Despite previous reports suggesting otherwise, sources close to Deadline have now confirmed that Noomi Rapace will be reprising her role from 2012’s Prometheus as Elizabeth Shaw for 2017’s sequel, Alien: Covenant. According to the outlet, the actress is currently on the set of the film in Australia, where she will shoot “weeks worth of scenes.” The size […]
Paradise Lost: The Already Troubled Production History of Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5
With Alien 5 being put “on hold”, Luke Owen looks back at the movie’s brief troubled production… “The way Fox dealt with me was not cool,” Neill Blomkamp recalls of his time on the unproduced Halo movie. “Right from the beginning, when Mary [Parent] hired me up until the end when it collapsed, they treated me […]
Alien with graphic designer Pete Hambling | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #63
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, graphic designer Pete Hambling discusses the acidic blood of sci-fi horror classic Alien… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, graphic designer Pete Hambling reveals that Ridley Scott’s 70s […]
Ridley Scott says Alien sequels will “drift away from the alien stuff”
After taking the franchise back to its xenomorph roots with Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott has now revealed to Entertainment Weekly that – as he attempted to do with Prometheus, to mixed results – that his planned sequels will “drift away from the alien stuff.” “We are [going to make another], we are,” said Scott, who […]
Neill Blomkamp says his Alien 5 is “totally dead”
Some bad news for anyone holding out hope that 20th Century Fox could resurrect Neill Blomkamp’s planned Alien 5, as the filmmaker has revealed to The Verge that the project is “totally dead”. “I think it’s totally dead, yes,” said Blomkamp. “That would be an accurate assumption at this point. It’s sad. I spent a long […]
Ridley Scott to receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award
While J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) will be lauded with the VES Visionary Award, British filmmaker-producer Ridley Scott will be receiving the VES Lifetime Achievement Award for a career that includes Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Prometheus (2012) and the forthcoming Biblical epic Exodus: Gods & Kings (2014). “Ridley Scott […]
Ridley Scott is game to make future Alien films for Disney: “It’s crazy not to do something with it”
Director Ridley Scott wants to make more films in the Aliens franchise, regardless of the fact that Disney has made a deal to acquire 21st Century Fox. Speaking to Digital Spy, the Alien: Covenant director had this to say: “It looks to me that the Fox deal is certainly going to go ahead with Disney, […]
The Lion King casting, first look at Ego the Living Planet, Stephen King shared universe, the fate of Jar Jar Binks – Weekend News Roundup
Rounding up the big news stories from the weekend… LANDO CALRISSIAN AND DARTH VADER JOIN THE LION KING Director Jon Favreau has revealed the first casting for his upcoming remake of the animated Disney classic The Lion King, with Donald Glover set to voice Simba and James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original […]
Ridley Scott now teases “one or two” Alien: Covenant sequels, says he approached Prometheus wrong
Ridley Scott seems to be having trouble deciding, not if, but how many sequels he will be making to his new movie Alien: Covenant. Having previously said there will “definitely” be four sequels, the director gave a pretty laid back answer to a question from Yahoo Movies about the future of the franchise. The director stated: “I […]
Ridley Scott to start production on Alien: Covenant sequel “within 14 months”
It looks like Ridley Scott wasn’t kidding when he said that the Alien franchise is going to have at least four more installments, and it seems that the first sequel to the new sci-fi/ horror Alien: Covenant is going into production sooner than you may think. Very soon, in fact. Speaking to IGN UK, the director […]
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