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The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession

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Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]

Fantastic Four in the MCU, Star Wars: The Last Jedi footage, Avengers: Infinity War trailer and more – Weekend News Roundup

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FANTASTIC FOUR NO MORE? It’s been a busy weekend for those in the House of Mouse following the bi-annual D23 expo, but an announcement that many were hoping for never came to be. On the opening day, Marvel Studios had four giant statues covered in sheets, which many presumed would be the reveal of the […]

Prometheus screenwriter on where Ridley Scott’s next Alien movie could go

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Although Alien: Covenant failed to set the box office alight – having grossed just $176.5 million following its release last month – it seems that Ridley Scott still has plans to further explore the universe, with the filmmaker suggesting he’s keen on “one or two” more instalments in the sci-fi series. Speaking to Collider, Prometheus screenwriter […]

Neill Blomkamp shares more concept art from his abandoned Alien 5

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Back in 2015, District 9 filmmaker Neil Blomkamp shared some concept art for a proposed Alien movie, which would have been a sequel to 1986’s Aliens, bringing back characters such as Ripley, Hicks and Newt. The concept art caused some excitement, and ultimately led to Fox putting the movie into development with Blomkamp at the helm. […]

Why this character should have died in Alien: Covenant

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SPOILERS ahead. If you haven’t seen Alien: Covenant, stop reading this column now. Actually, if you haven’t seen Alien: Covenant yet consider yourself fortunate… I don’t know if anything could have saved Alien: Covenant, the absolutely wretched latest attempt at reviving the very dead franchise from the foulest bowels of creative limbo. It was spawned […]

Is the Alien franchise exhausted?

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Anghus Houvouras on whether the Alien franchise is exhausted… Is the reason almost every Alien movie since the original has been, at best, a mixed bag because the premise has been exhausted? I thought about this the other day as I watched a slew of Alien: Covenant reviews pour in. Like Prometheus, it seems to […]

3 Reasons Why Alien: Covenant is the Best in the Franchise Since Aliens

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Samuel Brace argues that Alien: Covenant is the best instalment in the franchise since Aliens… Alien: Covenant has been called a return to form for Ridley Scott’s much famed Alien franchise after many were lukewarm on 2012’s Prometheus. This writer was actually quite fond of that film, and so was particularly pleased with how much […]

Dear David Fincher, Please Return to the Alien Franchise

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Henry Bevan with an open letter to David Fincher… Dear David, I’m going to jump right into it: you should consider lobbying to direct the next Alien movie, whatever it may be. Don’t stop reading! I know your last experience of the franchise on Alien 3 was a clusterfuck and you felt your career was being […]

We Need To Talk About Ridley: The essential problem with the new Alien movie

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Is it best when Ridley Scott is tethered to a well-constructed source? On the basis of his new Alien movie, Sean Wilson thinks this could well be the case… There’s a lot to admire about Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s gore-strewn return to the sci-fi horror franchise he kickstarted back in 1979. As a piece of […]

Exclusive Interview: Alien: Covenant star Michael Fassbender

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Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant opens in the UK this Friday, and in the build up to the release Flickering Myth Thomas Harris was fortunate enough to speak to some of the cast about their roles in the hotly-anticipated sci-fi horror. Yesterday we brought you interviews with Katherine Waterston (Daniels), Danny McBride (Tennessee) and Billy Crudup […]