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Neil Corbould, supervisor of special effects in Alien Covenant confirmed on twitter that he move to Milford Sound.

QuoteNeil Corbould
‏@nceffects On my way to Milford Sound!

https://twitter.com/nceffects (https://twitter.com/nceffects)

Stuff.co.nz had already mentioned this location a few weeks ago.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/77002539/aliens-sightings-in-fiordland--hollywood-blockbuster-set-to-be-filmed-here (http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/77002539/aliens-sightings-in-fiordland--hollywood-blockbuster-set-to-be-filmed-here)

I suspect that the shooting is imminent. Maybe shots have already been made?

The place is fantastic :

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From Ridley Scott : Shooting will be  a mix of location and studio shoots with location requiting "monumental forest and monumental rock and the rest will be in the studio with fairly formidable CGI.

Quote from: Stolen on Mar 09, 2016, 07:42:52 PM
Stuff.co.nz had already mentioned this location a few weeks ago.

I do believe it was originally that Eighth Passenger feller who first called it.  ;D

But nice to see it confirmed.

Thanks for the link, Stolen! I've posted up an article about this with credit to yourself.

It really looks beautiful. It'd be a wonderful stand in for paradise.

I wrote about this one month ago ;D

There are some others locations in New Zealand, and they shoot some of aerial scenes!

Sutherland Falls near Milford Sound

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Milford Sound

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And of course some forest ;)

Quote from: Enoch on Mar 10, 2016, 11:53:10 AM
I wrote about this one month ago ;D

I believe you posted the Stuff.co.nz article. The tweet from Corbould is new and substantiates that article.  :)

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Sutherland Falls near Milford Sound

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Milford Sound

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Those are some gorgeous places! I can't wait to see where they go with this. I still hope we get some truly Giger-esque locales as well. Thanks for the pictures!

That is some stunning location pics. Gonna look beautiful

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 10, 2016, 08:56:18 AM
It really looks beautiful. It'd be a wonderful stand in for paradise.

Only thing is, Milford Sound in Fjorland Park is a very touristy spot and visually very well known the world over. It's similar in popularity to the Grand Canyon, Yellow Stone Park, Wadi Rum, Ayers Rock in Australia, Serengeti, Maasai Mara etc.

So I suspect they'll do something similar to how they transformed the Wadi Rum in Jordan into LV-223 in Prometheus and into the Acidalia Planitia in The Martian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxg7rUJm8fQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxg7rUJm8fQ)

Going to be at least a beautifully filmed move.  Hope they don't run into Gollum up in those mountains.   ;)

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 10, 2016, 01:19:26 PM
Only thing is, Milford Sound in Fjorland Park is a very touristy spot and visually very well known the world over. It's similar in popularity to the Grand Canyon, Yellow Stone Park, Wadi Rum, Ayers Rock in Australia, Serengeti, Maasai Mara etc.

Fair enough. I'm not familiar with it myself - but I'm not really well versed on my world and geography.

Such a beautiful place. It is like an exotic Paradise there. Also, there is an alíen-like landscape in New Zealand:

 :o Wow. That is just absolutely mind-blowing. I'd love to see something like that in person!

Now that's just pure beauty

That's truly amazing.  There was something similar in an earlier draft of Frank Herbert's Dune.  It totally would be epic if something like this made it into the new film.  I really love the contrast between the sense of wonder, and the sense of terror that the Alien films have an opportunity to explore.  This is really where Prometheus excelled.

Aotearoa is practically paradise. So many beautiful landscapes and no spiders or predators that can kill you. One of the least populated places in the world and one of the friendliest. I'm also totally fascinated by the Maori culture and it's my dream to one day live there ;D But that aside, i thought i heard Riddles describe the engineer paradise in the past as dark and terrible to us but paradise-like to them. So im guessin the shots were getting will probably be in some kind of flashback like the opening of Prometheus? I just cant see the engineers living on an earth-like planet like ours. I mean, it could be possible, their DNA matches ours 100% :-X  But maybe im wrong and its possibly a test planet where engineers create and possibly kick out what doesn't work? Like us i suppose? Or maybe its a prize to be won by whatever species is deemed worthy and shaw and david f**k it up by bringing the black goo and exposing all life to it. David, fascinated, takes this opportunity to play god while shaw, wanting to find the engineers creator, leaves leaving David to create a big chap ;) 3rd movie will probably be about discovering shaw and finding out what shes learned and meeting cthulu. Oh yeah, its gonna happen lol. We'll see i suppose.

That's right! Enoch, you did (http://www.scified.com/news/alien-covenant-to-be-shoot-in-new-zealand) But this new pic is great, gonna get this posted on Scified as well.

Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Mar 10, 2016, 04:05:43 PM
I really love the contrast between the sense of wonder, and the sense of terror that the Alien films have an opportunity to explore.  This is really where Prometheus excelled.

I can't say Prometheus ever put across a sense of terror. It was a gorgeous looking film though. That Orrey scene is still one of my favourite visual scenes from the series.

I'd love to see Covenant put across both. I really want to have the terror return.

I hope so to... we need more Gigerscapes and beings  ..

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Quote from: Enoch on Mar 10, 2016, 11:53:10 AM
I wrote about this one month ago ;D

I believe you posted the Stuff.co.nz article. The tweet from Corbould is new and substantiates that article.  :)

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Sutherland Falls near Milford Sound

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Milford Sound

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Those are some gorgeous places! I can't wait to see where they go with this. I still hope we get some truly Giger-esque locales as well. Thanks for the pictures!

I think that we definitely need to see some Giger-scapes, but we could have a good lead-in to that which basically starts as paradise as WE envision it.  So we start off with beautiful New Zealand-type places which are in truth underpinned by a Gigeresque reality...

Sorry The Eighth Passenger and Enoch.  I had seen the news on the board, but I didn't know where it was and by whom.

@Corporal Hicks Thanks for the article.



I think this is the perfect place to represent Paradise. And we just talk about the surface of the planet.

Because I have a theory about the engineers, I think they're troglodytes. This is one reason why there will be big mountains in Covenant. Like Prometheus everything that represents engineers are in caves.

I hope (and I think) the caves will be original, may be giger-esque and impressive. Obviously everything will be shot in the studio.

Quote from: Stolen on Mar 10, 2016, 07:00:58 PM
Sorry The Eighth Passenger and Enoch.  I had seen the news on the board, but I didn't know where it was and by whom.

No need to apologize Stolen. I just jokingly stated that we here at AVPG had already picked up the possibility of a New Zealand, South Island shoot long before Stuff.co.nz, Scified and News Hub New Zealand. I think the Corporal even had it on the news page back in early January as part of a different article.  :)

Quote from: Stolen on Mar 10, 2016, 07:00:58 PM
Sorry The Eighth Passenger and Enoch.  I had seen the news on the board, but I didn't know where it was and by whom.

@Corporal Hicks Thanks for the article.



I think this is the perfect place to represent Paradise. And we just talk about the surface of the planet.

Because I have a theory about the engineers, I think they're troglodytes. This is one reason why there will be big mountains in Covenant. Like Prometheus everything that represents engineers are in caves.

I hope (and I think) the caves will be original, may be giger-esque and impressive. Obviously everything will be shot in the studio.

That's spot on.  And it gives some solid reasoning for why the Deacon became a mountain in the comics...

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 10, 2016, 08:03:08 PM
No need to apologize Stolen. I just jokingly stated that we here at AVPG had already picked up the possibility of a New Zealand, South Island shoot long before Stuff.co.nz, Scified and News Hub New Zealand. I think the Corporal even had it on the news page back in early January as part of a different article.  :)

Well it was obvious after Globes... :) :P

AVP and Scified are both top sources for all kinds of informations about Alien and other SF movies!
Good work guys! ;D

Sir Ridley Scott's Alien film set for Fiordland?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/77946760/Sir-Ridley-Scotts-Alien-film-set-for-Fiordland (http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/77946760/Sir-Ridley-Scotts-Alien-film-set-for-Fiordland)

QuoteTe Anau resident Shevaun Taberner sent an email to some Te Anau residents from a contracting firm working with a film company but could not confirm if that agent was contracted to 20th Century Fox, or if the film in question was Alien:Covenant.

She said she had signed a confidentiality agreement and could not reveal any details.

The email says the film contractor is looking for 10-15 able-bodied people to help work the 10-hour days from April 6-14 and they must "happy with being told what to do".

"happy with being told what to do"

Sounds like Ridley to me.  :P

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 16, 2016, 07:03:56 AM
"happy with being told what to do"

Sounds like Ridley to me.  :P

Yes, Guv'nor!  :laugh:

Though isn't that the case with all jobs, to do what you're told to do?  ???

Of course. I was just playing.  :P

I know Corporal, just funny that they would advertise a job and then tell people that they would be expected to do what they're told.  :P

Not sure if you're aware of the controversial interview Ridley did with a British newspaper during Blade Runner's production which almost led to a total crew revolt as well as instigating the infamous T-shirt war?

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 16, 2016, 01:09:19 PM
I know Corporal, just funny that they would advertise a job and then tell people that they would be expected to do what they're told.  :P

Apologises.  :laugh:

QuoteNot sure if you're aware of the controversial interview Ridley did with a British newspaper during Blade Runner's production which almost led to a total crew revolt as well as instigating the infamous T-shirt war?

I'm not particularly versed in Blade Runner, I'm afraid. Do you have a link?

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 16, 2016, 01:13:38 PM
I'm not particularly versed in Blade Runner, I'm afraid. Do you have a link?

QuoteTowards the end of principal photography on Blade Runner, an incident occurred which has become known as the T-shirt war. The majority of the crew didn't enjoy working on the film, and didn't like working for Ridley Scott, who they considered to be cold and distant. In an article in the British press, Scott commented that he preferred working with English crews because when he asked for something they would say, "Yes guv'nor" and go get it, but things weren't that simple with American crews. Makeup supervisor Marvin G. Westmore saw the article and was disgusted. In retaliation, he had t-shirts printed with "Yes gov'nor my ass!" on the front, and either "Will Rogers never met Ridley Scott" or "You soar with eagles when you fly with turkeys" on the back. In retaliation, Scott and several of his closer collaborators had t-shirts made with "Xenophobia sucks" on them.

So yeah, that job ad does indeed sound like Ridley Scott.  :laugh:

Has Alien: Covenant landed in Fiordland?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/78345810/Has-Alien-Covenant-landed-in-Fiordland (http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/78345810/Has-Alien-Covenant-landed-in-Fiordland)

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;D

I don't think this is even in question anymore. lol

Wonder why it says "Prometheus" on the truck?

I thought this movie had nothing to do with Prometheus anymore?  :P

Well Covenant is a direct sequel to Prometheus... Scott himself said that few days ago...
I more and more think that we ll see some underground facilities and some Matrix shit...
so all this nature will be shown briefly :)

I'm just joking Enoch. Though why have all this secrecy and NDA's and then go and paint PROMETHEUS on the bloody trucks?

Or maybe using the name Prometheus instead of Alien is to discourage gawkers?  :P

I don't think there's particularly any extra secrecy surrounding the film.

Do we have any Kiwis on the board who could go check it out?

Why Prometheus painting ? Because cost reduction, orders from executives are to recycle everything possible from the previous film, starting from David's head of course  :P
'Office Prometheus' search didn't give anything interesting.

It would have been very expensive hanging onto old vans with old graphics on them that long.  Perhaps we will have another movie name change?

Office Prometheus

in the Office no one can see you hanging out on the AVPGalaxy forum...   

:D

 :laugh:

Some people are really playing with fire  :D

Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Mar 29, 2016, 06:06:40 PM
It would have been very expensive hanging onto old vans with old graphics on them that long.  Perhaps we will have another movie name change?

Office Prometheus

in the Office no one can see you hanging out on the AVPGalaxy forum...   

:D

They wouldn't hold onto a Mobile Production Office (PO) and NOT use it on other productions, just because PROMETHEUS was decaled on the side.

That's a very NICE Mobile PO though!

Quote from: Primordial on Mar 29, 2016, 05:42:02 PM
Why Prometheus painting ? Because cost reduction, orders from executives are to recycle everything possible from the previous film, starting from David's head of course  :P
'Office Prometheus' search didn't give anything interesting.

That truck was hired from Auckland-based rental company North Harbour Rentals. So not a recycled truck from the first Prometheus film.

It would be crazy to ship in a truck like that from the UK when you could just rent one locally for much cheaper.

Oh man, I didn't think my joke would be taken so seriously ! It was based on absolutely nothing...

This is the place where jokes come to die. ;D. We beat them to death. 8)

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 29, 2016, 09:33:15 PM

Quote from: Primordial on Mar 29, 2016, 05:42:02 PM
Why Prometheus painting ? Because cost reduction, orders from executives are to recycle everything possible from the previous film, starting from David's head of course  :P
'Office Prometheus' search didn't give anything interesting.

That truck was hired from Auckland-based rental company North Harbour Rentals. So not a recycled truck from the first Prometheus film.

It would be crazy to ship in a truck like that from the UK when you could just rent one locally for much cheaper.

That too. Production vehicles are rented.

Or it's actually just a type of vehicle? http://www.northharbourrentals.co.nz/services/film-industry/office-greenroom-film/prometheus-office.html

 ;D

Good find. Name of those trucks are indeed a great coincidence :o

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2016, 07:40:56 AM
Or it's actually just a type of vehicle? http://www.northharbourrentals.co.nz/services/film-industry/office-greenroom-film/prometheus-office.html

Well, I'll be... what are the odds of that! Nice spot Corporal.

It says that the truck has:

- Dual air-conditioning heat pumps
- Sink area with bar and fridge
- Wired for ethernet network
- 7 speed manual transmission
- Build in Jacuzzi

So kind of a luxury truck version of the Prometheus space ship.

To think, we're such a sad bunch of nerds that we're now having in-depth discussions about the vehicles being used by the production.  :-\

To be fair, if it is for the Covenant crew, I bet it gave them a good chuckle.  :laugh:

Well thats just weird lol I bet whoever rented the thing was laughing his butt off.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 30, 2016, 01:01:00 PM

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2016, 07:40:56 AM
Or it's actually just a type of vehicle? http://www.northharbourrentals.co.nz/services/film-industry/office-greenroom-film/prometheus-office.html

Well, I'll be... what are the odds of that! Nice spot Corporal.

It says that the truck has:

- Dual air-conditioning heat pumps
- Sink area with bar and fridge
- Wired for ethernet network
- 7 speed manual transmission
- Build in Jacuzzi

So kind of a luxury truck version of the Prometheus space ship.

To think, we're such a sad bunch of nerds that we're now having in-depth discussions about the vehicles being used by the production.  :-\

The COVENANT crew - They "like to minimize risk."

EDGE Auto rental has these Mobile PO's here in NYC. They are nice. They had a contest last month, and I was trying to win Production one for our locations on CORTEX (I was TRANSPO and LOCATIONS COORDINATOR on that) and this Assistant Camera person had a meltdown because they didn't have their own truck. It was very funny.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Edge+Auto+Rental+Mobile+Production+Office&biw=1276&bih=675&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwill-Sc9ejLAhVEnoMKHVyDCacQ_AUICSgE#imgrc=cvLIdxZVlJM5QM%3A (https://www.google.com/search?q=Edge+Auto+Rental+Mobile+Production+Office&biw=1276&bih=675&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwill-Sc9ejLAhVEnoMKHVyDCacQ_AUICSgE#imgrc=cvLIdxZVlJM5QM%3A)

Quote from: 420Buddy on Mar 30, 2016, 03:29:01 PM
Well thats just weird lol I bet whoever rented the thing was laughing his butt off.

Lol!  It's a sign from the engineers.

Another article

http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/377992/sci-fi-blockbuster-scenes-being-filmed-fiordland (http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/377992/sci-fi-blockbuster-scenes-being-filmed-fiordland)

QuoteDetails of exactly what is being filmed, how many people are involved and how long filming will take are shrouded in mystery, but it has been confirmed scenes for Alien: Covenant are at present being shot in the Te Anau-Milford Sound area.

QuoteA company spokesman, who declined to be named, said 13 trucks fitted out as camera, make-up, wardrobe and office trucks had been hired ''for a few weeks''.
Most were already in Fiordland, with the rest on their way south.
They were being used for Alien: Covenant scenes, he said.

Quotehe knew Fiordland was to be a location for Alien: Covenant and had heard some filming had begun.

Scouts had been scoping locations for the past six to eight weeks, he said.
''I know Fiordland is ideally suited to their needs. It is a grand-scale production ... which will use Fiordland's natural scenery overlaid with special effects.''

Thanks for that, Stolen. Hope we get some on-location photos soon.

 ;)

Another report:

http://www.chimayi.com/blog/has-the-new-prometheus-movie-landed-in-te-anau (http://www.chimayi.com/blog/has-the-new-prometheus-movie-landed-in-te-anau)

QuoteWhile the film crew works hard to get the landscape shots done I haven't seen any actors around yet.  So for now I cannot spoil you with anecdotes about the celebs. I can tell you that I have spoken with some of the crew members about the progress they are making  and they commented mostly on the many faces of the beautiful fiordland the saw so far.  WOZ productions started filming a few weeks ago in the pouring rain but thankfully the weather hasn't been that bad all the time. I guess we will see it all back in the next Prometheus (?) alien movie...

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 31, 2016, 10:56:37 AM
Thanks for that, Stolen. Hope we get some on-location photos soon.

I've just found some actually. News post incoming.  :)