Two more set pictures from Prometheus have found their way online via Alien Prequel News:
The Giger design is even more obvious in this and the second image and it quite clearly looks like something you'd find with Space Jockey architecture. In other news, Neal Scanlan Studios have now been named as being attached to ... [Read More]
You can expect a lot of stuff coming out of Twitter for Prometheus. London based visual effects artist Daniel Sidi posted this on his Twitter:
"I spotted some sets and props being built for #Prometheus at Pinewood Studios. Looking good, very old-school sci-fi. Sorry, no photos ;o)"
When asked to elaborate, he said: "hard to be too ... [Read More]
A few sites are picking this up and running with it at the moment. In an interview with German newspaper Blick, Ridley Scott made some interesting comments:
Scott speaks of Erich von Daniken: "He has guessed right. Millions of years ago, there were intelligent creatures everywhere." It is a time when HR Giger's monster didn't exist. "I have ... [Read More]
H.R Giger has been talking to Swiss newspapers about his work on Prometheus. The following quote is from Blick:
"Giger potters days and nights, especially in his studio in Zurich on his latest creatures. "It is huge. I can not tell what I'm doing exactly, is "strictly regulated by a contract, he gives few words. Transpired, however, is that ... [Read More]
SkyMovies has posted up more information from their insider at Fox regarding Prometheus:
"I’ve had further confirmation that the Space Jockey creature is definitely in Prometheus and has been built as an eight foot animatronic. I’ve also had it confirmed that HR Giger is working on the project but only in an advisory capacity. By the way, people are ... [Read More]
According to an article posted by SkyMovies, Prometheus isn't going to be as Alien-less as we were led to believe:
"They’ve built the ‘space jockey’ cockpit at Pinewood as seen in the original Alien film, so it definitely takes place in the same world as Alien", they told us.
"Despite that press release that seemed to indicate there ... [Read More]
This is definitely good news if it's true. H.R. Giger's wife, Carmen Scheifele, has said the Swiss surrealist painter is working on the Alien Prequel. You can check out the video interview with his wife here and another report about it here. It's in German though.
HR Giger, Schöpfer der "Alien"-Figur für den 1979 entstandenen Film von ... [Read More]
ScriptFlags.com has posted up that actress Noomi Rapace of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has also met with Ridley Scott:
"The most interesting report is that Rapace met with and told Ridley Scott (and Scot Free's Michael Costigan) that she grew up on his films when she left home at 15. Scott is most likely currently looking for ... [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 over four hours of unreleased material. It has a ... [Read More]
German DVD/Blu-Ray website, DVDuelle.de, has just posted up the titles and run-times of all the special features in the upcoming Blu-Ray set. Here are a few snippets:
Shock & Awe: The Return of Alien with Danny Boyle [25:01 Min.]
Dailies: James Remar as Hicks [3:46 Min.]
Creating Alien Sounds from the Scratch [2:23 Min.]
Fincher’s Alienation [3:40 Min.]
Renny Harlin quits [1:51 Min.]
Newborn ... [Read More]
After what seems like an eternity of silence, Ridley Scott has finally broken that silence. In a recent chat with MTV Movies, Scott has dished what has to be the most we've heard about the film yet:
"It's set in 2085, about 30 years before Sigourney [Weaver's character Ellen Ripley]. It's fundamentally about going out to find out 'Who the hell ... [Read More]
Toy company NECA has been responsible for Alien and Predator figures for the past couple of years, doing several series' based on AvPR and a Giger and Cameron Alien. Horror Bid have just posted up that they will be doing a Predator series:
"We have confirmed with NECA's Head of Product Development, Randy Falk, that the collectibles company will ... [Read More]
Variety have confirmed that Ridley Scott is going to direct the upcoming Alien Prequel movie. Fox have also hired Jon Spaihts to write the prequel. The studio was impressed by his work on two space thrillers called Passengers and Shadow 19.
Twentieth Century Fox is resuscitating its "Alien" franchise. The studio has hired Jon Spaihts to write a prequel ... [Read More]