The Aliens Anthology has been previewed in DVD & Blu-ray Review magazine:
It features a 6 page summary of the behind-the-scenes on the Aliens series and a 5 page preview. They talk to producer Charles de Lauzirikia about the set, covering the Aliens remaster, Fox censorship, MU-TH-UR and more. I do have the magazine but I'm unable to scan it until ... [Read More]
It looks like the conflict between director and studio is starting already:
"Ridley Scott is at odds with 20th Century Fox, the major studios behind the project over budgetary and creative differences, according to sources close to the production. It would seem Scott wants a budget of around $250m to make it a sci-fi spectacular, and is also pushing for an ... [Read More]
Arther Max, production designers for Scott's Alien Prequel recently spoke very briefly about the project with Crave Online:
"Already underway on his next adventure with Scott, Max telephoned straight from Pinewood Studios where he's already hard at work doing designs for the upcoming Alien prequel. At one point in the interview, Max even had to (very ... [Read More]
Home Cinema Choice have wrapped up their previews of the Aliens Anthology set with Alien Resurrection:
Looking at the galleries, it seems like the special edition versions of the movies have definitely been redone but I'm unsure if the theatrical releases have also been done. Either way, it's looking amazing. The set is due for release 25th of ... [Read More]
Ikarop recently wrapped up an interview he conducted with Michael Broom, a concept artist who worked on the recent Predators:
" I did a sketch for a kind of ‘Hannibal Lector’-type Predator. You know Steve Buchemi’s character in ‘Con Air’, how they kept him strapped into this thing and a mask chained on him? Similar concept, but Predator version. Skinnier, scarier, ... [Read More]
Home Cinema Choice has been continuing its release of preview imagery from the Aliens Anthology. They officially released Aliens yesterday with Alien 3 coming online today:
You can check out the rest over at Home Cinema Choice. Dark Horizons have also posted a comparison article between the Aliens DVD and the recent ... [Read More]
For the past few months we've been running game nights on specific days and times for both AvP2 and for AvP on the X-Box 360.
AvP 2010 (360 version) - This takes place on Wednesday nights at 8pm GMT. To join just send me your Gamertag or add mine which you can find in this thread. I strongly recommend you ... [Read More]
Home Cinema Choice will be releasing previews of each the Aliens Anthology set this week, film by film. Officially they've only released the Alien previews but the Aliens ones can be found on their website:
You can see the links to the Aliens previews in our forums. The rest will be released ... [Read More]
Ridley Scott has apparently been in talks with actress Gemma Arterton in regards of playing the lead female character in the upcoming prequel:
"Apparently, Scott was so impressed by Arterton's performance in J. Blakeson's The Disappearance of Alice Creed that he wanted to meet with her for the main female role. Some will remember that Scott's casting of Sigourney Weaver as ... [Read More]
Kotaku have posted up some pictures of the new screenshots shown at PAX. They seem to be pre-rendered promo shots using in-game resources:
The other pieces show similar situations where the marines are generally in a whole mess of trouble. I still expect high-res versions online at some point. Visit Kotaku to see the original ...[Read More]