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Alien 5

Started by Shadow, Feb 19 2015 03:58 AM

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#1 Shadow

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 03:58 AM

It's finally gonna happen!

20th Century Fox has closed a deal with director Neill Blomkamp to develop a new “Alien” movie, sources confirm.
The untitled sci-fi project is separate from “Prometheus 2,” which Fox is still making with Ridley Scott.

Blomkamp, who directed “District 9″ and the upcoming Sony feature “Chappie,” had been teasing the project in recent months but said the extra-terrestrial reboot was likely abandoned. It was supposed to star “Alien” veteran Sigourney Weaver.

But on Wednesday Blomkamp confirmed the tentpole was back on track at Fox.

“So I think this is officially my next film,” he confirmed on Instagram.

It’s unclear whether Weaver is still attached to the movie.
According to insiders, the new “Alien” takes place years after the “Prometheus” sequel. Scott is producing both films through his production company Scott Free.

“Prometheus,” also distributed by Fox, was “loosely based” on the “Alien” franchise and earned over $400 million worldwide. But the 3D movie opened to mixed reviews, and Fox hopes Blomkamp, who last directed “Elysium,” can take the franchise to the next level.
Born in South Africa, the 35 year-old Blomkamp is repped by WME.

#2 ILOVEVHS

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 07:19 AM

My mom and grandma will be happy.

They hate horror movies like Exorcist and Elm Street, and yet despite that, they're huge Alien fans.

I still need to watch these movies, I own them, but I'm terrified to watch.

"Everyone creates the thing that they dread. Men of peace create engines of war. Invaders create Avengers. People create... smaller people...? CHILDREN! (chuckles) Lost the word there..."

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 08:51 AM

I'm looking at the second picture here and thinking to myself...

If they make it that the Aliens are a future human mutation (somehow) I'm going to be really ticked. Can't they just leave it alone and say "Look, Killer Xenomorphs" and not try to give them rhyme or reason? The Aliens are scarier when you DON'T understand them.

#4 ILOVEVHS

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 08:56 AM

Red, I think Alien Resurrection already ruined that concept.

"Everyone creates the thing that they dread. Men of peace create engines of war. Invaders create Avengers. People create... smaller people...? CHILDREN! (chuckles) Lost the word there..."

#5 Shadow

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 04:59 PM

Well the Xenos are born from people. One of the reproduction concepts before the Queen was introduced was having people transformed into eggs.

#6 RedAuthar

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 07:50 AM

Red, I think Alien Resurrection already ruined that concept.

I'm well aware of this, hence the "Can't they just leave it alone" part.

Well the Xenos are born from people. One of the reproduction concepts before the Queen was introduced was having people transformed into eggs.

That we've seen. Technically they had to have been producing before humans bumped into them so in theory they can use other creatures. I know in AvP it produces a mutant one but...that's AvP.

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 09:01 AM

I wonder if Lance Henriksen will be called back. Would love to see a new Bishop.

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Posted 25 February 2015 - 11:02 PM

http://www.ew.com/ar...lien-chappie-qa

“I want this film to feel like it is literally the genetic sibling of Aliens, so it’s Alien, Aliens and then this film.”

And that's all I need to hear. They have my ticket.

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 06:26 AM

They will not count Alien 3 & Resurrection as canon

Some say that he knows 2 facts about ducks, and both of them are wrong. And that 61 years ago he accidentally introduced Her Majesty The Queen to a Greek racialist. All we know is, I'm going to the tower now to have my head cut off, and he is called The Stig.

#10 RedAuthar

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 07:30 AM

They will not count Alien 3 & Resurrection as canon

I have no problems with that.

#11 Leptailurus

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 08:25 AM

Well the Xenos are born from people. One of the reproduction concepts before the Queen was introduced was having people transformed into eggs.

People still could be transformed into eggs, as seen in the extended version. The book provided the explanation.

Xenomorphs are behaving like social insects. A "worker" xenomorph could produce eggs from hosts, but it takes more time and resources and happens in a crisis - when a queen is not present. If the eggs are exposed to certain conditions, they produce a queen facehugger - similar to the development of bee queens. The queen xenomorph can then produce a larger amount of eggs and set up its colony.

I quite liked Alien³. Obviously, it was worse that Aliens, but it was still very good, in my opinion and considering the issues they dealt with during the production - such as several different unfinished scripts. It had the potential to be much better. The visual of the xenomorph seemed unfinished. The film had a lot of plot holes, underdeveloped concepts and left many things unexplained, the eggs on Sulaco, for example. (I like to think that it was Bishop who brought them.) Some of them were explained in the book, such as the reason why everyone had to cut their hair.

Elliot Goldenthal's soundtrack was amazing, probably the best one of the tetralogy. And I also think the ending was very fitting. The WY did not obtain a xenomorph in the end, and nobody who encountered the xenomorphs survived. (Well, except for Morse, but he was not one of the more central characters.)

But I choose not to consider Alien: Resurrection as canonical.

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 11:02 AM

http://www.ew.com/ar...lien-chappie-qa
“I want this film to feel like it is literally the genetic sibling of Aliens, so it’s Alien, Aliens and then this film.”
And that's all I need to hear. They have my ticket.

They will not count Alien 3 & Resurrection as canon

YES. THANK YOU.

"Everyone creates the thing that they dread. Men of peace create engines of war. Invaders create Avengers. People create... smaller people...? CHILDREN! (chuckles) Lost the word there..."