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Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 never had a script, according to Ridley Scott

April 28, 2017 by Jordan Jones

One of the casualties of Ridley Scott returning to the franchise with Alien: Covenant was that Neill Blomkamp’s promising Alien 5 got completely side-lined. First, we received word that the movie was put on hold. Then, we heard from Blomkamp himself that the movie most likely would never happen. Prior to Ridley Scott’s return, we […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien 5, Alien: Covenant, Neill Blomkamp, Ridley Scott

Michael Fassbender reveals his dual roles in Alien: Covenant

November 1, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Back in June we saw a set photo from Alien: Covenant featuring Michael Fassbender, who looked a lot more whole than his character David did at the conclusion of Prometheus. Well, as it turns out, Fassbender is actually taking on dual roles in the movie, with the actor revealing to The Irish Times (via AVP Galaxy) […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender says Alien: Covenant is “much scarier than Prometheus”

July 28, 2016 by Gary Collinson

With filming wrapping last week, Ridley Scott is now starting the post-production phase of Alien: Covenant, his third venture into the Alien universe after the 1979 sci-fi classic and 2012’s Prometheus. During an interview with Collider, returning star Michael Fassbender has been speaking about the new film, describing it as “much scarier than Prometheus.” “This […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Michael Fassbender, Prometheus

Noomi Rapace to return for Prometheus sequel Alien: Covenant

June 21, 2016 by Justin Cook

Despite previous reports suggesting otherwise, sources close to Deadline have now confirmed that Noomi Rapace will be reprising her role from 2012’s Prometheus as Elizabeth Shaw for 2017’s sequel, Alien: Covenant. According to the outlet, the actress is currently on the set of the film in Australia, where she will shoot “weeks worth of scenes.” The size […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Noomi Rapace, Ridley Scott

SPOILER: Katherine Waterston’s Alien: Covenant character revealed

June 11, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Warning. Minor spoilers for Alien: Covenant follow… A couple of weeks ago we got our first official glimpse of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel / Alien prequel Alien: Covenant with the release of a behind-the-scenes image featuring Katherine Waterston, and now a rumour has emerged which claims to give us one big detail about the Inherent […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Katherine Waterston

Fox sets release dates for two new Marvel movies and Predator sequel, moves Gambit and Alien: Covenant

February 28, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Following the success of Deadpool, 20th Century Fox looks to be laying out its plans for its future Marvel slate, with BoxOffice reporting that the studio has set dates for two as-yet-untitled superhero movies on October 6th 2017 and January 12th 2018. Furthermore, the X-Men spinoff movie Gambit has been removed from its original October […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Gambit, Marvel, New Mutants, Predator, The Predator, X-Force, X-Men

The Week in Disappointment – Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Star Wars: the Force Awakens, Indiana Jones

January 1, 2016 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, suggests he’s not a fan of “retro” tone of Star Wars: The Force Awakens“ Remember when George Lucas accused film audiences of being racist because they didn’t turn out to see the awful Red Tails? And you cringed at […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies, News, The Week in Disappointment Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, George Lucas, Indiana Jones, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Ridley Scott says Alien sequels will “drift away from the alien stuff”

December 11, 2017 by Gary Collinson

After taking the franchise back to its xenomorph roots with Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott has now revealed to Entertainment Weekly that – as he attempted to do with Prometheus, to mixed results – that his planned sequels will “drift away from the alien stuff.” “We are [going to make another], we are,” said Scott, who […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott is game to make future Alien films for Disney: “It’s crazy not to do something with it”

January 10, 2018 by Jordan Jones

Director Ridley Scott wants to make more films in the Aliens franchise, regardless of the fact that Disney has made a deal to acquire 21st Century Fox.  Speaking to Digital Spy, the Alien: Covenant director had this to say: “It looks to me that the Fox deal is certainly going to go ahead with Disney, […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott now teases “one or two” Alien: Covenant sequels, says he approached Prometheus wrong

May 11, 2017 by Jordan Jones

Ridley Scott seems to be having trouble deciding, not if, but how many sequels he will be making to his new movie Alien: Covenant. Having previously said there will “definitely” be four sequels, the director gave a pretty laid back answer to a question from Yahoo Movies about the future of the franchise. The director stated: “I […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Sequels

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