Alien: Romulus writer & director Fede Alvarez took to Twitter/X yesterday to share a handful of tantalizing behind-the-scenes pictures from his upcoming film!
First up, Fede shared a picture of one of the Alien: Isolation inspired save point “emergency” phones that had been spotted when the director dropped the first set picture from Alien: Romulus way back on Alien Day in 2023!
Following this, the director shared a short video of an “exterior” set of the Jackson’s Star colony.
The next picture that Fede Alvarez shared took us inside the USCSS Corbelan IV, stating that while she “is quite an old ship, except for a few new mods, like the newly installed Airlock panel. What other ship had this same system?!”
Giving us a look at some of the retrofuturism on display in Alien: Romulus, Fede also shared a picture of a terminal used on the film, and a flag of the Uruguayan football team Peñarol in the background.
And to finish the tease of behind-the-scenes images, Fede Alvarez also shared an image of the practical model of the USCSS Corbelan IV.
This is the Corbelan IV built by the legendary Ian Hunter and his team.
Ian Hunter also worked on Alien: Resurrection and was responsible for building the Betty. At the recent Footage Presentation that Alien vs. Predator Galaxy had the pleasure of attending, Fede Alvarez had explained that a practical model of the Corbelan was built but then later scanned digitally for use in the film, much like how Mandalorian also shot its scenes featuring spaceships.
Responding to a question about who designed the Corbelan, Fede responded that artist Matthew Savage was the talent behind the design of Alien: Romulus’ addition to the fleet of spacecraft in the Alien universe! Speaking of his work on the ship, Matt said:
The ship, interior and exterior were my main responsibilities, conceptually, on the movie, weeks and months of work honing in on Fede’s vision (his main feedback to the concept art was always “more Nostromo design language please”).
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Alien: Isolation on top, Romulus on the bottom
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Woah they're more similar than I'd thought.
Alien: Isolation on top, movie on bottom.
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I like the design of the ship.
nice and chunky and rugged.
is that a Ripley Neca figure on top? Maybe for size comparison.
And I particularly like the new landing gears. I mean the one with the boots near the yellow ladder
Already reserved tickets for friends and me. Sneak preview 14.8.
If things turn out well, we'll go in at least once more.
It's all built in a hanger/hall.
And now I can understand the dimensions of thr Corbelon Craft - its a really cool design.
The computer looks great too. Very Kubrick!
The main thing is that it is of high quality, and not like when practical effects of monsters were replaced with graphics in Thing 2011
As for actors, they can usually only talk about what they experienced on set. If there were lots of practical sets and effects, that's what they report - they often don't realise how much is planned to be replaced later.
We have seen some degree of this with regards to Romulus. Fede has mentioned many times that there is CGI in the movie, but there's good public word of mouth to be gained from telling an audience things are practical when they're not fully practical at all.
When my brother and I were watching Alien Covenant, He said "Wow, Ridley Scott sure likes casting ugly women in his movies"
When my brother and I were watching Alien Covenant, He said "Wow, Ridley Scott sure likes casting ugly women in his movies"
When my brother and I were watching Alien Covenant, He said "Wow, Ridley Scott sure likes casting ugly women in his movies"
When my brother and I were watching Alien Covenant, He said "Wow, Ridley Scott sure likes casting ugly women in his movies"
I asked why he said that four times and he said "Because of the echo"
How do I edit my post? Lol
When my brother and I were watching Alien Covenant, He said "Wow, Ridley Scott sure likes casting ugly women in his movies"
Maybe passive isn't a right word. More like Ripley is a leader and Vaquez is a follower. Compare Ripley and Vasquez and you'll see. Ripley lead the story, she's developing and evolving from start to the end. Vasquez from start to the end the same badass character.
Folks who thought they built actual spaceships and went to space to film etc:
Vasquez wasn't passive at all.
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Yes, it's been missing in this franchise and expanded universe for quite a few years.
The last time I felt this enthralled was the days of Isolation and to a lesser extent, Covenant.
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By the way, I am also the same age. but a little older
It's also kind of funny that i'm practically her age and i kind of have a Cinema crush on her lmao, so i wonder if that is how Sigourney Weaver went through back in the day, after the release of the first Alien movie.
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Hardly. With all respect to the actors (I don't even talk about them but about their characters) but
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I'm more thinking about David's android (Andy) fate.
I don't like the sacrificial trope: I'm just a robot, so don't cry.
Also I heard there is will be another Ash. I guess Ash will corrupt Andy's mind or even replace it.
Crazier sh*t is posted here everyday.
Yeah, they also built a station in space and a colony on another planet, and the film crew flew to another planet
Must be the sign of the times if people can imagine Disney building an actual atmosphere processor for real.
I thought that I was clearly being sarcastic.
Here we go, Disney just killing another great franchise. I mean they can afford it so why take the shortcut...
Media outlets then turn it into "it's all real!! No cgi!!"