Corporal Hicks

As part of 2024's Alien Day return of Sir Ridley Scott's original Alien to cinema screens in the United States, a “special look at Alien: Romulus featuring a discussion with Alien director Ridley Scott and Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez” will be screened before the movie. As part of the promotions for their own bookings, Fandango has uploaded a preview ... [Read More]

We've known for a couple of days now that in August we could be watching Alien: Romulus with a promotional Xenomorph popcorn bucket strapped to our arms, but thanks to The Garfield Movie News Twitter account, we've now got our first glimpse at the upcoming mini-Xenomorph! https://twitter.com/GarfieldMovNews/status/1778822577974104526 There's currently no information on price point or exclusivity to region ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 182nd episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). Corporal Hicks and RidgeTop are joined once again by community guest SizzyBubbles to discuss Declan Shalvey, Andrea Broccardo and Ruth Redmond's final outing (so far) of Marvel's Alien! We discuss the family dynamics at play in Alien: Descendant, how on ... [Read More]

While you might have thought the team behind the upcoming documentary Aliens Expanded had already assembled an incredible cast, they have just announced they'd done the impossible and added none other than Aliens writer/director James Cameron to the already amazing amount of talent being interviewed! “This is the opportunity of a lifetime,” says writer and director Ian Nathan. ... [Read More]

As CinemaCon wraps up the third day of the convention, Walt Disney Studios took to the stage to show off footage from many of its upcoming films and as expected, they finally showed off footage from Fede Alverez's Alien: Romulus. While the footage itself is not available online, descriptions of the footage (via Discussing ... [Read More]

Despite the decades that have passed since its release, and the countless documentaries and explorations of its production, there are still secrets that “Alien” continues to keep its claws firmly entrenched in. Secrets locked away in a vault at 20th Century Studios, or as this article will explore, secrets kept in the personal collections of the people who worked on ... [Read More]

A green-band trailer for Alien: Romulus has been uploaded to the (new) official Alien Anthology YouTube channel. Don't get too excited, as there's no major changes to the footage, but this version of the trailer sees the brief shot of the facehugger being removed from someone's face replaced with a shot of laboratory doors labelled "Romulus Lab" being opened. Check ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 181st episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). In this episode Corporal Hicks and RidgeTop are joined by writer Ed Brisson and artist Netho Diaz to discuss their work on Marvel's Predator comic series! We discuss Theta's character journey, revisiting the Preserve Planet, Dutch Schaefer being locked back ... [Read More]

Ahead of the publication of the latest issue of Total Film on March 28, the outlet has released a snippet of their interview with Alien: Romulus' Cailee Spaeny. Spaeny, who plays Rain, in Fede Alvarez's upcoming film set between the original Alien and Aliens, described turning off the geek part of her brain while working on the ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 180th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). In our latest episode, regular hosts Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop and Xenomorphine are breaking down and discussing the recently released teaser trailer for Alien: Romulus!   We discuss the effectiveness of the teaser trailer, shopping at Space Ikea, how refreshing it is ... [Read More]

Following the release of Alien: Romulus' fantastically atmospheric teaser trailer yesterday, several of the bigger entertainment outlets have shared interviews with writer/director Fede Alvarez discussing the film and the teaser. And we've got a huge round-up of all the interesting bits! From the very offset of the trailer we're thrown into the familiar with Nostromo-esque corridors. Talking ... [Read More]

Following the tease and hidden image of Alien: Romulus' Xenomorph from Fede Alvarez last night, the promised tomorrow has finally arrived.  Alongside the first poster for Alien: Romulus, we now have our first look at the film's teaser trailer. Check it out below! The trailer begins with a spaceship heading towards a huge spaceport. We see a blood-soaked corridor with ... [Read More]

It has been a long time since we heard any news on Survios' upcoming Alien virtual reality game. Back in July 2023, while appearing on Game Dev Unchained, Survios’ Chief Technology Officer Alex Silkin told us that the game was "spiritually inspired by Alien: Isolation" and that's the last we've heard. I don't have much in the way of news ... [Read More]