More news on the release date of AvPR on DVD. High Def Digest have revealed the AvPR Blu-Ray and standard DVD will go on sale on April 15, 2008 in the US - the same release date as Predator on Blu-Ray.
"Confirming earlier speculation. Fox has alerted retailers that it plans to bring 'Alien vs. Predator: Requiem' to Blu-ray ... [Read More]
The first release date of the AvPR DVD has been found on the Australian shopping site EzyDVD. It has a release date of April 23, 2008 for Australia. It will cost $AU29.83 and will come in an exclusive collector's tin.
Expect the US release date to be around the same time and UK release date will probably be ... [Read More]
There was a convention called CES 2008 ealier this month in Las Vegas where they showcased various Blu-Ray media. Fox was showing off their Alien vs Predator vs You BD-Live game that will appear on the AvPR Blu-Ray Set.
The game is based on the first AvP for some reason. It allows viewers to play across the Internet. ... [Read More]
I just received a e-mail from NECA informing me that they have posted new packaging images for their upcoming AvPR Series 2 and as always, I come bearing gifts of higher quality images:
And once again, as always, you can find those on the forum. Thanks to Mark at NECA. [Read More]
There's a few new site updates from Corporal Hicks this week. Firstly, the AvP Requiem PSP section has been expanded. It now includes a Review, Enemies, and Predator Weapons / Equipment. There's also a new interview with Greg Herboek about the AvPR mobile game.
- AvPR PSP Review
- AvPR PSP Predator Weapons / Equipment
- AvPR PSP ...[Read More]
AvPR got off to a good start in the UK in its opening weekend. It made £1.97M according to BBC.co.uk.
"AVP sees the extraterrestrial species visit a Colorado town Horror film Alien vs Predator: Requiem has slashed its way to the top of the UK box office in its opening weekend. The sequel to the 2004 original took £1.97m, ... [Read More]
It's not even been a month and it's finally happened. The inevitable. Directorial debut for the Brothers Strause, AvP Requiem, has been nominated for two Razzie awards:
Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie(which turns out to be a brand new category)
Worst Prequel or Sequel
This years event marks the Razzie's 28th. AvPR's predecessor was also nominated for Worst Prequel or Sequel in ... [Read More]
To coincide with the release of AvP Requiem in the UK, Alien vs Predator will finally be shown for the first time on terrestrial tv. It will be on Channel 4 at 9PM on Sunday. Go and see what could have been.
There's some more AvPR Reviews: Guardian (1/5), BBC (2/5), Daily Star (4/10), ... [Read More]
There's a couple of new UK AvP Requiem reviews. The first is in the News of the World (There's also a scan of the newspaper article here.) and another one on Empire. Both are very negative and they give it 1/5.
The box office totals so far are $40,081,000 domestic and $36,536,503 foreign giving a ... [Read More]
There's a fairly detailed article on CGSociety about the visual effects in AvP Requiem. They interviewed the Strause Brothers as well two crew members.
"Even so, the film has around 460 visual effects shots. In addition to adding digital characters in post, Hydraulx created the interior of the predator’s ship, wiped out a city with a nuclear blast, colorized ... [Read More]
There's a competition on Kerrang at the moment to win tickets to see AvP Requiem. You'll stay in some London hotel and after you've seen the movie, they take you to some battle event in the forest.
"Want to get even closer to the biggest, baddest battle between the deadliest species who are now on Earth? Enter our prize ... [Read More]
News seems to have all but disappeared since AvPR came out. I feel sorta empty. There's an interview with the Strause Brothers on LA Times (Requires Registration). It's mostly about their life story and how they got into visual effects and formed Hydraulx etc.
"Colin, the more effusive of the two, said they convinced executives at 20th Century ... [Read More]
The merchandise board has been buzzing about this for the past few days but it's taken this long for bigger and better pictures to show up. Without further ado I present to you the PredAlien vs Predator - PRE-PAINTED DIORAMA KIT:
"Approximate standing 12 inches tall well pre-painted diorama kit, this highly detailed sculpture captures the Predator and its enemy Predalien ... [Read More]