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  • [NEWS] "Alien" prequel TV series & new movie

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 29 13:17:37 2023
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    FX to Launch an Alien Prequel Series
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    20th Century Studios is continuing to expand the Alien
    franchise with the upcoming untitled Alien series which
    hails from writer-director Noah Hawley. Set as the
    first-ever Alien story set on Earth, the prequel stars
    Alex Lawther, Sydney Chandler, Kit Young, Samuel Blenkin
    as Boy Kavalier, Essie Davis as Dame Silvia, and Adarsh
    Gourav as Slightly.

    According to Hawley, the series will explore the more
    grounded aspects of the franchise. The director also
    touched on the inclusion of Weyland-Yutani - the massive
    corporation that's found in nearly every Alien property
    - and how he plans to deliver a series that both
    captures the horror-action aspect of the Alien franchise
    and explores other themes established in the world.

    The project is executive produced by Hawley, Ridley Scott,
    and Dana Gonzales, with Chris Lowenstein production.
    In addition to the upcoming FX series, 20th Century
    Studios is also set to release a brand new installment to
    the Alien film franchise titled Alien: Romulus, which
    hails from director Fede Álvarez.


    <https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1462534-disney-to-launch-a-kids-book-adaptation-of-ridley-scotts-alien>

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  • From Dario Spanovic@21:1/5 to Rich on Tue Jan 2 20:04:34 2024
    On 30.12.2023. 0:03, Rich wrote:
    The first and second movies were self-contained and virtually perfect. What came after weren't so good. Meanwhile, they may PG rate it and that not only means gore is absent, but so is the kind of intensity that characterized the movies. No, what we'
    ll get is a series almost monopolized by some sodden "evil corporation" plot-line which frankly, being so over-used in Hollywood (and land of corporations) is tiring.

    I'm betting the series gets the TV-MA rating and I like Hawley, he's
    done some good thing with Fargo on FX and I've enjoyed the 2009 ABC show
    The Unusuals which he wrote for. As for the new movie... I don't know. I
    liked Prometheus and Covenant, but I'm in the minority probably. Alvarez directed the 2013 Evil Dead which was good and Don't Breathe which was
    also fine. Could go wither way, I'm excited but prepared to be disappointed.

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    "I'll wait for you. Always."

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