Here's a funny animated rift on the recent PREDATORS movie -- with a Predator teaching his son the rites of passage in their hunts - however, his son has other ideas...


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRVWX6BdHIY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRVWX6BdHIY</a>

                                                                             - Jay

From Corporal Hicks over at AvPGalaxy:

Alien first graced the big screens back in 1979, taking the cinema-going audience by surprise. It was brilliant. And it spawned a successful franchise with James Cameron following up with Aliens. While Alien set the codes and conventions for sci-fi/horror, Jim's Aliens paved the way for all sci-fi based military films. There's no denying the importance of these films.

And as the years have come and gone, the franchise has grown in all directions and new fans have come. AvPGalaxy is proud to give all you fans who never got the chance, the opportunity to see the originals back in the cinema where they belong.

The showings will be taking place at The Screen Room, an independent one screen cinema in Nottingham, England. We'll be using the upcoming Blu-Ray release of the films for the showing. While the Screen Room has the classification as being the smallest cinema in the world, the screen is far from being small. Bigger than any home theater the screen is 115cm x 212cm.

The event will be taking place on Saturday the 6th of November from 12.30 pm until 5pm. Now the seats are limited to 21 so book now to ensure you get a seat. As we obviously all know, 20th Century Fox own the Alien properties so I can't actually charge for this event. What I do ask is that people contribute 5 quid to cover the costs of hiring out the cinema. To do that just use the PayPal button below. Once the donation has been received, we'll send you a confirmation e-mail.

You are more than welcome to bring your own food and drinks to cinema as none will be sold at the event. So what is everyone waiting for? Book your tickets now!

Remaining Seats: 18!

Not quite sure where the Screen Room is? It's just across the street from the Broadway Cinema. Still not sure? Google Maps is always the answer! Any other questions? Feel free to email me!

We’ll also be offering AvPGalaxy t-shirts only normally available for subscribers. These will be available for 10 quid each and if you're interested in purchasing one just e-mail me up to 2 weeks before "The Terror Returns To Cinema". These will be available to pick up at the event.

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/website/the-terror-returns-to-cinema/

According to Deadline, Damon Lindelof will rewrite the proposed Alien prequel project:

Damon Lindelof has taken his first big solo screenwriting job since concluding the ABC series Lost. I’m been told that he closed a deal to do rewrite work on 20th Century Fox’s Alien prequel, which the studio hopes Ridley Scott will direct as his next assignment.

In a development as vexing as a Lost plotline, studio insiders said that while Lindelof indeed met with Scott and the studio for that rewrite job, the exchange of ideas between them sparked a take that could well turn out to be a free-standing science fiction film. The studio will decide when Lindelof turns it in. Scott Free is producing and Lindelof's CAA reps closed his deal last night.

Lindeloff is currently writing with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci Paramount’s Star Trek sequel, on which Lindelof is a producer. He also teamed with Kurtzman and Orci to write the Jon Favreau-directed Cowboys and Aliens, which is shooting now with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford.

That’s plenty of action, but I’m told that Lindelof jumped at this opportunity because Scott's 1979 space thriller Alien was such a seminal influence on him. Resuscitating the Alien franchise has been a big priority for Fox, which has a script by Jon Spaihts, who wrote the Gabriele Muccino-directed Keanu Reeves-starrer  Passengers for Morgan Creek, and whose drafts on the Alien film persuaded Scott to move from producing the film to directing it.

http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/is-losts-damon-lindelof-boarding-alien/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Hot on the heels of Predators doubling its budget at the world wide box office today, we get confirmation from the mouth of Robert Rodriguex himself that the Predator will return to our cinemas!

The studio said, 'Let's do some other ones. What other story ideas do you have? Because it was like, let's test out the market with this one. They really wanted it to be pretty contained, pretty scaled-back. They didn't want to put too many of the ideas into it that we could save for a second one.

So we could see what the appetite was, because the bigger movie would actually be what comes following that. That kind of sets up a new storyline, new location and world, and then you can really go crazy from there.


Somebody call Stallone...

Thanks Geek Tyrant for the news.

A trailer for the Blu-ray release of the Alien Anthology, as we're calling it now, has been released on YouTube:


I'd be lying if I didn't say I was stoked!

Folks, we have a press release!

ALIEN ANTHOLOGY: The Ultimate Collection Featuring All Four ALIEN Films Hatches On Blu-ray from October 25 With Never-Before-Seen Bonus Material And The Debut Of The Exclusive and Groundbreaking Interactive Experience, MU-TH-UR Mode

Fans Have A Chance To Board The Nostromo During Comic-Con At Booth #3528 And Enter The Hibernation Chamber Of The Doomed Intergalactic Crew

Sometimes, the scariest things come from within. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents one of the most successful and terrifying film franchises of all time when the ALIEN ANTHOLOGY debuts on Blu-ray for the first time ever from October 25 internationally and on October 26 in North America. All four ALIEN films have been reinvigorated for an intense Blu-ray high-definition viewing experience. The release also marks the debut of MU-TH-UR Mode, a fully interactive companion that takes the extensive materials in the ALIEN ANTHOLOGY and puts them in the user’s hand – connecting fans to special features on all six discs and instantly providing an index of all available ALIEN content, including over 60 hours of special features and over 12,000 images.

The ALIEN ANTHOLOGY is a truly unique home entertainment experience. For the first time ever, the studio has united the material from every home video release of the ALIEN saga including the 1991/1992 laserdisc releases, the 1999 “Legacy” release and 2003’s groundbreaking ALIEN QUADRILOGY release into one complete Blu-ray collection. The set also includes two versions of each film and over four hours of previously unreleased exclusive material such as original screentests of Sigourney Weaver prior to filming the original ALIEN, unseen deleted scenes, thousands of still photographs from the Fox archives, the previously unseen original cut of “Wreckage and Rage: The Making of ALIEN3,” and much, much more.

The ALIEN ANTHOLOGY will be available for a suggested retail price of $139.99 U.S. / $179.99 Canada. Prebook is September 22.

...

 DISC ONE: ALIEN

    * 1979 Theatrical Version
    * 2003 Director’s Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction
    * Audio Commentary by Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O’Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
    * Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott
    * Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
    * Composer’s Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
    * Deleted and Extended Scenes
    * MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

DISC TWO: ALIENS

    * 1986 Theatrical Version
    * 1991 Special Edition with James Cameron Introduction
    * Audio Commentary by Director James Cameron, Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Alien Effects Creator Stan Winston, Visual Effects Supervisors Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak, Miniature Effects Supervisor Pat McClung, Actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Christopher Henn
    * Final Theatrical Isolated Score by James Horner
    * Composer’s Original Isolated Score by James Horner
    * Deleted and Extended Scenes
    * MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

DISC THREE: ALIEN3

    * 1992 Theatrical Version
    * 2003 Special Edition (Restored Workprint Version)
    * Audio Commentary by Cinematographer Alex Thomson, B.S.C., Editor Terry Rawlings, Alien Effects Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, A.S.C., Actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
    * Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Elliot Goldenthal
    * Deleted and Extended Scenes
    * MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

DISC FOUR: ALIEN RESURRECTION

    * 1997 Theatrical Version
    * 2003 Special Edition with Jean-Pierre Jeunet Introduction
    * Audio Commentary by Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Editor Hervé Schneid, A.C.E., Alien Effects Creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Supervisor Pitof, Conceptual Artist Sylvain Despretz, Actors Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser
    * Final Theatrical Isolated Score by John Frizzell
    * Deleted and Extended Scenes
    * MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

DISC FIVE: MAKING THE ANTHOLOGY

In addition to over 12 hours of candid, in-depth documentaries, you now have the ability to go even deeper into Alien Anthology history with nearly five hours of additional video Enhancement Pods created exclusively for this collection, presenting behind-the-scenes footage, raw dailies and interview outtakes from all four films. At topical points in the documentaries, you may access these pods to enhance your experience, or watch them on their own from the separate Enhancement Pod index.

The Beast Within: Making ALIEN

    * Star Beast: Developing the Story
    * The Visualists: Direction and Design
    * Truckers in Space: Casting
    * Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978
    * The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and Alien Planet
    * The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design
    * Future Tense: Editing and Music
    * Outward Bound: Visual Effects
    * A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film

    * Enhancement Pods

Superior Firepower: Making ALIENS

    * 57 Years Later: Continuing the Story
    * Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction
    * Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization
    * This Time It’s War: Pinewood Studios, 1985
    * The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action
    * Bug Hunt: Creature Design
    * Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien
    * Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn
    * The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound
    * The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects
    * Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film

    * Enhancement Pods

Wreckage and Rage: Making ALIEN3

    * Development Hell: Concluding the Story
    * Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward’s Vision
    * Stasis Interrupted: David Fincher’s Vision
    * Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger’s Redesign
    * The Color of Blood: Pinewood Studios, 1991
    * Adaptive Organism: Creature Design
    * The Downward Spiral: Creative Differences
    * Where the Sun Burns Cold: Fox Studios, L.A. 1992
    * Optical Fury: Visual Effects
    * Requiem for a Scream: Music, Editing and Sound
    * Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film

    * Enhancement Pods

One Step Beyond: Making ALIEN RESURRECTION

    * From the Ashes: Reviving the Story
    * French Twist: Direction and Design
    * Under the Skin: Casting and Characterization
    * Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996
    * In the Zone: The Basketball Scene
    * Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design
    * Genetic Composition: Music
    * Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery
    * A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography
    * Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film

    * Enhancement Pods
    * MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience to Access and Control Enhancement Pods

DISC SIX: THE ANTHOLOGY ARCHIVES

ALIEN

    * Pre-Production
          o First Draft Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon
          o Ridleygrams: Original Thumbnails and Notes
          o Storyboard Archive
          o The Art of Alien: Conceptual Art Portfolio
          o Sigourney Weaver Screen Tests with Select Director Commentary
          o Cast Portrait Gallery
    * Production
          o The Chestbuster: Multi-Angle Sequence with Commentary
          o Video Graphics Gallery
          o Production Image Galleries
          o Continuity Polaroids
          o The Sets of Alien
          o H.R. Giger’s Workshop Gallery
    * Post-Production and Aftermath
          o Additional Deleted Scenes
          o Image & Poster Galleries
    * Experience in Terror
    * Special Collector’s Edition LaserDisc Archive
    * The Alien Legacy
    * American Cinematheque: Ridley Scott Q&A
    * Trailers & TV Spots

ALIENS

    * Pre-Production
          o Original Treatment by James Cameron
          o Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Videomatics with Commentary
          o Storyboard Archive
          o The Art of Aliens: Image Galleries
          o Cast Portrait Gallery
    * Production
          o Production Image Galleries
          o Continuity Polaroids
          o Weapons and Vehicles
          o Stan Winston’s Workshop
          o Colonial Marine Helmet Cameras
          o Video Graphics Gallery
          o Weyland-Yutani Inquest: Nostromo Dossiers
    * Post-Production and Aftermath
          o Deleted Scene: Burke Cocooned
          o Deleted Scene Montage
          o Image Galleries
          o Special Collector’s Edition LaserDisc Archive
          o Main Title Exploration
          o Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright
          o Trailers & TV Spots

ALIEN3

    * Pre-Production
          o Storyboard Archive
          o The Art of Arceon
          o The Art of Fiorina
    * Production
          o Furnace Construction: Time-Lapse Sequence
          o EEV Bioscan: Multi-Angle Vignette with Commentary
          o Production Image Galleries
          o A.D.I.’s Workshop
    * Post-Production and Aftermath
          o Visual Effects Gallery
          o Special Shoot: Promotional Photo Archive
    * Alien3 Advance Featurette
    * The Making of Alien3 Promotional Featurette
    * Trailers & TV Spots

ALIEN RESURRECTION

    * Pre-Production
          o First Draft Screenplay by Joss Whedon
          o Test Footage: A.D.I. Creature Shop with Commentary
          o Test Footage: Costumes, Hair and Makeup
          o Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Rehearsals
          o Storyboard Archive
          o The Marc Caro Portfolio: Character Designs
          o The Art of Resurrection: Image Galleries
    * Production
          o Production Image Galleries
          o A.D.I.’s Workshop
    * Post-Production and Aftermath
          o Visual Effects Gallery
          o Special Shoot: Promotional Photo Archive
    * HBO First Look: The Making of Alien Resurrection
    * Alien Resurrection Promotional Featurette
    * Trailers & TV Spots

ANTHOLOGY

    * Two Versions of Alien Evolution
    * The Alien Saga
    * Patches and Logos Gallery
    * Aliens 3D Attraction Scripts and Gallery
    * Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection
    * Parodies
    * Dark Horse Cover Gallery
    * Patches and Logos Gallery
    * MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100715005363&newsLang=en

I just received an email pointing me to this... well, hold onto your butts folks, but it looks like the infamous Cocooned Burke sequence from ALIENS will be on the Blu-Ray Anthology!  As of July 5, 2010 the BBFC posted this information to their site:

This work was passed with no cuts made.

The BBFC has placed this work in the ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION MATERIAL genre(s).
The main spoken language in this work is English.

Directed by James Cameron   
The cast for this work includes: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser.

When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 1m 30s.

This work was submitted to the BBFC by Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. .
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. identified this work as Additional material.

ALIEN ANTHOLOGY - DELETED SCENE - BURKE COCOONED
Run Time 1m 30s

As was passed on to me James Cameron had to sign off on this in order for this to happen.  What is still uncertain is if this will be re-inserted into the film, or added to the list of bonus material.  Also what is a little unclear is if this will appear on North American versions, or just the European - as this information is appearing on the BBFC's site.

Here's keeping our fingers crossed it will be here in North America too!

Click here to see the official posting of this info.

Click on the below link to read a new interview with Adrien Brody by the LA Times regarding PREDATORS - which opens  in theatres this weekend.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/07/predators-adrien-brody-robert-rodriguez.html


Here's an excerpt from the article:

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Yet there was more to his extreme preparation than just physical work. While filming in Hawaii, he entered a self-imposed isolation, opting to stay in a remote bungalow on the acres of private rain forest where the movie was shot, instead of in a hotel with the rest of the cast.

"I would sleep in the jungle alone," he said. "It was just like one damp room with screen doors and a cacophony of sounds and insects and wild boar and all kind of stuff going on outdoors," he said.

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"Happy Hunting" to all who check out PREDATORS this weekend...!

- Jay

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/entertainment/Action/863923/Predators-15.html

Very respected tabloid journo who gave AvP-Req 1 star.

"With Predators, Rodriguez and Antal have made something old-fashioned, in the best possible way. They just GET what made the original such a hoot - and by and large, have reproduced the same thrills here.

This movie sets action film-making back two decades. And hooray for that."

The folks at Shock Til You Drop where kind enough to provide live updates from the Predators Press Conference at the Luxe Hotel in L.A.



Rodriguez/Nimrod Antal

• On why the Predator character has endured... Antal: Loved the original, thinks the ensemble was amazing and the Predator ranks as one of the finest creatures in history.
• Rodriguez remembers seeing the first film with his body building brother for the first time. And they thought they were seeing another Commando-type film. But Predator was something "unique."
• Rodriguez: His design team all have Predator toys and busts and thinks the "humanoid" nature of the creature made him identifiable.
• Rodriguez: In '95, in his original script, bringing Dutch back as a character was entertained. But as development went on, the story was going off in another direction. And scheduling was a bitch.
• Antal: In early talks, what they wanted to incorporate was bringing in old school hunting techniques. Bring back the jungle - a character in and of itself.
• Antal: Didn't want the jungle to look lush, wanted it to look threatening. They all started from the original film, make something the fans appreciated. Tried to mirror the original without ripping it off.
• Rodriguez: Antal is soft-spoken, but he's very commanding as a director often screaming, "Shock and awe!" to get his actors amped up.
• Rodriguez: Was receptive to getting Adrien Brody for the lead. They took another part to him at first. Brody wanted the lead, however, something out of the norm.
• Rodriguez: Brody convinced them he could beef up and be the right man for the part. They were looking for something fresh and different, which was needed for the film. They were going for great actors, someone surprising and new. And Brody transformed himself and had the acting chops.
• Antal: Brody came to work, he fought for it. "That was bitchin'." He had something to prove.
• Antal: We knew the perception of Adrien put him in a box and he knew he could turn the actor into who they needed to be.
• Antal: He was lucky to be working with Robert. No discrepancies as far as where the film needed to go creatively. They knew early on they wanted to incorporate elements that gave the original fans a thrill, but knew it had to be a delicate balance.
• Antal: Didn't want to do a remake. Wanted to make a film that stood on its own.
• Rodriguez: We needed to set the rules for those who didn't know about the original films. "The balance of was there" in terms of new and old.
• Rodriguez: Entertained for a minute the idea of bringing Carl Weathers back and remembered he "died" in the first film.
• Antal: 14 when he saw the first film and walked out going "whoa." When he heard Rodriguez wanted him for the new film, he was, coincidentally, with the exact same group of friends he saw the original film with.
• Antal: As far as characters, there was an early draft of the script where there were two prison inmates to be dropped on the planet, but they scaled it down.
• Antal: Wanted to cut out the female role. Didn't "want a prop" running around screaming. She needed to "sell" her place there.
• Antal: Rodriguez had to convince him to keep her in. Alice Braga was cast and she proved to be the toughest of the bunch and was "awesome."
• Rodriguez: She's the heart of the movie now.
• Rodriguez/Antal: They considered making her an alien at the end, but it was too ridiculous.
• Antal: Title for a sequel? "Predatorsssss" [laughs]
• Antal: This was the first film he made where a filmmaker was producing and was allowed more freedom and love than he's ever gotten in the American film system. It plays into his love for the Predator and this was a huge deal for him.
• Rodriguez: For the title... Didn't reference the other sequels and AvP because they didn't exist when he first wrote the script. Predators to Predator is like Aliens to Alien. If there was a sequel, it would be Predators with a subtitle.
• Rodriguez: Since he wasn't directing, he threw everything into the script he wanted to see. Tons of ideas that he knew might be too big. He wouldn't need to worry about it. But then they approached him and they had to toss out some ideas. Made the script about the chase and the hunt. Took out Dutch. Kept the planet and the other alien creatures that might be on the planet. The chain of the command of the Predators that you see in the film.
• Antal: The Predator is seen for the first time in the film defeating, the character is demystified and Antal loved that.
• Rodriguez: SPOILER! Because Danny Trejo is in Machete, they wanted to keep his character somewhat short, but make his like a Jesse Ventura-like character. "If Danny dies early, they're all screwed."
• Rodriguez: The writers put "a Danny Trejo type" in the script...
• Antal: Danny called and said, hey, I look just like Danny...
• Rodriguez: New Machete trailer attached to the Predators print next week!

More guests coming up.

Adrien Brody/Walton Goggins

• Brody: There's more to his character than the physical abilities. Getting into the headspace is just as important. The mental transformation goes hand in hand with the physical transformation. The confidence level goes up when you feel strong.
• Brody: Restricted his diet. For the first time since college, he lifted heavy weights. The body chemistry changed. The physical change was important, but he cultivated the mindset Royce needed to be in. Studied military field manuals, took in as much as he could to create someone with a sense of control.
• Brody: Didn't want the fear to paralyze his character.
• Goggins: I just read Playboy.
• Goggins: After thinking about his character's time in jail, he approached Antal and said he hasn't been socialized in years. His prep was the antithesis of Adrien's. He's been in prison for years and years, so being out in the jungle is all new to him. His physical prep was the lack of physical prep.
• Goggins: My blessing and curse as an actor is to take a character on paper and make the audience hate him, but then turn it around and make people laugh with him. Make him 360.
• Brody: It's surprising when people are surprised by his choices in roles. As an actor, he's made a conscious decision to not repeat himself to keep it interesting.
• Brody: I look at this as an opportunity to do something special in a type of film he loves. Hollywood has had a reliance on physical brawn, but the confidence comes from within.
• Brody: Coming from a tactical approach. And did feel he need to transform physically. A hero should look strong but didn't want to just rely on that. It's a big coup for him and is very protective of this movie and character.
• Goggins: Every day was challenging. They were soaked in sweat every day. The biggest predators were the mosquitoes. For the crew it was difficult. Shooting took place in Hawaii and Texas, drastic changes in temperature... Physically challenging in all respects. One day, a childhood dream crystallized when they saw the stunt men jumping off of waterfalls, "we're all characters in a Predator sequel. We'll all hugged each other and loved it."
• Brody: Sequel is determined by the success of the film. He doesn't think that far ahead. The idea of reprising the role sounds interesting and it would be exciting to see his character progress or deteriorate. He's often drawn to roles that affect him on an emotional level. What he loved about Royce is the emotional hardness most of the characters he has played didn't have.
• Goggins: One scene that didn't make the cut involves his character approaching Alice Braga's character about sex since "they're all going to die." She shuts him down.
• Brody: Playing a hero... Having a sense of humor makes for a cleaner, more pure, character. You need to rein it in and be sincere. Can't be an external thing or it will appear that way.
• Brody: Didn't want a superficial hero. Someone who was a bit tragic. Being a survivalist can be lonely place. It's you above anyone else. To goof off with the role would be a waste.
• Brody: This is a darker story than the first film. The general theme is to be rooted in reality and create a sense of a constant threat level.
• Goggins: But there had to be one-liners. "Die you space, fa**ot" was a great time. It fits into the story, and hopefully you don't wink at the audience.
• Goggins: His character gets his ass kicked by everything on the planet. There was a lot of joy about "let's bring it on, let's get chased!" Took a lot of enjoyment in it!

Big thanks to Shock Til You Drop