The Alien series is one that wears its H.P Lovecraft influence on its sleeves. Alien scribe Dan O’Bannon was a lifelong fan of Lovecraft, having discovered the author at the age of 12 and being scared after spending the night reading The Colour Out of Space. Never shy about where he ... [Read More]

It’s hard to imagine a world in which Alien wasn’t followed by Aliens. Not only an incredible film that did so much for the Alien mythology, it was a film that had a huge impact on cinema, video games and pop culture. And yet it was a film that took 4 ... [Read More]

Memory: The Origins of Alien, a new documentary from Alexandre O. Philippe, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Alien vs. Predator Galaxy was on hand to witness the premiere, and we had the opportunity to chat to its director, Alexandre. At the time they were still ... [Read More]

Dan O’Bannon is the unsung hero of Alien. An integral part of a trinity of creative masterminds responsible for the classic sci-fi horror Alien alongside Ridley Scott and H.R. Giger. Without any one of those three creators, Alien would not have been the classic we know, and yet, moviegoers are ... [Read More]

Late last year we learned of Memory – The Origins of Alien, a new documentary which will explore the development of the first Alien film! Entertainment Weekly brings us news of the documentary’s premiere and an exclusive look at the poster for the film: Read More]

Screen Daily just shared an exclusive scoop that there’s a new Alien documentary on the way to celebrate the upcoming 40th anniversary of Alien next year. The new documentary, Memory – The Origins Of Alien, is apparently being shopped around at Toronto International Film Festival for worldwide distributors. “Memory is, full-on, ... [Read More]

20th Century Fox have officially announced that the Alien Anthology Blu-Ray set will be released October 25th in the UK, October 26th in the US and November 3rd in Australia. There are over 60 hours of special features and the discs include two versions of each film with ... [Read More]

Unfortunately I must inform you all that screenwriter, Dan O’Bannon, the man behind the original draft of Alien has passed away at age 63. Harry from Aint It Cool News was the one to reveal the sad news. “Well, David called to tell me Dan O’Bannon had just passed ... [Read More]

We all know who Dan O’Bannon is, don’t we? That fella who spawned the idea for Alien. Ya know him, he wrote the original Alien script? The one with the Snark and Robbie and an all male crew? Yeah, that guy! Well Den of Geek recently got chance to ... [Read More]

According to SuperHeroHype.com, the creators of Alien, Ronald Shusett and Dan O’Bannon, will also receive credit for the story on the Alien vs Predator movie as well as Paul Anderson. Want to know why? Then read this: “In addition to the “based on characters created by” credit Alien creators Ronald ... [Read More]