ShockTillYouDrop.com were lucky enough to visit ADI's studio and talk to Tom Woodruff about working on AvPR.
Shock: Out of the action set pieces on AvP: Requiem, what turned out to be the most challenging for you?
Woodruff: The Strause Brothers were smart, as was [screenwriter] Shane Salerno, in bringing the classic elements of the Alien movie which always has ... [Read More]
Three interesting featurettes from the upcoming AvPR DVD can be seen on Arrow In The Head. The first one is called "Building the Predator Homeworld" which takes you through the concept art for the homeworld. The next one is "Crossbreed: Creating the Predalien" which about the various concepts for the Predalien. The final clip is about the ... [Read More]
Amazon.com has just uploaded a short 1 and a half minute video on their AvP Requiem DVD page. It's just the Brothers, Daniel Pearl, Ortiz and Gillis talking about the Brothers during the making of the movie:
I'm guessing this'll feature on the DVD which is due out next week over in the states. Thanks to Alien Experience ... [Read More]
If anything, I'm consistent. Here's my second article in the deleted scenes line: AvPR Theatrical vs Unrated. I've detailed every new scene in the Unrated cut with screens.
Don't get your hopes up though. I thought it was pretty disappointing as the scenes don't add a whole lot to the movie. When I get the UK DVD, my next article ... [Read More]
So, the Brothers Strause had always talked about doing another one but they've since vanished from regularly appearing here. Well, according to Shock Till You Drop, there's another one coming:
"An anonymous source over at 20th Century Fox got in touch with us over the weekend to relay the news another Aliens vs. Predator sequel is a "certainty" ... [Read More]
AXP staff writer Jay West recently had chance to visit Hydraulx Studios, the home of the Brothers Strause. And by home, I mean the place they edited AvP Requiem among a plethora of other stuff:
"I still go on all of the fan sites now and talk with kids and listen to what they didn't like on stuff. It's kind of ... [Read More]
The first release date of the AvPR DVD has been found on the Australian shopping site EzyDVD. It has a release date of April 23, 2008 for Australia. It will cost $AU29.83 and will come in an exclusive collector's tin.
Expect the US release date to be around the same time and UK release date will probably be ... [Read More]
I gave some people a little preview of this article earlier this month but I've decided to publish it now. I added a few new scenes since then. The article covers the Deleted Scenes in AvP Requiem. Over 30 minutes were cut from AvP Requiem due to Fox not giving them any more money for effects etc. Most of ... [Read More]
I was just randomly searching on Google and found a new interview with Colin and Greg Strause on DWScifi. It was posted Jan 15 but I guess we all missed it.
What did you think of the original Alien Vs. Predator?
Colin Strause: Like most of the fans we weren’t crazy about the last film. It didn’t deliver enough ... [Read More]
AvPR got off to a good start in the UK in its opening weekend. It made £1.97M according to BBC.co.uk.
"AVP sees the extraterrestrial species visit a Colorado town Horror film Alien vs Predator: Requiem has slashed its way to the top of the UK box office in its opening weekend. The sequel to the 2004 original took £1.97m, ... [Read More]
It's not even been a month and it's finally happened. The inevitable. Directorial debut for the Brothers Strause, AvP Requiem, has been nominated for two Razzie awards:
Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie(which turns out to be a brand new category)
Worst Prequel or Sequel
This years event marks the Razzie's 28th. AvPR's predecessor was also nominated for Worst Prequel or Sequel in ... [Read More]
There's a semi-interesting interview over at SKNR with Victoria Bildwell. She played the pregnant woman in AvP Requiem whose stomach was ripped open. She talks a little about how the scene was done and what it was like.
GVK: How much of the birthing scene was makeup and prosthetics and how much was cgi?
VB: I was amazed at ... [Read More]
There's a couple of new UK AvP Requiem reviews. The first is in the News of the World (There's also a scan of the newspaper article here.) and another one on Empire. Both are very negative and they give it 1/5.
The box office totals so far are $40,081,000 domestic and $36,536,503 foreign giving a ... [Read More]