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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 […]

Aliens: Dark Descent gameplay trailer and launch date revealed

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It’s certainly an exciting time to be a fan of the Alien franchise. We’ve got ongoing comic books from Marvel, a new film in production from director Fede Alvarez and producer Ridley Scott, an upcoming TV series from Noah Hawley and FX, and now Focus Entertainment and Tindalos Interactive have announced that the real-time tactical […]

Fede Alvarez’s Alien movie unveils full cast and first plot details ahead of production

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Alien is returning, and the cast has gained a gaggle of fresh faces. Fede Alvarez’s as yet untitled Alien will begin production on March 9th in Budapest, and The Hollywood Reporter broke the story about a host of new actors joining the space crew. David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu are all […]