20th Century Fox have officially announced that the Alien Anthology Blu-Ray set will be released October 25th in the UK, October 26th in the US and November 3rd in Australia. There are over 60 hours of special features and the discs include two versions of each film with over four hours of unreleased material. It has a ... [Read More]
MTV Movies Blog spoke to Sigourney Weaver recently about a potential Alien 5 movie. Interestingly this time, she mentioned that Fox had a script written by Joss Whedon (Alien Resurrection, Buffy) and that it took place on Earth.
""You know, Fox was going to do another one," Sigourney Weaver said to us recently while accepting Ripley's honor. "They had ... [Read More]
It seems the last few months, we've been hearing more news about Alien 5 than AvP3. There's a news report on IMDB where Sigourney Weaver has mentioned Alien 5:
And the star isn't ruling out a return to the big screen for another Alien film - insisting no one else could take on the role. She says, "I ... [Read More]
There's another interesting article on Den of Geek where they've analysed the past several years and attempt to answer whether or not Alien 5 will ever be made.
"And yet that hasn’t stopped speculation, rumour, and occasional hints of substance from circulating. Because Alien 5, ideally, would see either Ridley Scott or James Cameron returning to the series. It ... [Read More]
There's a small article over on OK! which says actress Sigourney Weaver is considering resurrecting the Ripley character and wants to do Alien 5 with Ridley Scott.
"The Hollywood actress is considering resurrecting her most famous character - shaven-headed, muscle-bound Alien heroine Ellen Ripley.
"I would definitely do another if I had a director like Ridley Scott and we ... [Read More]
There's a couple of new interviews about the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines game. The first is on CVG and another preview / interview you can find in Issue 35 of the Official X-Box Magazine [UK]. You can read a transcript of this article on Sh0dan's Space site.
X-Box 360 Magazine: Have you worked closely at all with ... [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]
Apparently, the BFI IMAX will be having an all-night screening of the Alien Quadrilogy that will take place in London on June 2. Empire Online has the details:
"BFI IMAX have announced that an all-night screening of the Alien Quadrilogy will take place in London on June 2. Ridley Scott’s Alien, James Cameron’s Aliens and David Fincher’s Alien 3 ... [Read More]
It's been a while since we've had any Alien 5 news but Sigourney Weaver mentioned A5 briefly in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Dark Horizons reports:
Talking with Entertainment Weekly, actress Sigourney Weaver says that despite teaming up with James Cameron again for his "Avatar" project, don't expect anymore "Alien" films. "I love the character, but I ... [Read More]
Over the past few weeks IGN has been naming it's top 25 movie franchises. IGN recently named the Alien franchise it's 13th favorite:
"Despite the progressive deterioration of the films, the Alien franchise is one of those series that inspires argument no matter how casual a fan one is. From its precedent-setting choice of leading-lady as action hero to its continual ... [Read More]
Apparently, an alien suit has been stolen from the AvP2 set and the person has put it up for sale on Craiglist. It seems the directors really are going back to the roots of Alien and Predator. The alien suit is similar to the ridged head aliens in James Cameron's sequel Aliens. Pictures can be seen here and on ... [Read More]
A very short interview has appeared on YouTube and GoogleVideo with James Cameron. The interviewer asks him if he'll make Alien 5. Cameron says he's tempted because "they really screwed up the whole franchise [with AvP]". His opinion has changed somewhat from when he was interviewed in February about it. This interview was dated August 11th 2006 on ... [Read More]
IESB.net recently had an interview with Fox chairman, Tom Rothman. He confirms AvP2 will be rated R and that the film will be a lot like Aliens. He also says there is talk of a future Predator 3 movie as well as Alien 5.
IESB: What, are you giving it to Variety? Ooh-ahh…
TR: Let’s put it this way, I think ... [Read More]