The potential logo for AvP2 has been circulating on some forums. The image below was photoshopped after somebody had spotted it on the AvP2 set.
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Apparently, an alien suit has been stolen from the AvP2 set and the person has put it up for sale on Craiglist. It seems the directors really are going back to the roots of Alien and Predator. The alien suit is similar to the ridged head aliens in James Cameron's sequel Aliens. Pictures can be seen here and on ... [Read More]
DVDAnswers reports that Alien vs Predator will be coming out on Blueray in the US on 23rd January 2007. The disc will have an anamorphic widescreen presentation as well as a 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio track. Any special features are unknown. Retail price will be about $40. Here's the artwork:
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A very short interview has appeared on YouTube and GoogleVideo with James Cameron. The interviewer asks him if he'll make Alien 5. Cameron says he's tempted because "they really screwed up the whole franchise [with AvP]". His opinion has changed somewhat from when he was interviewed in February about it. This interview was dated August 11th 2006 on ... [Read More]
IESB.net recently had an interview with Fox chairman, Tom Rothman. He confirms AvP2 will be rated R and that the film will be a lot like Aliens. He also says there is talk of a future Predator 3 movie as well as Alien 5.
IESB: What, are you giving it to Variety? Ooh-ahh…
TR: Let’s put it this way, I think ... [Read More]
There's a new interview with Sigourney Weaver on Living Scotsman where she discusses her new movie Snowcake. She of course talks about what she thought of AvP. Here's an extract:
Just the idea of the cross-franchise cash-in was enough to make her want to kill off Ripley, she sniffs. "It was because I heard about it that I wanted to ... [Read More]
IGN FilmForce first reported a few days ago that special effects artists-turned-directors Greg and Colin Strause might direct AvP2. Turns out IGN were right, as the directors' Official Website has now been updated with the news. From IGN:
"The project marks the feature film directing debut of the Brothers Strause. In addition to their award-winning work as music video ... [Read More]
UGO have also done an interview with Ridley Scott and he of course talks about the future of the Alien franchise. He says he would like to re-design the alien as it's no longer scary.
UGO: Insofar as doing sequels, if you were to do another Alien movie, how would you like to approach it given your evolution as a ... [Read More]
A new interview has appeared on MovieWeb and Ridley Scott made a minor comment about Alien 5 and basically said that the alien franchise has been overtaken by AvP.
Off the subject a bit> ... would you have any interest in doing a fifth Alien film?
Ridley Scott: I think the franchise has maybe now been disengaged with Alien vs. Predator.
I have ... [Read More]
This is an interesting move by Fox. The page with the AvP2 script review on AICN has now been replaced by a message from the author telling us that Fox ordered AICN to remove the review.
"Fox seemed particularly upset, though, saying that it was unfair of us to review a first draft, and that they aren't even sure they're ... [Read More]
Not long after Fox confirming AvP2 a few days ago, AICN have posted a lengthy negative review of an AvP2 script. The script was written by Shane Salerno, who also did some work with Paul Anderson's AvP script and is dated December 2005.
"Final calculation, taking all the decent work into consideration, it’s catastrophic. It’s really that bad a script. ... [Read More]
Fox have now officially confirmed AvP2 for a release date of August 10th 2007 according to BloodyDisgusting:
"Expect a full announcement as early as tonight, but 20th Century Fox has announced an August 10th, 2007 release for Alien vs Predator II, according to various sources. No details have been revealed -- here at B-D we dream of a world without ... [Read More]
A new interview with Sigourney Weaver has appeared on Articulate, an Australian news website I think. She discusses many things but says a little bit about the future of Alien:
Question: On that topic, director James Cameron’s sparked new rumours about a new Alien film. Would you be happy to see one made?
Answer: I hope it’s not Alien vs ... [Read More]