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10 Movie Franchises That Need To End

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With a remake, reboot, or sequel every week, it’s time to look at ten franchises that need to end… Look at a coming soon list of mainstream movies across the next 12 months and you’ll notice something. The titles all seem familiar. We’ve been there and we’ve done it already. Sometimes for 10 movies no […]

Comic Book Preview – Alien: Romulus #1

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Marvel Comics launches its Alien: Romulus comic book prelude series next week, and you can get yourself an early sneak peek at the first issue right now with the official preview below… Following the theatrical release of the highly anticipated blockbuster Alien: Romulus, Marvel Comics presents an all-new story revealing secrets of the film’s legendary […]

Digital Review – Alien: Romulus (2024)

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Alien: Romulus, 2024. Directed by Fede Álvarez. Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu. SYNOPSIS: Alien: Romulus is available now in a digital edition, complete with bonus features, ahead of its December 3 release on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD. The movie was a mixed bag for […]

Alien: Romulus 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and Steelbook release details and special features revealed

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20th Century Studios has announced that Fede Alverez’s sci-fi horror Alien: Romulus is set for a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and limited-edition steelbook release this December; check out the cover artwork and details below… Director Fede Alvarez takes the phenomenally successful Alien franchise back to its iconic roots in the next jaw-dropping installment heralded […]

Alien: Paradiso launching in December from Marvel Comics

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Marvel Comics has announced that it will kick off the next chapter of its Alien comic book saga This December with the launch of Alien: Paradiso, a five-issue limited series from writer Steve Foxe and artist Edgar Salazar with additional art by Peter Nguyen. As per the official description, Alien: Paradiso “will introduce fans to […]

Alien: The Roleplaying Game Second Edition artwork and maps revealed

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Ahead of the Kickstarter campaign set to arrive later this autumn, Free League Publishing has revealed the first snippets of content coming in Alien The Roleplaying Game Second Edition, in particular some of the artwork and some brand-new maps for the game. These new maps have been designed by the acclaimed map artist Miska Fredman, […]

Marvel shares first look at Alien: Romulus prequel comic

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Marvel Comics is set to expand the world of Alien: Romulus next month with an official prequel comic to the latest entry in the iconic sci-fi horror movie franchise, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the one-shot special now with an early unlettered preview… Following the theatrical release of the highly anticipated […]

Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth series releases teaser trailer online

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Fans of the Alien franchise should prepare themselves to see more of the Xenomorphs as FX has released the first teaser trailer for Noah Hawley’s upcoming Alien: Earth TV series as the fearsome Xenomorphs arrive on the planet. The teaser was shown for select audiences of Alien: Romulus in theaters, but has now been released wide now that the latest Alien film has […]

What Alien: Romulus needs to learn from Aliens

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James McDonagh on Alien: Romulus and where it needs to take its cue from 1986’s Aliens… It’s a hostile summer for movies. To succeed, Alien: Romulus must learn from Aliens. The second movie is the best. Why? Because it’s the only film in the franchise that’s not about aliens. When Ian Holm’s Ash said, in […]

Fede Álvarez on Alien: Romulus sequel and THAT ending

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Alien: Romulus might be a film in which most of the characters fail to heed the multiple warnings placed in front of them, but please don’t fall into that same trap because this story contains spoilers for Fede Álvarez’s horror-hit.  With $120 million banked since its release, and largely favourable reviews (read our take here), […]