Corporal Hicks

Alien fans are no strangers to alternate continuities. Is it Hicks and Newt who met General Spears, or is it really Wilks and Billie? Dark Horse explored the idea towards the end of their time with Alien, adapting William Gibson's second draft of "Alien 3" and Dan O'Bannon's very first draft of the original "Alien". Now it's Marvel's turn with ... [Read More]

A is for Alien, B is for Bishop, C is for chestburster> ...you get the jist! Over the last nearly decade since Titan started publishing Alien books, they put out a very eclectic range of whimsical and unusual Alien books including the recently released "An Aliens Search-and-Find Book: Find the Xenomorph". Now it's Golden Books' turn with "A Is for ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 175th 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 community guest HuDaFuk to discuss the most recent Predator anthology book, Predator: Eyes of the Demon. We talk about our favourite and least favourite picks of the books, discussing Predator at ... [Read More]

The team over at Kennedyboy Productions have recently uploaded a trailer for their upcoming Alien fan production, No Man's Land! Directed by Christian Kennedy, No Man's Land is set during World War 1 and is described as "Battlefield 1 meets Aliens." Check out the trailer below! In the hot barren trenches of a remote Ottoman ... [Read More]

Last week we learned that Fargo and Oppenheimer actor David Rysdahl had joined the cast of FX and Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien series as a regular cast member. Details of what character he is playing are still unknown though. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rysdahl talked a little about the Alien series, as well ... [Read More]

While Titan has been responsible for some of the best literature the Alien franchise has seen (I’m looking at you Alex White and Scott Sigler), they have also published some fantastic non-fiction in the way of J.W Rinzler’s phenomenal Making of Alien and Aliens and Alien: The Blueprints, as well as some absolutely delightful off-beat Alien books like Alien Next ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 174th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). Regular co-hosts Corporal Hicks and RidgeTop are joined by author and editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt to discuss his work on the latest anthologies Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey and Predator: Eyes of the Demon! We discuss the return of Dutch, how ... [Read More]

The casting news for FX and Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien series continues today with a new report from Variety naming another 6 members of the cast! Joining the recently announced Timothy Olyphant and David Rysdahl are: Babou Ceesay (“Guerrilla,” “Damilola”), Jonathan Ajayi (“Wonder Woman 1984,” “Noughts and Crosses”), Erana James (“Uproar,” “The Wilds”), Lily Newmark (“Pin ... [Read More]

Earlier today we learned that Timothy Olyphant had joined the cast of Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien series as Kirsh, the synthetic mentor of Sydney Chandler's character Wendy. And now, Deadline is reporting that actor David Rysdahl has also been cast in the upcoming series! After working with Noah Hawley on the fifth season of his Emmy-winning drama ... [Read More]

With filming of Noah Hawley and FX's Alien series scheduled to recommence in Bangkok in the New Year, Noah Hawley has been discussing the upcoming serialized entry into the Alien universe again. In a new interview with StarsInfoCity, Hawley discussed the challenges in designing the shows aesthetic, suggesting that perhaps we're returning to the lo-fi sci-fi of ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 173rd episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). Regular co-hosts Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop and Xenomorphine are joined once again by community guest SizzyBubbles to discuss Marvel's latest entries into the Alien expanded universe - Alien: Thaw and Alien: Regicide! We discuss children within the Alien franchise, the complex family ... [Read More]

As filming on Noah Hawley's Alien series is set to begin again in January/February of 2024, The Ronin is reporting that amongst those directors joining Noah Hawley will be the Emmy-winning Cinematographer turned director Dana Gonzales! The Ronin can share a small update on the untitled “Alien” series. Executive producer Dana Gonzales had been previously linked ... [Read More]

With the release of Marvel's solicitations for February 2024, we now know that a new 4 issue series from Marvel and returning writer Ed Brisson is due to hit comic book store shelves on the 21st of February 2024! For years, Theta has hunted and killed Predators in her search for the one that killed her parents. Now ... [Read More]