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WandaVision writer Bobak Esfarjani joins FX’s Alien prequel series

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Alien heading to the small screen has delighted long-time fans. The excitement hit a new level when Legion creator Noah Hawley was announced as the head of the new Alien prequel, alongside Ridley Scott returning as executive producer. The Wrap reports that a new writer has now joined the series, a writer with some notable […]

Marvel’s Alien Annual to detail Gabriel Cruz’s first Xenomorph encounter this June

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Marvel Comics has announced that Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larroca are set to wrap up the first era of their run on Alien by delving into the past of the series’ protagonist Gabriel Cruz, with Alien Annual #1 set to detail the hero’s original run-in with the deadly Xenomorph when it arrives in comic […]

Fede Alvarez to tackle the Alien franchise with Ridley Scott producing

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Fede Alvarez shocked horror fans with his killer Evil Dead remake in 2013 and now he looks to do it again with another classic genre franchise in Alien. Yes, the filmmaker behind Don’t Breathe and Evil Dead will write and direct an original stand-alone Alien feature for 20th Century Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. […]

FX chief says Noah Hawley’s Alien series “takes place before Ripley”

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It seems like we’ll have to wait longer than Ripley was cryogenically frozen between films until we get to see Noah Hawley’s small-screen Alien series, so we’ll just have to make do with exciting soundbites, like those dropped by FX chief John Landgraf at the Television Critics Association press tour, where he said that the […]

Noah Hawley says Alien TV series is “going great” but “going slowly”

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We’ve heard Ridley Scott dropping the odd soundbite about the status of his Alien TV series, but now showrunner Noah Hawley has provided an update on how their small screen world-building is coming along, admitting that “it’s going great” but “it’s going slowly”. A man of many talents, the Fargo and Legion creator was speaking […]

Ridley Scott reveals Blade Runner TV show in the works alongside Alien series

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Ridley Scott releases soundbites at a rate as impressive as his cinematic turnover, with some of his recent greatest hits being his claim that superhero movies are “f*cking boring as sh*t”, his opening up about the box-office failure of The Last Duel, and that the forthcoming Alien TV show will “never be as good as […]

Alien: Isolation is coming to mobile devices in December

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SEGA and Feral Interactive have announced that the acclaimed action-adventure survival horror Alien: Isolation is coming to Android and iOS devices next month. Alien: Isolation has been tailored specifically for touchscreen play with a fully customisable interface and promises to faithfully replicate Creative Assembly’s award-winning title for phones and tablets. In addition to the main […]