Found the video of Hawley introducing a screening of Alien in Austin a month ago.
https://vimeo.com/821460024
"When FX asked me what do I think about adapting what is now a franchise, but for me it was always this film..."
He also said hes been talking to Ridley and "the first year will be 8 hours", confirming it will be 8 episodes and hinting at a planned second season.
Talked about the existence of 6 movies demystifying the Alien and his goal being to remystify it again.
Ooohh, I'm glad this has finally been dug up. Good find!
Remystify eh? We'll see. I'm always skeptical of claims of that nature.
Being set on Earth and a cyborg using dual blades doesn't scream to me as remystifying something :laugh: but I'll give him a chance of course to be proven wrong. I really want this to be good and succeed and have more seasons.
All I ask is ovomorphing scene.
From the concept art, it looks like its going to be mashed together from props used in a different set of a different show but following the same vibe. I mean, if you mash Silo, Extrapolations, Ark and some props remade from Alien Covenant, you pretty much salvaged enough props to make the show already.
I'm really trying to stay in the dark with this series as much as possible. I like the idea of him trying to remystify the alien again. I just hope he doesn't explain away the origins and everything.
Hope that the show runners daughters complaint that Alien was abit slow doesn't influence this series to have a too fast pace that rushes away barely having character development, lacking suspense and tension, expository dialogue and break neck scene transitions. Tones and action from AlienS can be applied to the show as long as it isn't rushed.
From watching the video, I am conflicted. What we've heard from him multiple times, I really like. Everyday life of the average worker, class struggle, long periods of building the world and atmosphere till the Alien shows up. And the scary, horror moments in Legion were fantastic! I know he can do great horror if he wants to. That's gold!
But then what's up with the synopsis? :laugh: A special cyborg dual wielding swords, uncreative names, set on Earth pre first Alien, making a whole city literally being controlled and called Prodigy city? :'(
Things that sound crazy on paper can be turned around if excecated beautifully. It's possible. I am scared, but intrigued as to what we'll get!
Sure. Why not. Let's just see what the trailer looks like when it comes.
Please..Dont suck!
I'd love to see the Alien be less-animal like (everything from Aliens on...) and portrayed more as an intelligent species (e.g. "Kane's son") - the way I thought it was portrayed in Alien.
I always thought "Kane's Son" was just a fan meme, until i realized Ash had actually said it. Quite frankly what he did is about as insulting as telling someone they had an illegitimate child with a dog.
I hope this gets a subtitle and isn't just called Alien.
Remystify probably means more world building, less Xenomorph action as such on screen
Probably a dollop of what we want to see to start but will be rationed out for awhile with an incremental uptick across the episodes towards the finale 😄
I would assume the demystification he's talking about is either the prequel origin story nobody asked for or the fact that we're all familiar with the queen-egg-hug-burst lifecycle and no longer shocked by it.
So casually establish that David isn't the original creator and give us some new body-horror creature concepts.
If he talks about making it bearable for his 15 year old the, I have no hope left. This will be anything but scary, disturbing or mystifying.
I've an open mind until I see the final product. But honestly, Legion is a good reference of what Noah is capable of with horror and with Fargo, he has created completely new stories that stand out from the original movie. So yeah, I'm staying cautiously optimistic until the release.
I suddenly feel like no artist should ever say anything at all about their upcoming work until it's released...
I mean that's not a bad idea.
I mean, it gets my hopes up a bit, but then again every director/writer makes things sound good beforehand... It'll be refreshing if something amazing actually comes through. However, I'm still looking forward to this more than Alien Ramen or whatever it's called.
That'll change. 😉
Yeah, I also have a feeling that people are underestimating the potential that the new Alien movie has to offer. I have a feeling it will have more Giger elements than recent entries cause Dan is on board.
I'm just glad we're getting a new game, a new series and a new movie not very far apart from each other timewise! ;D
Per IMDb, the show has added Dana Gonzales(Hawley regular) as cinematographer and producer. Looks like him being in Thailand was indeed for pre-production.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on May 20, 2023, 11:08:48 AMRemystify eh? We'll see. I'm always skeptical of claims of that nature.
This has incidentally been what's always bugged me about Lindeloff's writing. You don't necessarily create Mystery for Mystery's sake, but for brevity and storytelling purposes. You didn't know what the Space Jockey was, because it served no purpose in the plot, it wasn't just mystery for mystery's sake.
The cinematographer posted what seems to be a shot concept for the series taken at Nong Thale Lake in Krabi, Thailand:
Remystify the franchise??
Enter meme: I expect nothing, and I'm still let down.
The composer of the series Jeff Russo did an interview and talked a bit about his approach, starts talking about Alien at around 47:10
"We have been having conversations about Alien already and wow, thats been mindblowing. Its really an intense character study."
"I will have a little more leeway with Alien (than with Star Trek). There are existing themes that perphaps I will choose to include. We have been talking about what things we can and will utilize, if any. Its more of a storytelling style than a motif than Noah is interested in. The scripts are incredible."
"Noah called me the other day and told me "with Alien melody is your friend.""
Alien goes hack n slash with that overpowered robot with blades. I can't wait to see the really fake looking CGI blood and limbs flying around :-\
Per IMDb Tyler Bates and Joel Richard who scored all the John Wick movies, X and Pearl will be doing music for the series too.
Jeff Russo has done some really excellent work on For All Mankind.