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Alien: Romulus brings the horror with first teaser trailer and poster

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20th Century Studios has debuted the first teaser trailer and a poster for Alien: Romulus, the next instalment in the iconic sci-fi franchise from writer-director Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) and producer Ridley Scott. Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising, Priscilla) leads the cast of the film alongside David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike […]

Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 80s British Horror Cinema

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We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]

Comic Book Preview – Alien: Black, White & Blood #2

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Marvel unleashes Alien: Black, White & Blood #2 on Wednesday, and you can take a look at the official preview below… THE ALIEN LEGACY CONTINUES IN A BOLD AND BLOODY ANTHOLOGY SERIES! Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Michael Dowling’s generations-spanning epic continues! Then legendary writer Paul Jenkins explores the chemistry of fear in a story […]

Comic Book Preview – Aliens: What If…? #1

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Marvel gives the What If…? treatment to the Alien franchise for the first time this coming week with the release of Aliens: What If…? #1, which asks the question, ‘What If… Carter Burke Had Lived?’. Check out the preview below… For years, fans of James Cameron’s legendary Aliens questioned whether Carter Burke, a company man […]

Comic Book Preview – Alien: Black, White & Blood #1

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Marvel Comics unleashes Alien Black, White & Blood #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below… THE ALIEN UNIVERSE AS ONLY MARVEL COULD IMAGINE IT! Black, white, red—and GREEN! Marvel Comics and 20th Century Studios present a kill-fest of an anthology in chest-rending artistic detail! Superstars […]

Comic Book Preview – Alien #4

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Marvel Comics’ Alien #4 is out on Wednesday, and we have the official preview of the issue below… THE PERFECT ORGANISM MEETS ITS MATCH?! When Xenomorphs crash-landed on moon LV-695, they did what they do best: SLAUGHTER. And…transformed. The native kaiju of this icy rock thought themselves apex predators, but they were no match for […]

Noah Hawley’s Alien series is coming to FX with multiple seasons planned

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Noah Hawley is known for his hit FX series Legion, but it was primarily considered too strange and aimless in some critic’s eyes. But Hawley knows the criticisms, so he is taking a more solid approach in the future with his very own Alien series coming to FX. Speaking to Collider, Hawley spills the details […]

Noah Hawley’s Alien series will ignore the events of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant

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If you are wondering where the continuity of Noah Hawley’s Alien series will fall, the filmmaker has some good news for you. In an interview on the Kim Master’s The Business podcast, Hawley discusses the project in great detail, giving some insight into the upcoming series and where it stands in the canon. “If it […]

Alien goes all-ages with Disney’s new A is for Alien kids book

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Having already mined the 20th Century Fox franchise with Marvel comic books, an upcoming movie from Fede Alvarez and a TV series from Noah Hawley, Disney is now expanding the audience of the Alien franchise with the newest addition to the Little Golden Book line, A is for Alien. As per the official description from […]