien: Phalanx. Author Scott Sigler announced the book via Twitter but we didn't know anything about what the new novel would involve. A recent update ... [Read More]

For many fans the demise of Michael Biehn's Corporal Hicks and Carrie Henns' Newt was something of a letdown when it comes to Alien 3. The fans weren't the only ones. Biehn has always been honest about his disappointment regarding Hicks' fate. And in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter that covers his career and his notable ... [Read More]

San Diego Comic-Con 2019 has come to a close this weekend and NECA showcased some new figures in the world of Alien and Predator. They formally announced three new Alien figures. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Alien, we have an Alien Ultimate 40th Anniversary Big Chap 9" figure which NECA have given a deluxe upgrade to with a brand ... [Read More]

William Gibson was the first of several writers to be called upon to write Alien 3 for Brandywine and 20th Century Fox. Having just written Neuromancer, Gibson was considered something of a big up and comer. And unfortunately, his first draft was not quite what was expected. Following the story-notes handed to him by the producers, Gibson delivered a script ... [Read More]

Back in October of 2016, Ralph Brown shared a very candid post on his blog about his nightmare experiences while working on Alien 3. The content of the post came from diaries he kept while working on the film and detailed a lot of issues he had while portraying Aaron, such as his poor relationship with Sigourney Weaver. After several ... [Read More]