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 […]
Future Alien prequels could feature a ‘de-aged’ Sigourney Weaver
Ridley Scott has recently confirmed that he is working on a series of prequels that will lead up to the first Alien film. This begs the question: what about Ellen Ripley? The latest issue of Empire magazine features a slew of information about Alien: Covenant, and also includes a very interesting response to a question about […]
Ridley Scott may use CGI to add Ellen Ripley into his Alien prequels
Although the disappointing box office returns for Alien: Covenant may have harmed Ridley Scott’s hopes of a further four entries in his Alien saga. However, it seems he still intends on at least one more instalment to bring the franchise full circle, and during a recent Q&A he has now suggested using CGI to bring Sigourney […]
Transformers: The Last Knight box office struggles, Blade Runner 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming a hit and more – Weekend News Roundup
THE LAST OUTING? Back in 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction was roundly trashed by critics but the film ended up being the only release to pass $1 billion at the box office that year. It seemed like Transformers was a critic-proof franchise. However the fifth outing, Transformers: The Last Knight, has had a very poor […]
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