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Amanda Ripley returns in Alien: Blackout survival horror game

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For the past couple of weeks the Alien franchise has been teasing a mysterious new project in the sci-fi horror series, culminating with a promo this past weekend announcing the return of Alien: Isolation protagonist Amanda Ripley, complete with the tagline “Read. Play. Watch.” The ‘Read’ portion presumably refers to the upcoming Amanda-led comic book […]

Alien promo teases new multi-platform Amanda Ripley project

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Over the Christmas period, the social media accounts for the Alien franchise released a number of animated teasers under the title ‘6-Part Dossier Exposing the Secret History of Weyland-Yutani’, with speculation suggesting that these could be promotional material for the upcoming Dark Horse comic Aliens: Resistance. Well, we now have a new promo, which confirms […]

Rumour: Could an Alien TV show be about to burst onto a streaming service?

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It’s worth taking the following with a pinch of salt, or you might react to this news like John Hurt and his bowl of pasta aboard the Sulaco, but Dread Central are reporting that a reliable source of YouTuber (Mr H) has revealed that an extension of the Alien brand is gestating, with the intention of finding a home on one […]

UPDATE: Ellen Ripley and Newt featured in an alternate ending to The Predator

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We’ve known for a while now that The Predator underwent major changes in the build up to its release, with much of the third act reworked during reshoots as a response to negative test screening feedback. Now we have some details on what could have been, with visual effects artist Yuri Everson revealing on Instagram […]

Alien social media posts tease mystery new project

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Over the past week, the official Alien Instagram account has been posting a series of animated teasers for a mystery project, complete with captions for a ‘ 6-Part Dossier Exposing the Secret History of Weyland-Yutani’, which detail the company’s unscrupulous attempts to weaponise the xenomorph. Check them out here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnlOTvFHLQ/?utm_source=ig_embed https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnyxQ7l8Fu/?utm_source=ig_embed https://www.instagram.com/p/BroAfC2ltJ9/?utm_source=ig_embed https://www.instagram.com/p/BrqJ7UdFoJX/?utm_source=ig_embed https://www.instagram.com/p/BrqXjZ6lAGn/?utm_source=ig_embed https://www.instagram.com/p/Brqln_blaip/?utm_source=ig_embed   […]

Preview of Aliens: Dust to Dust #4

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Dark Horse Comics’ Aliens: Dust to Dust continues this January with the release of issue #4, and we have a preview for you here; check it out… Days ago, Maxon was a twelve-year-old boy, concerned with the kinds of things that concern young boys. Then the Aliens came. Now Maxon must depend solely on his […]

Preview of William Gibson’s Alien 3 #2

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Dark Horse Comics continues its adaptation of William Gibson’s unproduced screenplay for Alien 3 this December, and you can take a look at a preview of the second issue here… This is the official adaptation of the original screenplay for Alien 3, written by William Gibson, the award-winning science fiction author of the cyberpunk cult […]

The Films That Should Be TV Shows

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This week, Neil Calloway suggests some films that would work well as TV shows… With the new series of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. now underway, the Limitless TV show having just debuted in the US, and talk of a Game of Thrones movie being made (later denied). There’s even a TV show (the second, following a […]

Sigourney Weaver talks Neill Blomkamp’s abandoned Alien film

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Last week we had the rumour that the Alien franchise could be hatching on a streaming service sometime in the near future, which one again prompted discussion about Neill Blomkamp’s abandoned Alien 5 retcon movie, which was shelved when Ridley Scott took control of the xenomorph for the divisive Alien: Covenant. Now, hot on the heels of […]