Fox have released a new website to promote the Anthology Blu-ray.
It's basically some footage from Alien and it allows you to upload a picture of yourself to get face-hugged. As well as that, an English version of the MU-TH-UR trailer has also been released. [Read More]
The kind folks over at UGO recently dropped us a line letting us know about these gems:
Drawn by Chris Moreno, the artwork is a collaboration of UGO and Fox to promote the much anticipated Aliens Anthology. They're the resulting a face-hugging with well known characters. Chris created two galleries worth of cartoons. Click here ...[Read More]
Make of this what you will. I'm still digesting it:
"Reports are coming in that the co-creator of Lost has just turned in his script for the Untitled Alien Prequel for director Ridley Scott and the executives at 20th Century Fox love it. Why do they love it? Well, because Scott originally budgeted the film around $150 ... [Read More]
Home Cinema Choice have posted up a review of the Aliens Anthology due out in just under 2 weeks time:
"The remastered Aliens encode is a thing of incredible beauty, where some kind of noise reduction tech has been used to clean the image, but not at the expense of fine textures and shadow detail, while ... [Read More]
To promote the upcoming Predators Blu-ray and DVD release, Fox have opened a new Predators themed site:
It's a game that is designed to utilize Facebook that lets you unlock new clips and trailers. Fox have also released some clips via YouTube. You can also check out some previews of the upcoming release in ...[Read More]
Movie magazine Empire has reviewed the upcoming Aliens Anthology set in their latest issue which is on shelves now:
It's a 2 page spread and a positive review. No definitive score on the complete set though, rather reviews on the individual cuts and a 5/5 for the extras. You can check out Daz_85's scans in the forum. [Read More]
I'm sure we're all getting rather frustrated at the lack of any news to do with Gearbox's Colonial Marines. Seems like CEO Randy Pitchford thinks they announced it too soon:
"Duke Nukem Forever is consuming about 70 staff, so there’s still a huge amount of push power behind our other projects," said Pitchford. "We’re very, very committed to Aliens: ... [Read More]
So we've seen reports that Ridley Scott may have been in talks with Gemma Arteton and Noomi Rapace. Deadline.com have also dropped a further 2 names into that list:
"I've heard that list includes the studio's Wall Street 2 star Carey Mulligan and Abbie Cornish (Scott directed her in A Good Year). But another ... [Read More]
Back in August I announced that AvPGalaxy had organized a showing of Alien and Aliens for the fans in England. We have a little over a month left before the events takes place and only 8 tickets remaining:
“The showings will be taking place at The Screen Room, an independent one screen cinema in Nottingham, ... [Read More]
The Predators iPhone game released by Chillingo and Angry Mob has recently received a rather beefy update:
The update includes new Predator enemies, new weapons and new kill moves. The game received mainly positive reviews for its original release. Be sure to check out the trailer for the update. Thanks to HeavenlyBIGFOOT, Requiem28 and others for the ... [Read More]
Fox Germany have just released a new trailer for the Anthology set:
It shows off the new interactive menus and the MU-TH-UR mode. Thanks to AvPWorld for the find. [Read More]
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]