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Reports suggest Ridley Scott will direct another Alien prequel

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Ridley Scott is going to return to direct another prequel in the Alien franchise according to a report in Variety. Alien is one of cinema’s longest-running movie franchises but the last two prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, haven’t made the same impact as the earlier movies. Coupled with the franchise moving to Disney as part […]

Watch the final Alien anniversary short films Alien: Alone and Alien: Harvest

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In celebration of Alien Day today, Fox has released the final two entries in its series of 40th anniversary Alien short films, Alien: Alone and Alien: Harvest. Watch them below, and be sure to check out the previous shorts Alien: Containment, Alien: Specimen, Alien: Night Shift, and Alien: Ore… SEE ALSO: Aliens star Michael Biehn […]

Watch the Alien anniversary short films Alien: Specimen and Alien: Night Shift

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The countdown to this year’s Alien Day continues with the release of two more Alien 40th Anniversary short films, Alien: Specimen and Alien: Night Shift; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the first Alien anniversary short film Alien: Containment It’s the night shift in a colony greenhouse, and Julie, a botanist, does her best […]

Watch the first Alien anniversary short film Alien: Containment

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Last month, 20th Century Fox announced that it is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s iconic sci-fi horror Alien with a series of six short films, and the first of those – Alien: Containment – is now available to watch online. The synopsis for Alien: Containment reads: “Four survivors find themselves stranded aboard a […]

Alien: Blackout launches Survive mode and online leaderboards

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The survival horror mobile game Alien: Blackout is receiving a brand new survive mode that will pit Amanda Ripley against the Xenomorph once again. In Blackout’s survive mode, the stakes are raised to a new hardcore level – “players will have no saves between levels and no restarts, and must outsmart and survive the Xenomorphs […]

Alien celebrating 40th anniversary with six new short films, watch the trailer here

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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s iconic horror film, 20th Century Fox is releasing six original films set in the Alien universe from a new generation of filmmakers. These shorts were created in collaboration with Tongal, the online platform that connects online filmmakers with studios and brands to develop video content for digital platforms. […]

Alien: Isolation recut as a digital web series, watch it here

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As part of its Amanda Ripley push which includes the mobile game Alien: Blackout and upcoming comic book series Aliens: Resistance, Fox has released a brand new Alien: Isolation digital web series, which takes the cut scenes from the acclaimed video game and adds in new story beats to bring Amanda’s story to life. You can […]

Rumour: R-rated Alien: Isolation animated series in development

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While recent rumours about two potential live-action Alien series were swiftly debunked, it seems the franchise may still be heading to the small screen, albeit in animated form. According to an report from Observer, Fox has tapped Axis Animation – a studio who worked on the video game Alien: Isolation – to produce an R-rated […]

Alien: Covenant star Katherine Waterston “absolutely game” for another Alien instalment

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In the build up to the release of Alien: Covenant, director Ridley Scott revealed that he had plans for up to SIX more instalments in the sci-fi horror series, only for 20th Century Fox to apply the brakes when Covenant failed to perform at the box office. Given the impending Disney acquisition of Fox, the […]