The following is a guest editorial written by Michael Foertsch, a German freelance journalist who has previously written for WIRED Germany, Motherboard Germany, Spiegel, GamePro, Gamona and ZEIT.de. This article was originally published in German. In celebration of Alien 3’s 27th anniversary, Michael’s original article has been translated into English for publication on Alien vs. Predator Galaxy. Several years ago ... [Read More]

20th Century Fox screens Alien: Covenant behind-the-scenes footage at CCXP! Just before the weekend we were covering 20th Century Fox’s presence at the Brazilian convention, CCXP – Comic Con Experience. They advertised an exhibition that sounded like it would be featuring props and items from Alien: Covenant but it turned out to be a display of props from Alien ... [Read More]

According to Twitter, a Trilobite was spotted on the Alien: Covenant set. Twitter user hi_flyer7 has been sharing some pictures he took of the spaceship set at Milford Sound, New Zealand. He also tweeted to share some specific details of what he’d witnessed happening on set including the spotting of a newborn Trilobite: “The white alien Shaw gives birth to in ... [Read More]

Spoilers follow – Explosion seen on location of Alien: Covenant! As filming continues on location in Milford Sound, New Zealand, it would appear effects work is beginning to take place! Several weeks ago we shared the first ever pictures from Alien: Covenant. They were of the construction of some sort of spaceship, possibly the airlock of a vessel of some ... [Read More]

Aerial Film Australia talks Alien: Covenant. Talking to If.com.au, Peter Beeh – one of Aerial Film Australia’s founders – details their upcoming work providing their expertise for the aerial shots for Alien: Covenant and the kind of camera technology being used for filming: “The system represents the pinnacle of aerial camera systems for film work. It is, the best of ... [Read More]

A new Alien: Covenant location picture has now been posted, revealing a closer, clearer look at the set construction! After we revealed the first on location pictures of Alien: Covenant to the world, we continued to update the initial post with a few more long range images but nothing that was closer or clearer than the first ... [Read More]

Updated 01/04/2016 – I have added another 2 pictures to the gallery below. Thanks to Stolen for the close up one. Updated 02/04/2016 – Added another one. We have our first on location pictures of Alien: Covenant! Filming is due to start on Alien: Covenant in the next week or so and news of the crew moving into Fiordland National Park in ... [Read More]

Alien: Covenant is filming in New Zealand based on a Tweet by Special Visual Effects Supervisor, Neil Corbould. We reported in January that Sir Ridley Scott had commented on scouting for locations in New Zealand, possibly for Alien: Covenant. At the end of February, Stuff.co.nz had reported on the possibility of Alien: Covenant ... [Read More]

Ridley Scott says hard R rating for Alien: Covenant. In a backstage interview following the Golden Globes where Ridley Scott’s recent science fiction The Martian came away with 2 awards, Ridley Scott commented that he would be aiming for a Hard R rating for the Prometheus sequel, Alien: Covenant. Matt Damon won “Best Performance by an Actor ... [Read More]

Aliens vs Predator Requiem is currently airing on New Zealand’s Sky pay television service and they’ve made three print ads of an Alien and a Predator playing chess, pool and Swingball to promote it. Check out WorstPreviews for the pictures. Thanks to Aeus, ShadowPred, Xhan, paddy1973 and Mikey for the news. [Read More]

Seems the marketing is in full swing. Here’s a picture of AvPR advertised on the back of a bus in New Zealand. Thanks to Adam for sending the picture. Update: Here’s another picture of a similar bus taken by Wolf’s Girl. [Read More]

As scheduled, the ‘Ask The Director A Question’ feature in the AvP Xtreme Desktop has been updated with two new question and answers from Paul Anderson. The first goes over the pyramids and a lot of it revolves around what the director said in the first featurette but the second goes onto Alien 5 and Predator 3: “AVP is ... [Read More]