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A few weeks back I had the opportunity to watch all six of the Alien 40th Anniversary short films during a press event located on the 20th Century Fox lot in Los Angeles. Accompanying me was former staff member Mike Monaghan, who also joined Aaron and I on a Read More]

Sigourney Weaver was back as Ripley in a skit for the late-night talk and news satire show ‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.’ The comedy short recreates the scene in Aliens where Ripley chases ‘Newt’ into the air ducts. Rather than ‘Newt,’ Ripley is chasing after Samantha Bee, who is hiding from ... [Read More]

The documentary film ‘Memory: The Origins of Alien,’ has secured a distribution partner and will be seeing a wide release this summer. The film premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, and thankfully fans won’t have to wait too long before they’re able to watch it. Legion ... [Read More]

A couple weeks back AvP Galaxy had the fantastic opportunity to tour the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ ‘Visions and Voices’ 40th Anniversary Alien Exhibit. The department’s Director of Programming and Special Projects, Alex Ago, who was kind enough to give us a walk-through of the exhibit and enlighten us ... [Read More]

Alien will be coming back to theaters in the United States for an anniversary screening this October. From Fathom Events and presented by Turner Classic Movies ‘Big Screen Classics’ series, the movie will have screenings on three days: October 13th, 15th, and 16th. It’s unknown whether or not this will be ... [Read More]

We’ve known since December of 2017 about Disney’s agreement to acquire the film properties of 20th Century Fox, and now after more than a year of finalizing those plans, the deal has fully closed. As of March 19th 2019, The Walt Disney Company now completely owns the Alien, Predator, ... [Read More]

Most fans of Predator know that the original design for the interstellar hunter character was quite different than what we ended up with. After some test footage was shot of the original creature design in Mexico, the production was put on hold and Stan Winston was hired to come to ... [Read More]

Though Aliens: Resistance is currently in the middle of its run, it seems Dark Horse Comics has more adventures in store for us featuring Amanda Ripley and Zula Hendricks. Coming exclusively from SyFy Wire, Aliens: Rescue has just been announced. This new comic will ... [Read More]

Dan O’Bannon is the unsung hero of Alien. An integral part of a trinity of creative masterminds responsible for the classic sci-fi horror Alien alongside Ridley Scott and H.R. Giger. Without any one of those three creators, Alien would not have been the classic we know, and yet, moviegoers are ... [Read More]

There’s been a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the impending closing of the acquisition of 20th Century Fox properties by media giant Disney. But we fans of the Alien and Predator franchises can rest a little easier thanks to recent comments by Disney CEO Bob Iger on an investment earnings ... [Read More]