It seems the higher opening weekend estimates were indeed correct. Alien: Romulus has toppled Deadpool & Wolverine from first place. The Alien film topped Friday's domestic chart, earning $18 million including $6.5 million in previews. It is now projected to earn between $40 million to $42 million in its opening weekend. The best opening for an Alien ... [Read More]

The Alien: Romulus review embargo is officially over! So far, the reviews have been fairly positive. Many outlets call Alien: Romulus the third-best Alien movie after Alien and Aliens. Outlets have praised the young cast, especially David Jonsson as Andy. The film's terror and creepy atmosphere get some praise. The film contains set pieces we've never seen before. Many reviews ... [Read More]

Reports indicate that Alien: Romulus might earn $28 million to $38 million during its opening weekend. Some outlets including Box Office Pro previously reported that Alien: Romulus might earn up to $50 million in its opening weekend in the United States. Variety reported yesterday that the box office takings for Alien: Romulus in its opening weekend ... [Read More]

Alien: Romulus has been rated a 15 in the UK. In a not-so-surprising move, the BBFC has rated Alien: Romulus a 15 certificate here in the UK. The rating was given due to "strong horror, gore, language". There is a pretty high threshold in the UK to achieve an 18 certificate. They are often given to entries ... [Read More]

Neill Blomkamp has done a fairly frank interview with The Guardian while promoting his latest film, Demonic. Blomkamp's last film was 2015's Chappie which performed okay at the box office but received generally negative reviews. The director was asked about his cancelled Alien sequel and suggests that Ridley Scott saw Chappie and realised that his Alien film ... [Read More]

1:18 scale figure company Hiya Toys isn't slowing down and continues to announce new pre-orders for upcoming waves of Alien, Predator, and AVP figures. They still have a number releases set for this year, and their 'Exquisite Mini' 2022 slate has been expanding. When we last checked in during spring, they had just announced Predator ... [Read More]

With Volume 1 having recently hit the shelves and Volume 2 set for release August 18th, Marvel has now announced (via YouTube channel Near Mint Condition) the third volume in The Original Years Omnibus series! Aliens: Berserker (1995) 1-4, Aliens: Mondo Heat (1996) 1, Aliens: Lovesick (1996) 1, Aliens: Pig (1997) 1, Aliens Special (1997) 1, Aliens: Havoc ... [Read More]

It appears the remaining three Alien films may be coming to 4K Blu-Ray after all. There were rumours last year that Disney was going to stop releasing 4K Blu-Rays for most films although they later insisted they're still committed to the format. A new report on TheDigitalFix says that Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection are ... [Read More]

It now seems increasingly unlikely that we will ever see Aliens, Alien 3 or Alien Resurrection on 4K Blu-Ray. A new report coming out this week says that Disney has halted production of future physical 4K Ultra HD Blu-Rays of films in its back catalogue including films from Disney and the recently acquired 20th Century Fox. The Digital ... [Read More]

The Alien: 40th Anniversary Edition 4K Blu-Ray finally hits the shops this week just in time for Alien Day. The key feature of the Alien 40th Anniversary release is of course the brand new transfer which was scanned in native 4K from the original camera negative at EFilm. Ridley Scott and Pam Dery at Company 3/Deluxe Entertainment Services Group supervised the restoration. ... [Read More]

Last month NECA officially announced its Alien Resurrection focused Series 14. Absent from that line-up from the Newborn figure that we'd seen shown off at events. Now, NECA has unveiled the Newborn as a separate figure in its deluxe line! From Alien: Resurrection, the fourth movie in the thrilling sci-fi series! Two hundred years after Ripley’s death, ... [Read More]

While still unconfirmed at this point, it appears Ridley Scott's Alien will finally be released in 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray on April 26th 2019 - Alien Day. Czech retailer FilmArena has posted numerous listings for various Alien 4K editions, to be released at the end of April 2019. FilmArena have been pretty accurate so far as they tend to ... [Read More]

San Diego Comic Con 2018 has officially kicked off and before Shane Black and some of the cast take to the stage in Hall H later today, some of the regular Alien & Predator merchandise producers are showing off some upcoming products! Hot Toys and Sideshow have announced they'll be producing a sixth scale figure based on the Fugitive Predator from ... [Read More]