A head of tomorrow’s debut of Alien: Containment, the first of six Alien: 40th Anniversary Shorts, 20th Century Fox has uploaded a new red band trailer with some new footage and the release order!
“In honor of the 40th anniversary of ALIEN (1979), six visionary filmmakers expand the terrifying imaginations of Ridley Scott, H.R Giger, and Dan O’Bannon. From atmospheric hallways, to hair-raising escapes and deadly creatures lurking in the dark, these captivating stories brings forth a new narrative for fans, while paying homage to the original film.”
In addition to uploaded the new trailer, Fox also provided us with the release order for the shorts!
March 29th: ALIEN: Containment –Four survivors find themselves stranded aboard a small escape pod in deep space. Trying to piece together the details around the outbreak that led to their ship’s destruction, they find themselves unsure to trust whether or not one of them might be infected. Written and Directed by Chris Reading
April 5th: ALIEN: Specimen – It’s the night shift in a colony greenhouse, and Julie, a botanist, does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have triggered her sensitive lab dog. Despite her best efforts the lab unexpectedly goes into full shutdown and she is trapped inside. Little does she know, an alien specimen has escaped the mysterious cargo, and a game of cat and mouse ensues as the creature searches for a host. Directed by Kelsey Taylor
April 12th: ALIEN: Night Shift –When a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot where the trucker’s condition worsens, leaving a young supply worker alone to take matters into her own hands. Written and Directed by Aidan Brezonick
April 19th: ALIEN: Ore – As a hard-working miner of a planet mining colony, Lorraine longs to make a better life for her daughter and grandchildren. When her shift uncovers the death of a fellow miner under mysterious circumstances, Lorraine is forced to choose between escape or defying management orders and facing her fears to fight for the safety of her family. Written and Directed by the Spear Sisters
April 26th: ALIEN: Harvest – The surviving crew of a damaged deep-space harvester have minutes to reach the emergency evacuation shuttle. A motion sensor is their only navigation tool leading them to safety while a creature in the shadows terrorizes the crew. However, the greatest threat might have been hiding in plain sight all along. Directed by Benjamin Howdeshell
April 26th: ALIEN: Alone – Hope, an abandoned crew member aboard the derelict chemical hauler Otranto, has spent a year trying to keep her ship and herself alive as both slowly fall apart. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life. Written and Directed by Noah Miller
The shorts will be posted online 9am PST/4pm GMT/5pm BST weekly on IGN, until May 3rd when they will be available to view on the Alien Universe website.
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Harvest was worse?
Oh God.
I didn't realize this and put mine into Movies Anywhere, and I don't seem to have access to them through that service.
Bloody foreigners. Jumping on the internet and being useful
Just find a partner in the states who will submit it and do some work on it. Plenty of Americans on here.
Ouch. Sorry brother.
As an educated guess -- I'm not sure. I know I wasn't eligible to pitch.
I hope they do this again so I can submit the short I wrote ALIEN: REUNION. I missed the deadline by like 5 fukin minutes because I failed to consider time zones, like a moron.
I will say that the anticipation of a new episode of Knight Rider to actually start was a golden moment, but the week long lead-up to that was for the birds.
I did find the suspense of the original Aliens series by Nelson and Verheiden to be intoxicating. Those books took months and months between issues and it was always a worthwhile wait. In the meantime my mind was filled with all sorts of scenarios where the story could go.
I'm ok with letting artists, directors and whomever take their time, but I also like the immersive experience of doing the occasional binge watch.
Ahh, yeah, I forgot they have the international rights for BCS. Similar to Annihilation last year, which was a theatrical release in the US but went straight to Netflix everywhere else.
Anything Netflix does in-house all gets dumped on their platform all in one go, however.
I don't think Netflix has ever spread a season out, to my knowledge. Some of the other streaming platforms do, however.
I mean, I still prefer that to be honest. Gives me more time to mull over what I watched, to speculate about what's to come, and to enjoy each episode as it's own piece. Better Call Saul has been an obsession of mine the last four years, and I cannot imagine watching it all in one sitting for a first viewing.
Sometimes I wish Netflix would slow down and release some of their shows weekly as opposed to entire seasons at a time.
Y'all made that way too easy.
In my day...
I actually agree with your points Huggs but after Isolation's series, I think spacing things out, little by little on a regular basis might be a fun change pace. I kinda like the one per week model right now.
But yah, those days of having to wait an entire week for an episode kinda sucked.
6 days is all at once?
When something is already done, especially a 10 minute short to be released online, I don't see the harm with 24 hour Windows.
10 minutes per week?
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One a day, maybe.
Typically, internet was down over the weekend so I've not watched the first one yet. Glad to hear you enjoyed them almost across the board though.
Maybe he's been eating some of that arturian poontang.
https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/03/29/alien-40th-anniversary-short-film-containment
About 10 minutes apiece.
Did you have any accidents?