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Noah Hawley’s Alien series cast revealed as production begins on FX show

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Despite disruption from the ongoing strikes which have ground Hollywood studios to a halt, FX’s long-gestating Alien series has kicked off production in Thailand this past week – although for the time being the project is having to shoot around its SAG-AFTRA-affiliated cast members who remain unavailable due to the ongoing industrial action. The Alien […]

A war between Xenomorphs erupts in Marvel’s Alien Annual

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Marvel Comics have announced that Alien series writer Declan Shalvey is teaming with artist Danny Earls to present a double-sized standalone tale in Alien Annual #1 this October which will pit the iconic Xenomorphs against a newly-discovered subspecies for some all-out Alien on Alien war! “Writing Alien has been a fantastic experience so far, digging […]

Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus wraps production

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Fede Alvarez announced he has wrapped production on Alien: Romulus, the next installment of the sci-fi horror franchise Alien. The director announced the news on his Instragram account with a celebratory cigar. Alien: Romulus will star Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Easttown), Isabela Merced (Rosaline), David Jonsson (Industry), Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone), Spike Fearn (Tell Me Everything) […]

Disney reportedly won’t release a fully completed Alien vs. Predator anime series

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There’s an Alien vs. Predator anime, and there’s a possibility Disney will never let us see the series. A new report centers around this unreleased Alien vs. Predator anime, a follow-up to the cult classic film and its less-than-stellar sequel. The rumored ten-episode project was crafted before the polarizing Disney acquisition of 20th Century Fox […]

Noah Hawley’s Alien series finds its lead in Sydney Chandler

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Those pesky xenomorphs have been dormant since 2017’s Alien: Covenant threatened to put the franchise into cryogenic sleep, but these last few weeks have seen Fede Alvarez’s Alien movie start production, and now Noah Hawley’s FX Alien series has found its lead in Don’t Worry Darling‘s Sydney Chandler.  During the latest episode of The Hot […]

Sigourney Weaver rules out return to Alien franchise: “I put in my time in space!”

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If you were keeping your hopes up for one more outing of Sigourney Weaver’s iconic Alien leading lady, Ellen Ripley, it’s time to lose that hope. In a new sit-down with Total Film, Weaver proclaims her time as Ellen Ripley has passed. She references the long-rumored Neill Blomkamp project that never came to be and […]