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David Cronenberg Believes ‘Alien’ Lifted From ‘Shivers’ & Exited ‘Total Recall’ Because Studio Wanted ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ On Mars

May 19, 2022 2:57 pm

Body horror king David Cronenberg is back with his erotic sci-fi thriller "Crimes of The Future" which is screening at the Cannes Film Festival soon and NEON releases it domestically on June 8. And while Crone...

Noah Hawley’s "Cinematic Universe”-Like 'Aliens' Series Likely Coming 2023 Says FX

Noah Hawley’s Earthbound ‘Alien’ FX Series Taps ‘WandaVision’ Writer Bobak Esfarjani

Christopher Marc

April 25, 2022 5:52 pm

News, Television

When Disney scored the rights to the "Alien" property after acquiring 21st Century Fox, many fans wondered what the company would do with the R-rated sci-fi horror franchise. Launched in 1979, the Ridley Scott...

New Original ‘Alien’ Movie To Be Written & Directed By Fede Álvarez

Christopher Marc

March 4, 2022 6:07 pm

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The last “Alien” installment, “Alien: Covenant,” from director Ridley Scott did lackluster business at the global box office, and while there had been some comments from Scott about a third prequel film, he wa...

FX Confirms ‘Alien’ TV Series Is A Prequel & Won’t Include Any Previous Characters

Charles Barfield

February 17, 2022 1:35 pm

News, Television

Earlier today, it was announced that Noah Hawley is set to do a fifth season of “Fargo.” In fact, that is going to be the next series that he works on. So, what does that mean for his in-development “Alien” se...

Noah Hawley Says ‘Alien’ TV Series Is A “Reinvention” & Will Focus On Corporations Trying To Create Immortality

Charles Barfield

January 6, 2022 12:58 pm

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“Alien” is inarguably one of the best sci-fi horror films of all time. Actually, many would consider it the gold standard of that specific subgenre. But when people started developing sequels and prequels, fil...

James Cameron Pitched ‘Aliens’ By Writing The Title On A Board & Turning The S Into A Dollar Sign

Charles Barfield

December 30, 2021 11:34 am

News

You don’t become the man who directed two of the top three grossing films of all time ("Avatar" and "Titanic") without knowing a bit about appealing to large audiences and making lots and lots of money. That s...

Ridley Scott Reveals Pilot Episode For ‘Blade Runner’ A Live-Aciton TV Series Is Already Written & Updates ‘Alien’ TV Progress

Charles Barfield

November 22, 2021 9:53 am

News, Television

Ridley Scott is currently in the middle of promoting his second film of 2021, “The House of Gucci.” But even for a guy that has released two films in 2021, he still has a number of other projects in the pipeli...

Neill Blomkamp Probably Wouldn’t Return To Make His ‘Alien 5’

Charles Barfield

September 1, 2021 10:56 am

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While on his recent publicity blitz, it appears Neill Blomkamp couldn’t escape the inevitable “Alien 5” questions. Of course, as we know, the filmmaker was attached to bring “Alien 5” to fans years ago but tha...

Neill Blomkamp Thinks ‘Chappie’ Might Have Caused Ridley Scott To Lose Faith In His ‘Alien’ Sequel

Charles Barfield

August 23, 2021 1:27 pm

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With “Demonic” getting released recently, filmmaker Neill Blomkamp has been making the publicity rounds talking about his new thriller. And you can’t really talk to Blomkamp about filmmaking without talking ab...

Neill Blomkamp Talks More ‘Elysium’ Films & Alludes To Ridley Scott Killing The ‘Alien 5’ Idea

Christopher Marc

August 20, 2021 1:31 pm

News

Director Neill Blomkamp is out promoting his horror film 'Demonic" and he spoke with our very own Rodrigo Perez for The Playlist podcast. During that chat, we learned some interesting things about the fate of ...

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