Blomkamp shares Newt concept art from Alien 5! Earlier this morning Neill Blomkamp posted a new piece of concept art for Alien 5 to his Instagram, this time giving us our first look at his adult Newt! This is the first piece of Alien 5 related content that Blomkamp has posted since announcing that the film was ... [Read More]
As we near ever closer to Alien Day next week, NECA have taken the wraps off of their previously announced Ripley figure which is a throwback to the old Kenner figures of the 1990's. Based on the likeness of Sigourney Weaver, the 7" figure comes with an ammunition belt and smartgun accessories. This will be a Toys 'r ... [Read More]
Sigourney Weaver updates on Blomkamp's Alien 5! Speaking at an event hosted by virtualization software developer, VMware, Sigourney Weaver talked about her various movie roles and when asked about the state of Neill Blomkamp's on-hold Alien 5 provided the following update:
"Well, I *think* it is. Ridley asked Neill NOT to make our Alien til after Prometheus 2. He (Ridley) wanted his ... [Read More]
An increasing trend at the minute are days dedicated to specific franchises - May the Fourth (Star Wars), January 17th (17/01, Star Trek) to name a couple and now thanks to the fan community the Alien series now has it's own day! April 26th (4/26) is now coming to be known as Alien Day!
To celebrate the day, 20th Century Fox ... [Read More]
NECA Aliens Series 8 has been unveiled on NECA's website. The 8th series is themed around Alien 3 and as such features 2 varients of the Dog Alien and 2 very firsts for NECA:
"Series 8 focuses on 1992’s Alien 3, and includes Weyland Yutani Commando, Dog Alien, and the first Ripley figure from this movie to feature ... [Read More]
Director Ridley Scott has revealed even more juicy details about Alien: Paradise Lost in an interview with Empire Magazine. Firstly, he implies that Paradise is the Engineer's homeworld or at the very least, the origin planet of the Xenomorphs. Most interestingly, he says there will be connections to Sigourney Weaver's character Ripley in Alien: Paradise Lost but ... [Read More]
It's no secret that certain things have been changed in Blomkamp's Alien sequel because of events in Ridley Scott's Prometheus 2. Bloody Disgusting now brings word that Blomkamp's Alien sequel is being deliberately held back so that Ridley Scott can start production on the Prometheus sequel. The report also speculates that Prometheus 2 will film next year ... [Read More]
Yesterday NECA posted up their official images for the upcoming NECA Aliens Series 5. To be released in August 2015, Series 5 will be the second time that NECA has released a figure of Ripley, this time from James Cameron's Aliens. Series 5 also includes half of Bishop and singles of Alien Warriors from the Genocide 2-pack:
"Series ... [Read More]
Speaking to ET Online at the red carpet for Chappie, Neill Blomkamp's latest science-fiction film staring Sigourney Weaver due out this week, Neill told them that Alien 5 would "probably" enter pre-production next week. They also talked a little about Sigourney's involvement in the project:
"Weaver and Blomkamp, who both walked the red carpet at the New York premiere ... [Read More]
The first few months of 2015 have seen some interesting developments for the Alien 5. With a new Alien film now official and on the way, AvPGalaxy staff members Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop, DoomRulz, Xenomorphine and OmegaZilla took to Skype to discuss Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5.
The 24th episode of the AvPGalaxy Podcast sees us discussing Neill Blomkamp, how Alien ... [Read More]
Michael Biehn is currently attending Pensacon 2015, a regular convention in Pensacola and according to Reddit user Sskywarpe, Biehn stated he had been contacted about Neill Blomkamp's upcoming Alien film. Of course, this is Reddit so take it with a pinch of salt:
"I'm at Pensacon, just now gave Michael a Reece ReAction figure, said ... [Read More]