Mid-last year 20th Century Fox and Tongal announced a competition that gave 6 lucky Alien fans and film-makers a chance to produce short films based set within the Alien universe. After learning the titles of the winning shorts, there's been radio silence on the shorts. Until today! Fox has just released a teaser trailer for the upcoming shorts, offering ... [Read More]

With the 40th anniversary of Alien this May, Yahoo Entertainment spoke to the man behind Captain Dallas, Tom Skerritt, to ask him about some of the behind the scenes "myths" that have cropped up over the years. False: The star initially turned down the film because there was no director attached and he felt the budget was too ... [Read More]

20th Century Fox has today formally announced the Alien 40th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with a release date of April 23rd in North America (and prospectively April 22nd in the UK). As previously announced, an exclusive steelbook will be available via Best Buy in the US or Zavvi in the UK. The release comes with the ... [Read More]

The good folk over at HN Entertainment recently had the opportunity to talk to Amalgamated Dynamics Inc's Alec Gillis and the topic of Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 inevitably came up. Though unable to talk in much detail about ADI's work on the film, Alec did reveal that Neill had been intending to go practical ... [Read More]

Dan O’Bannon is the unsung hero of Alien. An integral part of a trinity of creative masterminds responsible for the classic sci-fi horror Alien alongside Ridley Scott and H.R. Giger. Without any one of those three creators, Alien would not have been the classic we know, and yet, moviegoers are often less familiar with Dan O’Bannon as they are with ... [Read More]

Though Neill Blomkamp has moved on from his Alien 5 project, it would seem James Cameron is not quite ready to let it go! While on the red carpet of Alita: Battle Angel, IGN (via The Terminator Fans) had the chance to ask James Cameron (who produced Alita along with Predators' Robert Rodriguez) about ... [Read More]

There's been a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the impending closing of the acquisition of 20th Century Fox properties by media giant Disney. But we fans of the Alien and Predator franchises can rest a little easier thanks to recent comments by Disney CEO Bob Iger on an investment earnings call. Though Iger had previously seemed open to ... [Read More]

The Sundance Film Festival is well under way in Utah, United States and as previously reported last year 'Memory: The Origins of Alien' documentary has made its premiere this week. Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, this 93 minute documentary explores the origin of Ridley Scott's Alien film from early conception to production. While not your run-of-the-mill featurette, it ... [Read More]

We now have a new snazzy cover artwork for the forthcoming Alien 40th Anniversary Ultra HD Blu-Ray set. This comes from UK retailer Zavvi who have also got the release date down as April 1st, 2019 with a retail price of £27.99. Some retailers may be getting exclusive steelbook versions of Alien too with different artwork. Everything is ... [Read More]

It's been nine months since we last heard from Katherine Waterston regarding Alien: Awakening (aka Alien: Covenant 2). She told the world then that she hadn't "heard anything in ages." In a new interview with ThePlaylist (via Bloody Disgusting) Waterston revealed that nothing has progressed since but she's still very much interested in ... [Read More]

Late last year we learned of Memory - The Origins of Alien, a new documentary which will explore the development of the first Alien film! Entertainment Weekly brings us news of the documentary's premiere and an exclusive look at the poster for the film: The documentary is directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, who is best known for ... [Read More]

We previously reported on an upcoming 4K re-release of Alien on Blu-ray. Now it looks like they're taking it one step further and bringing the 4K restoration back on Big Screens around the UK (and selected international territories) too! According to SeenIt the new 4K restoration of Alien will debut at the Glasgow Film Festival before ... [Read More]

2019 marks the 40th anniversary of Alien and to help celebrate 40 years of Alien, Titan Books is going to be publishing a new Making Of book! Announced via it's writer J.W Rinzler on Twitter, it is being described as a massively comprehensive look at the making of the original masterpiece! Comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete ... [Read More]