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New ‘Alien’ Sequel In The Works

On May 25th, Alien celebrated its 40th anniversary. In a writeup from Variety celebrating the anniversary, an interesting tidbit can be found regarding the future of the now Disney owned franchise. After the article mentions the franchise’s prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, it refers to a third film, which Ridley Scott “will direct”. And that the sequel “is in the script phase.” Could this be the long-awaited sequel Alien: Awakening? We don’t know yet, but it seems Scott wants the Xenomorphs to evolve. Okay, it’s dead in the water.’ I think Alien vs. Predator was a daft idea. And I’m not sure it did very well or not, I don’t know. But it somehow brought down the beast. And I said to them, ‘Listen, you can resurrect this, but we have to go back to scratch and go to a prequel, if you like.’ So we go to Prometheus, which was not bad actually. But you know, there’s no alien

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2019
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Celebrate Alien Day With These Facts

Happy Alien Day! For those not in the know, today is that day we celebrate the release of the first Alien film, and this year it’s special, not just because it’s the 4th annual Alien Day but it’s also the 40th Anniversary of the film’s release back in 1979! What better way to celebrate than with sharing some interesting trivia relating to the films. Warning, there may some spoilers ahead. The film series was originally going to be called Star Beast When production staff first met H.R. Giger to see if he would be perfect for the project, he offered them drugs. The members declined but asked Giger why he has them and he said it helped “Keep the nightmares away.”, the crew members knew right there he was perfect for the job. This leads to the following bit of info… H.R. Giger suffered from severe night terrors; he then took what he saw in his dreams and made them

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Capt McNeely
Apr 26, 2019
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‘Alien: Blackout’ Coming Soon?

Fans of the Alien franchise are learning today that 20th Century Fox recently purchased the trademark for the title “Alien: Blackout” under the category for video games. With the trademark purchase possibly means within a month or two there will be an announcement. Many are assuming the game’s announcement will be at the upcoming award ceremony The Game Awards as the slogan for the event this year is “Worlds Will Change” which first appeared on Geoff Keighley’s (The host of the ceremony) twitter. The slogan along with its appearance is hauntingly familiar with the company slogan of the Alien franchises human antagonist, Weyland-Yutani, whose motto is “Building better worlds” Another post on twitter that’s making fans squirm with excitement comes from gaming legend Hideo Kojima. Kojima who’s known to fans for making the best games in the industry like the “Metal Gear” and “Zone of Enders” series, and the horror sensation “PT”, tweeted that he visited 20th Century Fox and

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Capt McNeely
Nov 24, 2018
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‘Alien: Covenant’ Star Amy Seimetz Is Headed To ‘Pet Sematary’

Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch, the writing and directing duo behind Starry Eyes, are currently casting for their remake of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Jason Clarke (Winchester) and John Lithgow have already come on board. Today, another name has been added to the list. Variety reports that Alien: Covenant star Amy Seimetz is in talks to play Rachel Creed, the wife of Louis and the mother of Ellie and Gage. Jason Clarke will star as Louis Creed, the part originally played by Dale Midkiff (interview). John Lithgow (The Crown) will co-star as the Creed’s neighbor, Jud. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Steven Schnider, and Mark Vahradian will produce. Pet Sematary, set to shoot this summer, will open in theaters on April 5, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 2, 2018
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Official ‘Alien’ Novel Coming Out Just In Time For Alien Day 2018

The new officially licensed novel “Alien: The Cold Forge” by Alex White will be released via Titan Books just days before 2018’s Alien Day (April 26). Check out the cover art for the novel based on the franchise above (via AvP Galaxy). In the book, “With the failure of the Hadley’s Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating defeat–the loss of the Aliens. Yet there’s a reason the company rose to the top, and they have a redundancy already in place. Remote station RB-323 abruptly becomes their greatest hope for weaponizing the Xenomorph, but there’s a spy aboard–someone who doesn’t necessarily act in the company’s best interests. If discovered, this person may have no choice but to destroy RB-323… and everyone on board. That is, if the Xenomorphs don’t do the job first.” Pick up your copy of “Alien: The Cold Forge” April 24, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 26, 2017
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Ridley Scott Planning Another ‘Alien’ Film

Fans of the Alien franchise will be happy to learn that even though critics weren’t a big fan of Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott has not given up on the franchise. In fact, he still has plans to make another film. Even though Scott has several projects underway, including re-shooting scenes from All the Money thanks to Kevin Spacey being replaced after sexual harassment allegations, and preparing for his next film which is an adaption of Don Winslow’s The Cartel, Scott has definite plans to continue the Alien franchise. Scott told EW about his plan: We are [going to make another], we are. I think what we have to do is gradually drift away from the alien stuff.” He continued, “People say,’You need more chest bursting,’ so I put a lot of that in Covenant and it fit nicely. But I think if you go again you need to start finding another solution that is more interesting. I think AI is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 5, 2017
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Attack of the Rotten Tomatoes

The Sites Rotten Tomatoes ruined the summer 2017 boxoffice. The New York Times published this article on film review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes (read here). The site has been around almost twenty years. I was first introduced to it back in 2003-2004. As the Internet gained more of a foothold, Rotten Tomatoes expanded its base; and now, according to this article, its power to influence box office performance. Sounds like those parents who subscribe to the “not my kid” mentality. Couldn’t possibly be US, it has to be the school, society…anyone but us and the bad product we made. I wrote a similar article, which could be a companion piece (here) a few months earlier when another finger pointing article on RT got some press. Can a website that amasses critical reviews have so much impact on a film’s box office performance? Hollywood spins it both ways whenever convenient. When it comes to a franchise like Transformers, the studios love

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Capt McNeely
Sep 8, 2017
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Extraterrestrials Invade VOD In ‘Alien: Reign Of Man’

Though not the xenomorphs created by legendary artist H.R. Giger and made famous by director Ridley Scott, Uncork’d Entertainment’s Alien: Reign of Man will bring us face-to-face with a new breed of hostile space-creeps. Alien: Reign of Man spins the tale of some sort of team working to activate some sort of machine to save Earth, while stranded on some planet, battling the titular aliens. From what I’ve seen in the trailer, the film appears to be an indie mockbuster somewhere in between Alien: Covenant and Interstellar. Directed by Justin Price (Dark Moon Rising), and starring Deanna Grace Congo, Torrei Hart, Khu, and Cameron White, the low-budget sci-fi horror comes to VOD August 1, with a DVD release slated for November 14, 2017. Though I’ve yet to see the film, I’m highly skeptical of its quality. Judge for yourself by watching the official trailer of Alien: Reign of Man below.

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Capt McNeely
Jul 12, 2017
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Alien: Covenant Lands Blu-ray And DVD Release Date And Amazing Special Features

It hasn’t been long (May) since Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant opened in theaters to the excitement of many fans. Fox Entertainment is not wasting any time getting the Prometheus sequel/Alien prequel to store shelves with a late summer Blu-ray/DVD release. Fans will be thrilled to learn that 20 minutes of deleted scenes from the film will be included on discs. In all, there are over 100 minutes of special features, which is mind-blowing. Special features include commentary from Ridley Scott, 12 deleted scenes, featurettes, a documentary titled Master Class: Ridley Scott, and more. There is a special Limited Edition that will be sold exclusively at Target stores, containing a 36-page book with photos and sketches from the film. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. James Franco stars alongside Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 3, 2017
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‘FLESH OF THE VOID’ Premieres New Trailer

With Principal Photography wrapped on new, experimental horror film Flesh of the Void, a first trailer has shown up online. From first time feature director James Quinn, Void is shot on a combination of expired Super 8 film stock and 16 MM in order to achieve an uncomfortable vibe (the trailer is certainly disturbing.) Flesh of the Void is “intended as a disjointed, surreal trip through the deepest and most violent fears of the human condition, depicting its subject in a radical, grotesque and raw manner, refusing to shy away from societal taboos.” Releasing sometime later in 2017, this film is looking to be one hell of a trip. https://vimeo.com/221166861?utm_source=Flesh+of+the+Void+Trailer&utm_campaign=BSM&utm_medium=email

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Capt McNeely
Jun 27, 2017

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New ‘Alien’ Sequel In The Works

On May 25th, Alien celebrated its 40th anniversary. In a writeup from Variety celebrating the anniversary, an interesting tidbit can be found regarding the future of the now Disney owned franchise. After the article mentions the franchise’s prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, it refers to a third film, which Ridley Scott “will direct”. And that the sequel “is in the script phase.” Could this be the long-awaited sequel Alien: Awakening? We don’t know yet, but it seems Scott wants the Xenomorphs to evolve. Okay, it’s dead in the water.’ I think Alien vs. Predator was a daft idea. And I’m not sure it did very well or not, I don’t know. But it somehow brought down the beast. And I said to them, ‘Listen, you can resurrect this, but we have to go back to scratch and go to a prequel, if you like.’ So we go to Prometheus, which was not bad actually. But you know, there’s no alien

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2019
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Celebrate Alien Day With These Facts

Happy Alien Day! For those not in the know, today is that day we celebrate the release of the first Alien film, and this year it’s special, not just because it’s the 4th annual Alien Day but it’s also the 40th Anniversary of the film’s release back in 1979! What better way to celebrate than with sharing some interesting trivia relating to the films. Warning, there may some spoilers ahead. The film series was originally going to be called Star Beast When production staff first met H.R. Giger to see if he would be perfect for the project, he offered them drugs. The members declined but asked Giger why he has them and he said it helped “Keep the nightmares away.”, the crew members knew right there he was perfect for the job. This leads to the following bit of info… H.R. Giger suffered from severe night terrors; he then took what he saw in his dreams and made them

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 26, 2019
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‘Alien: Blackout’ Coming Soon?

Fans of the Alien franchise are learning today that 20th Century Fox recently purchased the trademark for the title “Alien: Blackout” under the category for video games. With the trademark purchase possibly means within a month or two there will be an announcement. Many are assuming the game’s announcement will be at the upcoming award ceremony The Game Awards as the slogan for the event this year is “Worlds Will Change” which first appeared on Geoff Keighley’s (The host of the ceremony) twitter. The slogan along with its appearance is hauntingly familiar with the company slogan of the Alien franchises human antagonist, Weyland-Yutani, whose motto is “Building better worlds” Another post on twitter that’s making fans squirm with excitement comes from gaming legend Hideo Kojima. Kojima who’s known to fans for making the best games in the industry like the “Metal Gear” and “Zone of Enders” series, and the horror sensation “PT”, tweeted that he visited 20th Century Fox and

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Nov 24, 2018
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‘Alien: Covenant’ Star Amy Seimetz Is Headed To ‘Pet Sematary’

Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch, the writing and directing duo behind Starry Eyes, are currently casting for their remake of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Jason Clarke (Winchester) and John Lithgow have already come on board. Today, another name has been added to the list. Variety reports that Alien: Covenant star Amy Seimetz is in talks to play Rachel Creed, the wife of Louis and the mother of Ellie and Gage. Jason Clarke will star as Louis Creed, the part originally played by Dale Midkiff (interview). John Lithgow (The Crown) will co-star as the Creed’s neighbor, Jud. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Steven Schnider, and Mark Vahradian will produce. Pet Sematary, set to shoot this summer, will open in theaters on April 5, 2019.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 2, 2018
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Official ‘Alien’ Novel Coming Out Just In Time For Alien Day 2018

The new officially licensed novel “Alien: The Cold Forge” by Alex White will be released via Titan Books just days before 2018’s Alien Day (April 26). Check out the cover art for the novel based on the franchise above (via AvP Galaxy). In the book, “With the failure of the Hadley’s Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating defeat–the loss of the Aliens. Yet there’s a reason the company rose to the top, and they have a redundancy already in place. Remote station RB-323 abruptly becomes their greatest hope for weaponizing the Xenomorph, but there’s a spy aboard–someone who doesn’t necessarily act in the company’s best interests. If discovered, this person may have no choice but to destroy RB-323… and everyone on board. That is, if the Xenomorphs don’t do the job first.” Pick up your copy of “Alien: The Cold Forge” April 24, 2018.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 26, 2017
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Ridley Scott Planning Another ‘Alien’ Film

Fans of the Alien franchise will be happy to learn that even though critics weren’t a big fan of Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott has not given up on the franchise. In fact, he still has plans to make another film. Even though Scott has several projects underway, including re-shooting scenes from All the Money thanks to Kevin Spacey being replaced after sexual harassment allegations, and preparing for his next film which is an adaption of Don Winslow’s The Cartel, Scott has definite plans to continue the Alien franchise. Scott told EW about his plan: We are [going to make another], we are. I think what we have to do is gradually drift away from the alien stuff.” He continued, “People say,’You need more chest bursting,’ so I put a lot of that in Covenant and it fit nicely. But I think if you go again you need to start finding another solution that is more interesting. I think AI is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 5, 2017
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Attack of the Rotten Tomatoes

The Sites Rotten Tomatoes ruined the summer 2017 boxoffice. The New York Times published this article on film review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes (read here). The site has been around almost twenty years. I was first introduced to it back in 2003-2004. As the Internet gained more of a foothold, Rotten Tomatoes expanded its base; and now, according to this article, its power to influence box office performance. Sounds like those parents who subscribe to the “not my kid” mentality. Couldn’t possibly be US, it has to be the school, society…anyone but us and the bad product we made. I wrote a similar article, which could be a companion piece (here) a few months earlier when another finger pointing article on RT got some press. Can a website that amasses critical reviews have so much impact on a film’s box office performance? Hollywood spins it both ways whenever convenient. When it comes to a franchise like Transformers, the studios love

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 8, 2017
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Extraterrestrials Invade VOD In ‘Alien: Reign Of Man’

Though not the xenomorphs created by legendary artist H.R. Giger and made famous by director Ridley Scott, Uncork’d Entertainment’s Alien: Reign of Man will bring us face-to-face with a new breed of hostile space-creeps. Alien: Reign of Man spins the tale of some sort of team working to activate some sort of machine to save Earth, while stranded on some planet, battling the titular aliens. From what I’ve seen in the trailer, the film appears to be an indie mockbuster somewhere in between Alien: Covenant and Interstellar. Directed by Justin Price (Dark Moon Rising), and starring Deanna Grace Congo, Torrei Hart, Khu, and Cameron White, the low-budget sci-fi horror comes to VOD August 1, with a DVD release slated for November 14, 2017. Though I’ve yet to see the film, I’m highly skeptical of its quality. Judge for yourself by watching the official trailer of Alien: Reign of Man below.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 12, 2017
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Alien: Covenant Lands Blu-ray And DVD Release Date And Amazing Special Features

It hasn’t been long (May) since Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant opened in theaters to the excitement of many fans. Fox Entertainment is not wasting any time getting the Prometheus sequel/Alien prequel to store shelves with a late summer Blu-ray/DVD release. Fans will be thrilled to learn that 20 minutes of deleted scenes from the film will be included on discs. In all, there are over 100 minutes of special features, which is mind-blowing. Special features include commentary from Ridley Scott, 12 deleted scenes, featurettes, a documentary titled Master Class: Ridley Scott, and more. There is a special Limited Edition that will be sold exclusively at Target stores, containing a 36-page book with photos and sketches from the film. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. James Franco stars alongside Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 3, 2017
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‘FLESH OF THE VOID’ Premieres New Trailer

With Principal Photography wrapped on new, experimental horror film Flesh of the Void, a first trailer has shown up online. From first time feature director James Quinn, Void is shot on a combination of expired Super 8 film stock and 16 MM in order to achieve an uncomfortable vibe (the trailer is certainly disturbing.) Flesh of the Void is “intended as a disjointed, surreal trip through the deepest and most violent fears of the human condition, depicting its subject in a radical, grotesque and raw manner, refusing to shy away from societal taboos.” Releasing sometime later in 2017, this film is looking to be one hell of a trip. https://vimeo.com/221166861?utm_source=Flesh+of+the+Void+Trailer&utm_campaign=BSM&utm_medium=email

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Capt McNeely
Jun 27, 2017
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