Over at the IMDB Forums, they were talking about our recent interview with Jeff Habberstad. About the wire work and that some stunts will have CGI enhancement. Colin and Greg Strause posted a few interesting things in there:
Greg: "CG is only being used where 'in camera' techniques weren't doable. Although I liked the orig Matrix, don't ... [Read More]
Alien Experience have done a new interview with one of the actors in AvP2. Juan Riedinger will be playing a character called Scotty. The interview doesn't reveal a whole lot of info. But the part about the character he's playing is interesting nonetheless.
AXP: Without giving too much away, can you tell us a little ... [Read More]
Staff member Corporal Hicks has just finished another interview. This time with Gary Gillies, the creator of the attraction, Alien War. We reported a few weeks ago that Alien War was making a comeback so we interviewed the creator to find out more about this. We asked him about how the idea for the attraction came about, the history ... [Read More]
What's this? Our fourth AvP2 interview? I've lost count to be honest. We recently interviewed Jeff Habberstad who was the second unit director on Alien vs Predator 2. The second unit handles shots that are not as important to the film such as scenery shots, cutaways etc. Stunts are commonly filmed with the second unit. Jeff spoke a little ... [Read More]
I just stumbled across this, it's a pitch/demonstration for a Clone Wars style animated series based on Aliens. Here's what creator Joshua Dram had to say:
"This is work I did for a pitch for a Cartoon Network "Clone Wars" style animated series based on the Aliens franchise. Dream project for me. I created pre-viz work and a 3 minute animated ... [Read More]
It would seem Hot Toys is producing another two 1:6 scale Alien models: A Power Loader and an Alien Warrior.
For a bigger picture of the Alien Warrior click here. There is also a picture of the Power Loader on the Sideshow website. Thanks to Facebox for the heads up. [Read More]
Although it hasn't been announced by DH Press yet, most of us should know of John Shirley's upcoming Aliens novel, Steel Egg. Well, the cover art for the new novel just showed up over at Stephen Youll's homepage:
For those who don't know, Stephen Youll does the cover art for the new Alien and Predator novels. [Read More]
Further to our last news post, AvP2 co-director Colin Strause posted in the AvPGalaxy Forums about the potential release date of AvP2:
"Nothing is offical yet. Dates move all the time this early from release. We're done in early summer, so it could come out any time after that."
So we could be seeing it a lot earlier than December. In ... [Read More]
As well as releasing Alien, Aliens and Predator on Definitive Edition DVD, turns out Fox are releasing the final three sequels on Definitive Edition DVD too. I did a search on Play.com and noticed them. The three DVDs are slated for April 24, 2007 and the retail price is £12.99.
- Alien 3
- Alien Resurrection
- ...[Read More]
Bloody Disgusting just posted up a little update with what they claimed to be the final AvP2 release date:
"Today a whole bunch of dates were announced starting with 20th Century Fox's Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest, which will now hit theaters on Christmas of this year."
A christmas release? I'm not too sure what that'll do for AvP2's ratings. ... [Read More]
Some sad news to report. The owner of the Anchorpoint Essays website, Mike Lynch, closed the site down yesterday after ten years. The problem was due to a lack of time and the fact the site had been repeatidly hacked over the last few months. To be honest, I'm pretty annoyed that someone would hack the same site ... [Read More]
Forum member COEXERJ145 recently attended that "An Evening With Reiko Aylesworth" that was advertised on the site a week or so ago. He came back with details she offered on AvP2:
"- Fox hired Reiko the best personal trainer in Vancouver to help her prepare for the role. She worked out “2-3 times a day” and had a very strict diet ... [Read More]
Comic Book Resources has just released information on Dark Horse's new products. Amongst that information was the Aliens Omnibus Vol.1:
"Dark Horse Comics took the industry by storm with its release of Aliens, a comics series that for the first time captured the power of film source material and expanded its universe in a way that fans applauded ... [Read More]