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]
We have just uploaded the 130th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! For our latest episode Corporal Hicks and Xenomorphine are talking to none-other-than Peter Briggs, the screenwriter behind the very first Alien vs. Predator movie script!
We talk about how Peter career direction took him to being the first screenwriter on Alien ... [Read More]
We recently had the pleasure of chatting to Peter Briggs, the screenwriter behind the first attempt to take the Alien vs. Predator to the Big Screen, for our podcast. We talked a lot about the development of the script and his experiences working in the industry. It's a great interview, with a lot of insights into the directions that could ... [Read More]
Four months ago, Marvel Comics announced their plan to launch a new on-going comic series featuring our favorite intergalactic hunter, the Predator! Headlined with the acclaimed talent of writer Ed Brisson and artist Kev Walker, this promising new series would reportedly revolve around a new character named Theta, a woman with a personal vendetta to find the deadly Predator that ... [Read More]
When we last covered the battle between the original creators Jim & John Thomas and 20th Century Studios over the U.S. Copyright of Predator, we reported that the focus of the dispute became over venue, i.e. which district court did the case legally belong in.
It seems there were duplicate lawsuits and countersuits filed by both the Thomas Brothers and ... [Read More]
The battle for the US Copyright of Predator between the original creators Jim & John Thomas and 20th Century Studios took an interesting turn today, when a Motion Hearing (expected to be a dispute over a preliminary injunction which would halt new Disney-era Predator content from continuing until all legal disputes were resolved) instead became a dispute over where the ... [Read More]
As the original creators Jim and John Thomas have been pursuing their legal effort to reclaim their original U.S. copyright of the iconic sci-fi creature Predator (per their spec script titled "Hunters" sold over 35 years ago), a monumental point of the battle was expected to occur this very week.
Thursday, the 27th of May was the day where a ...[Read More]
When the news broke last week that original creators Jim and John Thomas were suing Disney to reclaim the U.S. copyright of Predator, we studied the official legal complaint of the Thomas Brothers and tried to clear up the most common questions Predator fans might be having regarding their lawsuit.
Well now, courtesy of Deadline, we have Disney's counter ... [Read More]
Hot on the heels of the successful release of the first Alien comic issue under the new publisher, Marvel has announced that it will be celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Aliens with a special one-shot double-sized issue.
The new comic will be written by Benjamin Percy, with artwork by Dave Watcher.
Aliens: Aftermath #1 will follow a group of journalists investigating what ... [Read More]
It's with great sadness that we have to report that legendary Alien series writer and producer David Giler has died at the age of 77. Deadline is reporting that David, one of the fathers of the Alien franchise, died on the 19th of December at his home in Bangkok due to cancer.
While David's contributions to the cinematic ... [Read More]
Predator 2's director, Stephen Hopkins, recently spoke to Howard Gorman for Scream Magazine in celebration of Predator 2's 30th anniversary. Over the course of the 15 minute interview, Hopkins discusses Arnie's involvement, the difficulties of shooting in Los Angeles, a new unreleased anniversary release of the film, Shane Black's The Predator and plenty more.
While discussing Arnold Schwarzenegger's ... [Read More]
In celebration of Predator 2's theatrical release 30 years ago, Alien vs Predator Galaxy is thrilled to present the very first of several releases we have in store for you all today - the 1990 shooting script for the fan favorite sequel, never made available before in public circulation!
Written by the original Predator creators Jim and John Thomas and tallying ... [Read More]
In what seems like pretty surprising news, despite the generally poor response to Shane Black's The Predator, 20th Century Studios isn't leaving the Predator franchise to fade into the ether just yet!
Deadline have just exclusively announced that Dan Trachtenberg, probably best known for directing 10 Cloverfield Lane in addition to episodes of Black Mirror ... [Read More]