Ian Nathan, author of Alien Vault, Terminator Vault, Stephen King at the Movies, The Legend of Mad Max, and books about filmmakers James Cameron, Ridley Scott, David Lynch, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, the Coen brothers, the Coppolas, Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, and Clint Eastwood, is teaming up with Creatorvc, the production company behind documentaries like the In Search of Darkness trilogy, In Search of Tomorrow, and First Person Shooter to bring us a new documentary called Aliens Expanded, a 4-hour examination of writer/director James Cameron’s 1986 classic Aliens. Copies are available for pre-order through Aliens-Expanded.com, and they say if you get in your order before May 5th you’ll get your name in the credits. Digital copies are expected to be delivered in June, with physical copies shipping out in July.
Featuring interviews with Cameron, Aliens cast members Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Mark Rolston, Jenette Goldstein,...
Featuring interviews with Cameron, Aliens cast members Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Mark Rolston, Jenette Goldstein,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
There’s a persistent theory going around about a potential connection between Alien: Romulus and the original Alien. Potential spoilers ahead…
Nb: The following contains theories about Alien: Romulus that, if correct, could constitutespoilers.
It was revealed several months ago that the story in Fede Álvarez’s upcoming Alien: Romulus would take place between the events of Alien and Aliens. And as we saw in last month’s trailer, the space horror sequel certainly appears to lean more heavily on the Alien side of the equation, at least visually – the industrial, retro-futuristic corridors of its Romulus station are recognisably close to those of the Nostromo, the setting for 1979’s Alien.
There’s one theory doing the rounds, meanwhile, that suggests that Alien: Romulus’s connections to Ridley Scott’s classic could be more than skin-deep. The trailer appears to show that the Romulus orbits the same planetary system seen in Alien,...
Nb: The following contains theories about Alien: Romulus that, if correct, could constitutespoilers.
It was revealed several months ago that the story in Fede Álvarez’s upcoming Alien: Romulus would take place between the events of Alien and Aliens. And as we saw in last month’s trailer, the space horror sequel certainly appears to lean more heavily on the Alien side of the equation, at least visually – the industrial, retro-futuristic corridors of its Romulus station are recognisably close to those of the Nostromo, the setting for 1979’s Alien.
There’s one theory doing the rounds, meanwhile, that suggests that Alien: Romulus’s connections to Ridley Scott’s classic could be more than skin-deep. The trailer appears to show that the Romulus orbits the same planetary system seen in Alien,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Dune was first published as serials, starting in 1963. 60 years later it sits within an uncomfortable franchise. Frank Herbert wrote five sequels before his death in 1986, an 'Encyclopedia' whose canonicity was imperfect even at the time. Easy enough to consider that a road not travelled, like Alan Dean Foster's Splinter Of The Mind's Eye, a sequel to Star Wars (1977) published in 1978. Easier still to look at the 19 novels published by Herbert's son Brian in the last 20 years, co-written with Kevin J Anderson whose bibliography is as rich with recognisable franchises as Foster's, though the proportions of novelisations to spin-offs is almost inverted.
All this talk of writing is in part an introduction to a parting of the ways. There are two Dunes, the film itself and the adaptation. Two Dunes, this a part two of Denis Villeneuve's interpretation. At least the third feature filmed...
All this talk of writing is in part an introduction to a parting of the ways. There are two Dunes, the film itself and the adaptation. Two Dunes, this a part two of Denis Villeneuve's interpretation. At least the third feature filmed...
- 2/21/2024
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Watch the Trailer for Tarot: "When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings."
Written for the Screen and Directed by:
Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg
Produced by:
Leslie Morgenstein
Elysa Koplovitz Dutton
Scott Glassgold
Executive Producers:
Andrew Pfeffer
Scott Strauss
Anna Halberg
Spenser Cohen
Cast:
Harriet Slater
Adain Bradley
Avantika
and Jacob Batalon
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Lovely, Dark, And Deep: "Written and directed by Teresa Sutherland, Lovely Dark And Deep is a psychological horror that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness,...
Written for the Screen and Directed by:
Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg
Produced by:
Leslie Morgenstein
Elysa Koplovitz Dutton
Scott Glassgold
Executive Producers:
Andrew Pfeffer
Scott Strauss
Anna Halberg
Spenser Cohen
Cast:
Harriet Slater
Adain Bradley
Avantika
and Jacob Batalon
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Lovely, Dark, And Deep: "Written and directed by Teresa Sutherland, Lovely Dark And Deep is a psychological horror that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness,...
- 1/31/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Hollywood has never really accepted that you can’t recapture lightning in a bottle. No matter how context-specific a blockbuster’s success was, you can always count on an executive to insist on making a follow-up even if that doesn’t make sense for the story. That being said, sequels aren’t always doomed to failure, and one of the most famous examples of this is James Cameron’s Terminator 2, a film that refused to do the same thing twice and became just as iconic as the original.
Naturally, Hollywood learned all of the wrong lessons from the success of T2, as most of its sequels would be repetitive cash-grabs simply reiterating on the same tired ideas of fate, time travel and robot assassins. The only real exception to this curse would be 2009’s controversial Terminator Salvation, a post-apocalyptic thriller that genuinely expands on the world of its source...
Naturally, Hollywood learned all of the wrong lessons from the success of T2, as most of its sequels would be repetitive cash-grabs simply reiterating on the same tired ideas of fate, time travel and robot assassins. The only real exception to this curse would be 2009’s controversial Terminator Salvation, a post-apocalyptic thriller that genuinely expands on the world of its source...
- 1/9/2024
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
The "Star Trek" movie franchise is in a bit of an odd spot right now, as we haven't had anything on the big screen since 2016's "Star Trek Beyond," which served as the third entry of J.J. Abrams' rebooted iteration. Dubbed the "Kelvin Timeline," these films existed in a new branch reality that Abrams created in 2009's "Star Trek," paving the way for a new incarnation that could honor what came before but pave a new path forward with a new cast. Now, Paramount is keeping things largely relegated to streaming, with shows like "Strange New Worlds" left to anchor the franchise. But there was a time when the studio was looking to exploit the Kelvin Timeline far more aggressively.
As explained in the book "The Fifty-Year Mission" by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, after "Star Trek" and before 2013's "Into Darkness," Paramount commissioned a series of in-universe novels.
As explained in the book "The Fifty-Year Mission" by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, after "Star Trek" and before 2013's "Into Darkness," Paramount commissioned a series of in-universe novels.
- 9/4/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
In George Lucas' 1977 film "Star Wars," a military-run, fascist Empire rules the galaxy and it's up to a scrappy group of Rebels to attack them and destroy their ultimate weapon: a moon-sized space station capable of exploding entire planets with a single shot (known as the Death Star). In "Star Wars," the highest-ranking Empire official audiences see is Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing), a stern commanding officer who orders many to their deaths and who commands an eerie masked space wizard named Darth Vader. At one point, Tarkin mentions that the Empire has an Emperor, although we never actually see him in the flesh.
In the 1980 sequel "The Empire Strikes Back," it is revealed that Darth Vader was always a high-ranking individual in the Empire, as we now see him commanding entire Star Destroyers. It is also revealed that Vader answers directly to the mysterious Emperor, who only appears in the form of a hologram.
In the 1980 sequel "The Empire Strikes Back," it is revealed that Darth Vader was always a high-ranking individual in the Empire, as we now see him commanding entire Star Destroyers. It is also revealed that Vader answers directly to the mysterious Emperor, who only appears in the form of a hologram.
- 5/26/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
This Star Wars: Andor article contains spoilers.
A new chapter in Cassian’s journey to the Rebel Alliance begins in “Aldhani.” After escaping the Pre-Mor agents on Ferrix, Cassian agrees to join one of Luthen’s Rebel operations on the titular planet. The mission is simple: steal the payroll of an Imperial facility. But to do it, Cassian and his new associates will have to sneak past an entire garrison of Imperial soldiers. Unsurprisingly, Cassian doesn’t like those odds at all.
We also spend time on Coruscant, where we reunite with Chandrilan senator Mon Mothma, future leader of the Rebel Alliance. Andor shows us what her life was like in the early stages of forming the Rebellion. Along the way, we get all kinds of easter eggs and references that are sure to delight Star Wars fans!
Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma
– Mon Mothma was first introduced in 1983 in...
A new chapter in Cassian’s journey to the Rebel Alliance begins in “Aldhani.” After escaping the Pre-Mor agents on Ferrix, Cassian agrees to join one of Luthen’s Rebel operations on the titular planet. The mission is simple: steal the payroll of an Imperial facility. But to do it, Cassian and his new associates will have to sneak past an entire garrison of Imperial soldiers. Unsurprisingly, Cassian doesn’t like those odds at all.
We also spend time on Coruscant, where we reunite with Chandrilan senator Mon Mothma, future leader of the Rebel Alliance. Andor shows us what her life was like in the early stages of forming the Rebellion. Along the way, we get all kinds of easter eggs and references that are sure to delight Star Wars fans!
Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma
– Mon Mothma was first introduced in 1983 in...
- 9/28/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Power Trip
By Jason Young
160 pages/25/Oldtimes Blue Ribbon Digest
Growing up in the 1970s, comic book readers didn’t have a lot in the way of extensions of their favorite characters. There was the occasional novel and ABC’s Super Friends, but really, little else. As a result, getting new stories or new versions of stories on an album featuring your favorite heroes seemed like manna from Heaven.
Power Records or Peter Pan Records filled that gap, beginning in the early 1970s and petering out in the early 1980s. They may be best remembered for the wonderful art produced for the album covers by Continuity Studios, the outfit run by Neal Adams and (briefly) Dick Giordano. They featured familiar vocal talent and the stories weren’t half bad. They were successful enough that their thirty or so releases were repackaged time and again, eventually eschewing vinyl for cassette tapes to retain the audience.
By Jason Young
160 pages/25/Oldtimes Blue Ribbon Digest
Growing up in the 1970s, comic book readers didn’t have a lot in the way of extensions of their favorite characters. There was the occasional novel and ABC’s Super Friends, but really, little else. As a result, getting new stories or new versions of stories on an album featuring your favorite heroes seemed like manna from Heaven.
Power Records or Peter Pan Records filled that gap, beginning in the early 1970s and petering out in the early 1980s. They may be best remembered for the wonderful art produced for the album covers by Continuity Studios, the outfit run by Neal Adams and (briefly) Dick Giordano. They featured familiar vocal talent and the stories weren’t half bad. They were successful enough that their thirty or so releases were repackaged time and again, eventually eschewing vinyl for cassette tapes to retain the audience.
- 8/15/2022
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
The "Star Wars" universe continues to expand. Ever since Lucasfilm was officially sold to the Walt Disney Company for over 4 billion in November 2012, it seems like there has been another announcement about the galaxy far, far away almost every day. In the past decade, we've seen all-new "Star Wars" films and a plethora of shows on Disney+.
Although there is more content than ever before, the "Star Wars" universe is larger than some fans may realize. The first "Star Wars" spinoff novel, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye," was released in 1978. Alan Dean Foster's book was the first addition to the ever-growing...
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Although there is more content than ever before, the "Star Wars" universe is larger than some fans may realize. The first "Star Wars" spinoff novel, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye," was released in 1978. Alan Dean Foster's book was the first addition to the ever-growing...
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- 6/13/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
Harold Livingston, an American novelist who wrote the screenplay for “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” in 1979, died early Thursday morning, Bobby Livingston confirmed to Variety. He was 97.
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture” was Livingston’s most famous writing credit, and he also wrote for several TV shows, including “Mission: Impossible,” “The Six Million Dollar Man” and more.
“Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster, who penned several “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” novels, also contributed to the story and script development alongside Livingston. The 1979 film was the first movie in the “Star Trek” franchise, and it starred the original TV series cast members, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta and Stephen Collins.
The film was successful at the box office, earning 139 million worldwide from a 44 million budget, and Paramount ordered a follow-up, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan...
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture” was Livingston’s most famous writing credit, and he also wrote for several TV shows, including “Mission: Impossible,” “The Six Million Dollar Man” and more.
“Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster, who penned several “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” novels, also contributed to the story and script development alongside Livingston. The 1979 film was the first movie in the “Star Trek” franchise, and it starred the original TV series cast members, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta and Stephen Collins.
The film was successful at the box office, earning 139 million worldwide from a 44 million budget, and Paramount ordered a follow-up, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan...
- 4/28/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Funds intended for Asia-based investors to tap into global streaming platform opportunities.
At Filmart Online today, Hong Kong-based New Asia Ferrell Asset Management has unveiled three new media funds to go into gap financing for streaming platform content creators.
Set to be launched on March 18, the three funds will be dedicated to action, sci-fi and “Hollywood IP”, covering a range of countries and budgets.
New Asia Ferrell’s incoming chief investment officer Adam Guy Orlebar Garrett, who officially takes up the role on March 18, said of the funds: “For most content creators, the major streaming platforms still typically cap the budgets,...
At Filmart Online today, Hong Kong-based New Asia Ferrell Asset Management has unveiled three new media funds to go into gap financing for streaming platform content creators.
Set to be launched on March 18, the three funds will be dedicated to action, sci-fi and “Hollywood IP”, covering a range of countries and budgets.
New Asia Ferrell’s incoming chief investment officer Adam Guy Orlebar Garrett, who officially takes up the role on March 18, said of the funds: “For most content creators, the major streaming platforms still typically cap the budgets,...
- 3/15/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
BlackOps Studios Asia from the Philippines, Story Arch Pictures from the U.S. and Agog Film from Hong Kong have joined forces to develop, produce and finance a slate of genre movies that target the streaming marketplace.
The 16-title slate comprises nine films and seven series in the action, horror and sci-fi genres, with 11 flowing from BlackOps, two from Story Arch and three from Agog. The lineup is being unveiled this week at the European Film Market, the online companion to the in-person Berlin Film Festival.
The slate has development support from the Philippines-based creative agency Psyops8 and is expected to tap into incentives and location support from the Film Development Council of the Philippines (Fdcp). Leading Philippines media group Abs-cbn has already come on board “Sellblock,” a prison-set action drama that is one of the first titles to emerge from BlackOps stable and is now in pre-production.
Both BlackOps...
The 16-title slate comprises nine films and seven series in the action, horror and sci-fi genres, with 11 flowing from BlackOps, two from Story Arch and three from Agog. The lineup is being unveiled this week at the European Film Market, the online companion to the in-person Berlin Film Festival.
The slate has development support from the Philippines-based creative agency Psyops8 and is expected to tap into incentives and location support from the Film Development Council of the Philippines (Fdcp). Leading Philippines media group Abs-cbn has already come on board “Sellblock,” a prison-set action drama that is one of the first titles to emerge from BlackOps stable and is now in pre-production.
Both BlackOps...
- 2/11/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
In the "Star Wars" universe, films and television shows may be the big events, but literature has been integral to the franchise since the very beginning. The first piece of "Star Wars" media ever released was the official novelization by author Alan Dean Foster, titled "Star Wars: From The Adventures of Luke Skywalker," which hit bookstores in November 1976, months before the film arrived in theaters. Two years later, Foster returned to pen the first official spinoff novel, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye."
When the prospects of a prequel trilogy were only whispers, "Star Wars" books filled the void for fans. The 1991 release of Timothy...
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When the prospects of a prequel trilogy were only whispers, "Star Wars" books filled the void for fans. The 1991 release of Timothy...
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- 10/19/2021
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
Ever read a "Star Wars" novel, a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" graphic novel, or a "Spider-Man" comic? These different IPs have at least two things in common — they are owned by Disney, and Disney has stopped paying royalties to some of the writers and artists who created them.
This has been an ongoing issue, and one that the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (Sfwa) has been campaigning about for months, at first for author Alan Dean Foster's "Star Wars" and "Alien" novelizations. Disney ultimately reached a settlement with Foster, but there are still several writers and artists out there...
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This has been an ongoing issue, and one that the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (Sfwa) has been campaigning about for months, at first for author Alan Dean Foster's "Star Wars" and "Alien" novelizations. Disney ultimately reached a settlement with Foster, but there are still several writers and artists out there...
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- 10/4/2021
- by Vanessa Armstrong
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Quentin Tarantino long has taken his encyclopedic cinematic influences, including genres and actors from the past, and blended them through his filter to create wildly inventive films that have influenced many up-and-coming filmmakers. Now, he has done a similar thing that I bet will not be copied by other filmmakers. After steeping himself for a half-decade in the lore of ’60s films, stuntmen, Western TV series and the Manson family to create Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Tarantino harkened back to his love for movie novelizations and wrote one for his own movie, after the fact. The book becomes in a way its own singular Tarantino creation: Using his film as a springboard, Tarantino heads into many unexpected directions while satisfyingly expanding and fleshing out the mythology of the world and the characters populated by Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and others. If you are a fan of the movie,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The Empire Strikes Back is a masterpiece of blockbuster cinema and the standard by which we measure all other big-screen space adventures. But before it became the magnum opus of the original Star Wars trilogy, the spark that would become The Empire Strikes Back floated in the nothingness of space, waiting for its big bang.
When Star Wars premiered in May 1977, the saga’s sequel could have gone either the low-budget or blockbuster route. Although we got the latter, there was already a plan in case the film wasn’t a huge hit. George Lucas hired Alan Dean Foster, who ghost-wrote the novelization of the first film, to write a relatively subdued sequel. That story eventually became the first Expanded Universe novel in the franchise’s history, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, which sees Luke and Leia crash on a jungle planet and face off with Darth Vader in...
When Star Wars premiered in May 1977, the saga’s sequel could have gone either the low-budget or blockbuster route. Although we got the latter, there was already a plan in case the film wasn’t a huge hit. George Lucas hired Alan Dean Foster, who ghost-wrote the novelization of the first film, to write a relatively subdued sequel. That story eventually became the first Expanded Universe novel in the franchise’s history, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, which sees Luke and Leia crash on a jungle planet and face off with Darth Vader in...
- 5/21/2021
- by jbindeck2015
- Den of Geek
In November, author Alan Dean Foster wrote an open letter claiming that he was owed royalties for work relating to both the Star Wars and Alien franchises dating back to The Walt Disney Co.’s $4 billion buy of Lucasfilm in 2012 and the closing of its $71 billion 21st Century Fox buy in 2019. “My wife has serious medical issues, and in 2016 I was diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer,” Foster wrote. “We could use the money. Not charity: just what I’m owed.”
Foster wasn’t alone. On April 28, an activist effort called the #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force — ...
Foster wasn’t alone. On April 28, an activist effort called the #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force — ...
- 5/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In November, author Alan Dean Foster wrote an open letter claiming that he was owed royalties for work relating to both the Star Wars and Alien franchises dating back to The Walt Disney Co.’s $4 billion buy of Lucasfilm in 2012 and the closing of its $71 billion 21st Century Fox buy in 2019. “My wife has serious medical issues, and in 2016 I was diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer,” Foster wrote. “We could use the money. Not charity: just what I’m owed.”
Foster wasn’t alone. On April 28, an activist effort called the #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force — ...
Foster wasn’t alone. On April 28, an activist effort called the #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force — ...
- 5/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Novelizations hold a special place in the realm of films and TV series. Though the film tie-in novelization is normally relegated to superhero and franchise films in 2020, making them rarer than in decades before, there is an art to taking a 100+ page script and turning it into a 250-page novel. And for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” that job fell on the shoulders of Alan Dean Foster.
Continue reading ‘The Force Awakens’ Novelization Originally Had A Finn/Rey Romance & Explained Rey’s Force Mastery at The Playlist.
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- 12/30/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
There are countless plot points in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy that fans have plenty of issues with, matters that weren’t helped by Rian Johnson making sweeping changes to the mythology for The Last Jedi, only for Disney and Lucasfilm to panic in the face of how the movie split opinion straight down the middle, and as a result, The Rise of Skywalker was packed to bursting point with retcons and references designed to placate the naysayers.
In The Force Awakens, it was established that one of the major plot points would be Rey discovering her heritage, because no lead character in a multi-film franchise gets a vague and mysterious backstory without a big reveal being planned for further down the line. Kylo Ren then delivered the damp squib that she was actually just a nobody, before that was hastily changed to the twist that the rising star of...
In The Force Awakens, it was established that one of the major plot points would be Rey discovering her heritage, because no lead character in a multi-film franchise gets a vague and mysterious backstory without a big reveal being planned for further down the line. Kylo Ren then delivered the damp squib that she was actually just a nobody, before that was hastily changed to the twist that the rising star of...
- 12/30/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
So this gets personal quickly and speaking from a personal standpoint and as an author and a fan of Star Wars, I can’t help but stand more to the side of Alan Dean Foster, who recently criticized The Last Jedi rather heavily after admitting to trying to retcon the novelization for the fans to give a better explanation of how things happened. Many people have been arguing back and forth that Tlj was just the way it needed to be, while others have been stating that it really needed to be completely different since we were given characters that we
Why This Iconic Star Wars Author Hated The Last Jedi...
Why This Iconic Star Wars Author Hated The Last Jedi...
- 12/30/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Alan Dean Foster is a legend among “Star Wars” fans as the author of the 1976 novelization of George Lucas’ original movie, published six months before the film’s opening under the title “Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.” Foster stuck with the franchise to pen an original 1978 sequel book, “Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye,” and then returned in 2015 when asked by J.J. Abrams to write the official novelization for “The Force Awakens.” In a recent interview with Midnight’s Edge, Foster opened up about the creative process behind writing his “Star Wars” books.
“I did my usual thing when I do these adaptations of trying to fix things that I think need fixing in the story and fixing in the science,” Foster said about his approach to writing “The Force Awakens” novelization. “Not so much with the characters, because the characters are fairly well-established in a screenplay.
“I did my usual thing when I do these adaptations of trying to fix things that I think need fixing in the story and fixing in the science,” Foster said about his approach to writing “The Force Awakens” novelization. “Not so much with the characters, because the characters are fairly well-established in a screenplay.
- 12/29/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Was a romance between John Boyega‘s Finn and Daisy Ridley‘s Rey initially supposed to happen in the Star Wars sequel trilogy? Alan Dean Foster, who wrote the novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, seems to think so, stating in a recent interview that he was forced to remove hints at a Finn and Rey […]
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- 12/28/2020
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Between the 16th and 20th of December, several Disney era Star Wars movies found themselves trending as fans revisited each respective sci-fi epic on the anniversary of their release. The Force Awakens got a pass for being the one to relaunch the franchise after a decade away from our screens, Rogue One was praised as arguably the finest entry of the Mouse House’s entire tenure, and The Last Jedi unsurprisingly split opinion down the middle once again.
For every social media user posting in support and celebration of Episode VIII, there would be another tearing them down for daring to view the divisive blockbuster as anything other than a stain against the good name of Star Wars. In fact, so much conversation and debate has flowed around The Last Jedi that it still seems hard to believe it only hit theaters three years ago, and the discourse is clearly far from over.
For every social media user posting in support and celebration of Episode VIII, there would be another tearing them down for daring to view the divisive blockbuster as anything other than a stain against the good name of Star Wars. In fact, so much conversation and debate has flowed around The Last Jedi that it still seems hard to believe it only hit theaters three years ago, and the discourse is clearly far from over.
- 12/27/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Disney took one step further to global domination with the acquisition of Star Wars, but despite now swimming in money from the property, several authors, most notably Alan Dean Foster, are accusing the company of withholding royalty payments for novelizations.
Foster is a prolific writer who penned the novelizations of the original Star Wars and The Force Awakens, as well as being responsible for The Approaching Storm (a prelude to Attack of the Clones) and Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, a sequel to Star Wars envisioned to be adapted into a low budget movie, only for the notion to be abandoned when the original became such an unexpected smash and a far more expensive follow-up was crafted.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Foster has stated that since Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, he stopped receiving royalty payments for the books, which for the previous 35 years had arrived regularly.
Foster is a prolific writer who penned the novelizations of the original Star Wars and The Force Awakens, as well as being responsible for The Approaching Storm (a prelude to Attack of the Clones) and Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, a sequel to Star Wars envisioned to be adapted into a low budget movie, only for the notion to be abandoned when the original became such an unexpected smash and a far more expensive follow-up was crafted.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Foster has stated that since Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, he stopped receiving royalty payments for the books, which for the previous 35 years had arrived regularly.
- 12/21/2020
- by Andrew Marshall
- We Got This Covered
Alan Dean Foster, a novelist who has written several “Star Wars” books, says Disney owes him years of royalties for his work but that the company stopped paying when it acquired Lucasfilm in 2012.
Foster ghostwrote the novelization of the original “Star Wars” that was credited to George Lucas back in 1976. Two years later, he wrote “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye,” a sequel to the “Star Wars” book.
Both books are still in publication, and in an open letter published by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Foster says his requests for overdue royalties have been ignored and that Disney is requiring he sign a nondisclosure agreement before negotiating with him.
“All these books are all still very much in print,” Foster wrote. “They still earn money. For you. When one company buys another, they acquire its liabilities as well as its assets. You’re certainly reaping the benefits of the assets.
Foster ghostwrote the novelization of the original “Star Wars” that was credited to George Lucas back in 1976. Two years later, he wrote “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye,” a sequel to the “Star Wars” book.
Both books are still in publication, and in an open letter published by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Foster says his requests for overdue royalties have been ignored and that Disney is requiring he sign a nondisclosure agreement before negotiating with him.
“All these books are all still very much in print,” Foster wrote. “They still earn money. For you. When one company buys another, they acquire its liabilities as well as its assets. You’re certainly reaping the benefits of the assets.
- 11/20/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Alan Dean Foster, the legendary science fiction writer behind the novelizations of the original Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and the godfather of the original Star Wars Expanded Universe with his authoring of the first sequel in the franchise, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, says he hasn’t been paid royalties owed to him by Disney since the megacorporation’s acquisition of those series’ rights.
In an open letter posted by (and added to by) the Science Fiction Writers of America, the writer, who is living with an advanced form of cancer, says that Disney has not paid royalties for the Star Wars books, which are still in print, and that they haven’t even issued a royalty statement for the Alien novels. He also said that Disney refuses to negotiate with him unless he signs a non-disclosure agreement prior to negotiations. These...
In an open letter posted by (and added to by) the Science Fiction Writers of America, the writer, who is living with an advanced form of cancer, says that Disney has not paid royalties for the Star Wars books, which are still in print, and that they haven’t even issued a royalty statement for the Alien novels. He also said that Disney refuses to negotiate with him unless he signs a non-disclosure agreement prior to negotiations. These...
- 11/20/2020
- by Jim Dandy
- Den of Geek
The 1995 Ghost in the Shell anime movie is on Amazon Prime. Here’s why you should watch it today.
“If your next viewing of Ghost in the Shell is your first, it likely will not be your last. The 1995 anime movie, based on the manga series of the same name, is confusing and doesn’t offer first-time viewers the easiest of landings into a complex universe.”
Read more at Inverse.
November is Native American Heritage Month. Check out these historic facts about how the commemoration came to be.
“Thanksgiving and Veterans Day aren’t the only major holidays that happen in November. This month is also Native American Heritage Month—a time to remember that American history began long before settlers stepped foot on the continent, and to celebrate the many cultures and contributions of the country’s Indigenous peoples.”
Read more at Mental Floss.
The British Royal Family is...
“If your next viewing of Ghost in the Shell is your first, it likely will not be your last. The 1995 anime movie, based on the manga series of the same name, is confusing and doesn’t offer first-time viewers the easiest of landings into a complex universe.”
Read more at Inverse.
November is Native American Heritage Month. Check out these historic facts about how the commemoration came to be.
“Thanksgiving and Veterans Day aren’t the only major holidays that happen in November. This month is also Native American Heritage Month—a time to remember that American history began long before settlers stepped foot on the continent, and to celebrate the many cultures and contributions of the country’s Indigenous peoples.”
Read more at Mental Floss.
The British Royal Family is...
- 11/20/2020
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Sfwa) is demanding Disney pay overdue royalty fees to one of its members, Alan Dean Foster, best known as the writer of the original “Star Wars” novelization, published in 1976, six months before the release of the film, under the title “Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.” Foster’s writing career with “Star Wars” continued with 1978’s “Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye” and, most recently, the 2015 novelization for “The Force Awakens.” The author also contributed the novelizations for “Alien,” “Aliens,” and “Alien 3.”
In a letter written to Disney (as published on the Sfwa website), Foster claimed the studio stopped paying him royalties on his first two “Star Wars” books and all three “Alien” books after it acquired Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox, respectively. The author said he’d “never been paid royalties on any of these, or...
In a letter written to Disney (as published on the Sfwa website), Foster claimed the studio stopped paying him royalties on his first two “Star Wars” books and all three “Alien” books after it acquired Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox, respectively. The author said he’d “never been paid royalties on any of these, or...
- 11/19/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
This article contains Star Trek: Lower Decks spoilers.
Because it happens in 2380, Star Trek: Lower Decks is, in theory, a direct sequel to ‘90s era of the franchise. But, spiritually, it sometimes feels like more of a sequel to the first animated Trek series, the 1973 show Star Trek: The Animated Series. So far, Lower Decks has brought back one very obscure shape-shifting alien from that show (the Vendosian in Episode 2) and made references to at least one other, specifically the plant-based aliens the Phylosians in Episode 5.
But the throwback alien reference in Star Trek: Lower Decks episode 7 — “Much Ado About Boimler” — takes the cellular peptide cake. Feel like you’ve seen that orange three-armed alien before? You’re right! He’s the same species Arex, the navigator of the USS Enterprise in The Animated Series.
But what species is that? Well, that’s a good question…
When Boimler is shipped...
Because it happens in 2380, Star Trek: Lower Decks is, in theory, a direct sequel to ‘90s era of the franchise. But, spiritually, it sometimes feels like more of a sequel to the first animated Trek series, the 1973 show Star Trek: The Animated Series. So far, Lower Decks has brought back one very obscure shape-shifting alien from that show (the Vendosian in Episode 2) and made references to at least one other, specifically the plant-based aliens the Phylosians in Episode 5.
But the throwback alien reference in Star Trek: Lower Decks episode 7 — “Much Ado About Boimler” — takes the cellular peptide cake. Feel like you’ve seen that orange three-armed alien before? You’re right! He’s the same species Arex, the navigator of the USS Enterprise in The Animated Series.
But what species is that? Well, that’s a good question…
When Boimler is shipped...
- 9/18/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
After taking viewers on a walk down the macabre memory lane of ’80s horror cinema with the documentary In Search of Darkness (coming to Shudder later this year), CreatorVC is now giving fans of ’80s sci-fi a similar experience to look forward to with the new documentary In Search of Tomorrow. Although its main focus is on sci-fi films of the ’80s, there are still plenty of insightful scares examined in the new documentary, as the latest trailer highlights the documentary's inclusion of many memorable movies from the horror/sci-fi subgenre.
From Aliens and Invaders From Mars (1986) to Predator and The Thing, the new In Search of Tomorrow trailer shows what happened when horror and sci-fi collided to create iconic cinema moments and masterful practical effects.
Here's what writer/director/producer David Weiner had to say about the horror sci-fi elements of In Search of Tomorrow:
"Eighties Sci-Fi was packed with memorable horror-crossover elements,...
From Aliens and Invaders From Mars (1986) to Predator and The Thing, the new In Search of Tomorrow trailer shows what happened when horror and sci-fi collided to create iconic cinema moments and masterful practical effects.
Here's what writer/director/producer David Weiner had to say about the horror sci-fi elements of In Search of Tomorrow:
"Eighties Sci-Fi was packed with memorable horror-crossover elements,...
- 5/13/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
After taking viewers on a walk down the macabre memory lane of ’80s horror cinema with the documentary In Search of Darkness (coming to Shudder later this year), CreatorVC is now giving fans of ’80s sci-fi a similar experience to look forward to with the new documentary In Search of Tomorrow. Featuring interviews with more than 40 (and counting) notable actors, directors, writers, special effects artists, and composers who helped bring iconic ’80s sci-fi films to life In Search of Tomorrow has launched its official Kickstarter campaign.
Running until midnight Pst on May 17th, the Kickstarter campaign for In Search of Tomorrow includes seven support platforms, and not only allows sci-fi fans to support the documentary, but also become a part of its immersive celebration of ’80s sci-fi cinema, including a Discord community that will allow supporters to participate in watch parties and Q&As with special guests from the documentary.
Running until midnight Pst on May 17th, the Kickstarter campaign for In Search of Tomorrow includes seven support platforms, and not only allows sci-fi fans to support the documentary, but also become a part of its immersive celebration of ’80s sci-fi cinema, including a Discord community that will allow supporters to participate in watch parties and Q&As with special guests from the documentary.
- 4/22/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Spencer Mullen Sep 13, 2019
Todd Phillip's Joker, HBO's His Dark Materials, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
A Star Wars novel may reveal which Death Star will be featured in The Rise of Skywalker.
"Even the first Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer that debuted in April implied that the ruins of a Death Star would feature prominently in the upcoming film, and because the second Death Star is where Palpatine died — and he’s slated to return — this location is probably Endor. But one dedicated fan who read the canonical Star Wars book Aftermath: Life Debt recently shared one crucial detail on Reddit that might prove it’s the second Death Star, and the planet Rey visits with her fellow Resistance fighters is none other than the forest moon of Endor. There are, however, some direct connections to Alderaan, the planet...
Todd Phillip's Joker, HBO's His Dark Materials, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
A Star Wars novel may reveal which Death Star will be featured in The Rise of Skywalker.
"Even the first Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer that debuted in April implied that the ruins of a Death Star would feature prominently in the upcoming film, and because the second Death Star is where Palpatine died — and he’s slated to return — this location is probably Endor. But one dedicated fan who read the canonical Star Wars book Aftermath: Life Debt recently shared one crucial detail on Reddit that might prove it’s the second Death Star, and the planet Rey visits with her fellow Resistance fighters is none other than the forest moon of Endor. There are, however, some direct connections to Alderaan, the planet...
- 9/13/2019
- Den of Geek
Megan Crouse Dec 9, 2019
Want to know where to start with Star Wars books? Here are the 20 best adventures across both Legends and the new canon.
The Expanded Universe has been a part of Star Wars for almost as long as the movies have, starting with Alan Dean Foster's novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye, which was published in 1978 and was originally conceived as a low-budget continuation of A New Hope had the movie flopped. But Foster's Luke and Leia adventure isn't actually the first Star Wars book. Star Wars has existed longer on the page than on the big screen. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, the official novelization of A New Hope, was published in 1976, six months before the release of the movie (a move that's hard to fathom by today's spoiler culture).
Since the release of the first two Star Wars books, the galaxy far,...
Want to know where to start with Star Wars books? Here are the 20 best adventures across both Legends and the new canon.
The Expanded Universe has been a part of Star Wars for almost as long as the movies have, starting with Alan Dean Foster's novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye, which was published in 1978 and was originally conceived as a low-budget continuation of A New Hope had the movie flopped. But Foster's Luke and Leia adventure isn't actually the first Star Wars book. Star Wars has existed longer on the page than on the big screen. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, the official novelization of A New Hope, was published in 1976, six months before the release of the movie (a move that's hard to fathom by today's spoiler culture).
Since the release of the first two Star Wars books, the galaxy far,...
- 7/25/2019
- Den of Geek
Viewers first became acquainted with the isolated horrors of John Carpenter's The Thing when it was released in 1982, but the story upon which it is based had already been in publication for over 40 years. Initially printed in Astounding Science Fiction in 1938, John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There? served as the basis for Carpenter's classic horror film (as well as 1951's The Thing from Another World), and a novel-length version of Campbell's story was recently discovered, prompting a Kickstarter campaign for the publication of his classic story in its fullest edition, titled Frozen Hell.
Due out in early 2019 from Wildside Press, the publication of the hardcover and paperback editions of Frozen Hell can be supported on the book's official Kickstarter page. In addition to an expanded backstory, Frozen Hell will include an introduction by Robert Silverberg, a preview of John Gregory Betancourt's upcoming book sequel to The Thing story,...
Due out in early 2019 from Wildside Press, the publication of the hardcover and paperback editions of Frozen Hell can be supported on the book's official Kickstarter page. In addition to an expanded backstory, Frozen Hell will include an introduction by Robert Silverberg, a preview of John Gregory Betancourt's upcoming book sequel to The Thing story,...
- 11/27/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The "Star Wars Expanded Universe" – Lucasfilm's stockpile of officially licensed books, comics, video games, television series, spin-off films, and other media created outside of the official canon – began with the 1978 novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye. Written by Alan Dean Foster, the direct sequel to George Lucas's original 1977 film drew inspiration from early drafts of the script. In 1979, author Brian Daley expanded the universe further with Han Solo at Stars' End, the first in a trilogy of Solo-centric adventures (which would later be turned into comic books). For over 35 years, the EU gave Star Wars fans what they wanted most – more Star Wars – even if the stories and character developments weren't considered canon by the creator. After the historic sale of Lucasfilm to Disney back in 2014, Lucasfilm announced that in preparation for the upcoming sequel trilogy, the Expanded Universe would be retconned; past stories would be reprinted under...
- 5/23/2018
- by Adam Frazier
- firstshowing.net
You’ve heard of it, haven’t you? The Kessel Run? Word is Han Solo can zip along that elusive hyperspace route in only 12 parsecs – 3.26 light-years, give or take – and if the folks at AMC are to be believed, Kessel, that far-flung planet first mentioned during Star Wars: A New Hope all those years ago, will crop up in Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Does that mean we’ll get to see the aforementioned moment where the galaxy’s greatest smuggler makes the run in record time? Quite possibly, and the outlet goes on to say that not only will the Anthology pic take us to Kessel, but we’ll also be paying a visit to both Mimban and Corellia.
The former is a swamp world that was mentioned in The Clone Wars and also appeared in Alan Dean Foster’s novel Splinter of the Mind’s Eye,...
Does that mean we’ll get to see the aforementioned moment where the galaxy’s greatest smuggler makes the run in record time? Quite possibly, and the outlet goes on to say that not only will the Anthology pic take us to Kessel, but we’ll also be paying a visit to both Mimban and Corellia.
The former is a swamp world that was mentioned in The Clone Wars and also appeared in Alan Dean Foster’s novel Splinter of the Mind’s Eye,...
- 1/30/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Padraig Cotter Nov 8, 2017
As War For The Planet Of The Apes heads to disc, we examine the novelisation, which has some notable differences to the story...
Spoilers for War For The Planet Of The Apes lie ahead
Long before the arrival of VHS and DVD, it was tough for fans to relive their favourite movies once they left cinemas. Occasional television airings and novelizations were typically the only options, and for a time movie novelisations were a big thing. Of course, with the advent of home media, their popularity began to wane as watching a movie was always going to be preferable to reading it.
Novelisations tend to be mocked in fan circles too because many of them they were churned out to make a quick buck. There are plenty of examples of badly written paperbacks that just parrot the script, with little invention on the author’s part. That said,...
As War For The Planet Of The Apes heads to disc, we examine the novelisation, which has some notable differences to the story...
Spoilers for War For The Planet Of The Apes lie ahead
Long before the arrival of VHS and DVD, it was tough for fans to relive their favourite movies once they left cinemas. Occasional television airings and novelizations were typically the only options, and for a time movie novelisations were a big thing. Of course, with the advent of home media, their popularity began to wane as watching a movie was always going to be preferable to reading it.
Novelisations tend to be mocked in fan circles too because many of them they were churned out to make a quick buck. There are plenty of examples of badly written paperbacks that just parrot the script, with little invention on the author’s part. That said,...
- 11/7/2017
- Den of Geek
If you ever wondered what life on Earth was like before the Covenant left the planet's orbit to go on the doomed mission in Ridley Scott's recent film, then your questions can now be answered in Alien: Covenant Origins, the new novel written by Alan Dean Foster (author of the official novelizations of Alien and Aliens). With the official prequel novel to Alien: Covenant out now from Titan Books, we've been provided with three copies of both the prequel and Foster's official novelization of Alien: Covenant to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers.
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(1) copy of Alien: Covenant – Origins – The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film (1) copy of Alien: Covenant – The Official Movie Novelization
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(1) copy of Alien: Covenant – Origins – The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film (1) copy of Alien: Covenant – The Official Movie Novelization
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1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry.
- 9/28/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
We’re giving away two copies of Alan Dean Forester‘s prequel novel, “Alien Covenant: Origins”, courtesy of the mighty Titan Books. Alan Dean Foster returning to pen official Alien novels is exciting news because it’s akin to Ridley Scott returning to the franchise he created. Foster was the original author the first Alien novelization and even went on […]...
- 9/26/2017
- by Chris Webster
- bloody-disgusting.com
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A skilled writer carefully paces out their story. The big events – like “The Screaming Citadel” – are inevitably followed by quiet moments of reflection, giving readers a chance to catch their breath. That’s what Jason Aaron gives us in Star Wars #33.
This is a wonderful, character-centric story of the type we don’t often get in modern-day comics. Fleeing from the Empire, Luke and Leia crash land on a waterworld with only the one island. As Tie Fighters sweep across the planet hunting them down, the two must somehow manage to survive. Unfortunately, in a true Star Wars touch, they don’t realize that this waterworld is inhabited.
It’s a wonderful tale from top to bottom, and Jason Aaron takes the time to dive into Princess Leia’s thoughts in a way we haven’t...
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A skilled writer carefully paces out their story. The big events – like “The Screaming Citadel” – are inevitably followed by quiet moments of reflection, giving readers a chance to catch their breath. That’s what Jason Aaron gives us in Star Wars #33.
This is a wonderful, character-centric story of the type we don’t often get in modern-day comics. Fleeing from the Empire, Luke and Leia crash land on a waterworld with only the one island. As Tie Fighters sweep across the planet hunting them down, the two must somehow manage to survive. Unfortunately, in a true Star Wars touch, they don’t realize that this waterworld is inhabited.
It’s a wonderful tale from top to bottom, and Jason Aaron takes the time to dive into Princess Leia’s thoughts in a way we haven’t...
- 7/5/2017
- by Tom Bacon
- We Got This Covered
With Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant now in theaters, Titan Books is taking a deeper dive into the world of Facehuggers, Xenomorphs, and Backbursters with two new book releases, The Art and Making of Alien: Covenant and Alien: Covenant - The Official Movie Novelization, and we've been provided with three copies of each book to give away to three lucky Daily Dead readers.
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- 5/23/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ryan Lambie Feb 6, 2017
Ahead of this year's Alien: Covenant, we delve into a longstanding question: just how smart is the xenomorph, really...?
There are many reasons why Alien and Aliens are such unforgettable films: the dark underlying themes, the quality of the acting, the sheer artistry evident in their design and composition.
See related Katee Sackhoff interview: Battlestar, Haunting, Statham
But one of the reasons why these ageing films remain so compelling is because they imply as much as they show: 1979’s Alien may be infamous for its graphic birth sequence, but it raises so many questions that, at present, remain unanswered. How long had the crashed alien ship sat undiscovered on Lv-426, as the planet later became known? What were all those eggs doing in its belly? And foremost, just how intelligent is the creature we see emerge from John Hurt’s torso? Ridley Scott may be busy rootling...
Ahead of this year's Alien: Covenant, we delve into a longstanding question: just how smart is the xenomorph, really...?
There are many reasons why Alien and Aliens are such unforgettable films: the dark underlying themes, the quality of the acting, the sheer artistry evident in their design and composition.
See related Katee Sackhoff interview: Battlestar, Haunting, Statham
But one of the reasons why these ageing films remain so compelling is because they imply as much as they show: 1979’s Alien may be infamous for its graphic birth sequence, but it raises so many questions that, at present, remain unanswered. How long had the crashed alien ship sat undiscovered on Lv-426, as the planet later became known? What were all those eggs doing in its belly? And foremost, just how intelligent is the creature we see emerge from John Hurt’s torso? Ridley Scott may be busy rootling...
- 2/2/2017
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Oct 21, 2016
The 30-minute longer Assembly Cut brings Alien 3 closer to David Fincher’s original vision. Ryan takes a look...
David Fincher’s first film was nearly his last. In the early part of 1991, Fincher was better known as a director of commercials and movie videos, a 29-year-old filmmaker who’d cut his teeth working as a special effects cameraman on Return Of The Jedi before making promos for Nike and Madonna. By the time Fincher signed up for Alien 3, the production was already in disarray. The script had gone through draft after draft as screenwriters and directors came and went; before filming had begun, Alien 3 had already hired and lost directors Renny Harlin and Vincent Ward, and writers Eric Red and William Gibson.
See related Westworld episode 3 review: The Stray Westworld episode 2 review: Chestnut Westworld episode 1 review: The Original Westworld: trailer and synopsis for episode 5 HBO’s Westworld: ambitious,...
The 30-minute longer Assembly Cut brings Alien 3 closer to David Fincher’s original vision. Ryan takes a look...
David Fincher’s first film was nearly his last. In the early part of 1991, Fincher was better known as a director of commercials and movie videos, a 29-year-old filmmaker who’d cut his teeth working as a special effects cameraman on Return Of The Jedi before making promos for Nike and Madonna. By the time Fincher signed up for Alien 3, the production was already in disarray. The script had gone through draft after draft as screenwriters and directors came and went; before filming had begun, Alien 3 had already hired and lost directors Renny Harlin and Vincent Ward, and writers Eric Red and William Gibson.
See related Westworld episode 3 review: The Stray Westworld episode 2 review: Chestnut Westworld episode 1 review: The Original Westworld: trailer and synopsis for episode 5 HBO’s Westworld: ambitious,...
- 10/18/2016
- Den of Geek
Nearly 35 years after its release, John Carpenter’s The Thing remains one of the greatest—if not the greatest—horror movies of all-time. A masterpiece of dread, tension, nihilism, and staggeringly imaginative practical effects, it is a high-water mark of the genre and the best movie ever made by a filmmaker with a lot of great movies to his credit. This is John Carpenter’s masterpiece.
By now, you know the story. For this loose remake of Christian Nyby’s (and Howard Hawks’) 1951 sci-fi classic, The Thing from Another World, Carpenter and screenwriter Bill Lancaster went back to John Campbell Jr.’s original story “Who Goes There?” to tell the tale of a research team in the Antarctic who encounter an alien life form with the ability to assimilate and imitate any being it encounters. Totally isolated by the freezing temperatures and snowy landscape, the men can no longer be...
By now, you know the story. For this loose remake of Christian Nyby’s (and Howard Hawks’) 1951 sci-fi classic, The Thing from Another World, Carpenter and screenwriter Bill Lancaster went back to John Campbell Jr.’s original story “Who Goes There?” to tell the tale of a research team in the Antarctic who encounter an alien life form with the ability to assimilate and imitate any being it encounters. Totally isolated by the freezing temperatures and snowy landscape, the men can no longer be...
- 9/22/2016
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Movie studios attempt to jump-start franchises all the time, coming hot out of the gate with big ideas for a trilogy (or more) and sometimes greenlighting sequels before the first entry even hits theaters. When the first movie doesn't catch on with audiences, those studios are usually forced to tuck their tail between their legs and cancel plans for continuing the franchise (see The Golden Compass as an example). Usually, that's the last we hear about a property, and the studio moves on to something else.
What if George Lucas's original Star Wars had tanked? We never would have seen The Empire Strikes Back, but Lucas planned a story called Splinter of The Mind's Eye as a much lower-budget sequel, and a novelization of that script was commissioned.
Some fans have already read Alan Dean Foster's novel and know all about it, but for those who haven't taken...
What if George Lucas's original Star Wars had tanked? We never would have seen The Empire Strikes Back, but Lucas planned a story called Splinter of The Mind's Eye as a much lower-budget sequel, and a novelization of that script was commissioned.
Some fans have already read Alan Dean Foster's novel and know all about it, but for those who haven't taken...
- 9/19/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
In 1976, Alan Dean Foster was contracted to ghostwrite a novelization for Star Wars, as well as a second novel which would have been used as a basis for a low-budget sequel to A New Hope in case the film was not successful. Of course, Geroge Lucas’ film opened to great acclaim and massive box […]
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- 9/19/2016
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Ryan Lambie Simon Brew Kirsten Howard Jul 4, 2017
Details have landed for the Alien: Covenant DVD and Blu-ray release...
The official announcement for the DVD and Blu-ray release of Alien: Covenant has arrived in the Us, and it’s brought with it confirmation of a lot of excised footage.
See related Luc Besson interview: Valerian, sci-fi, Adele Blanc-Sec
The disc is set to include 12 deleted and extended scenes in all, running to just shy of 18 minutes. Quite what those deleted scenes are remains to be seen, although it’s expected that at least one or two will centre around the prologue sequence at the start of the film.
Intriguingly, the disc is also set to include a 55 minute Ridley Scott masterclass feature, that’ll presumably dig into the making of the movie in some depth. Furthermore, Scott has provided an audio commentary too.
We’re assuming that these extra features will...
Details have landed for the Alien: Covenant DVD and Blu-ray release...
The official announcement for the DVD and Blu-ray release of Alien: Covenant has arrived in the Us, and it’s brought with it confirmation of a lot of excised footage.
See related Luc Besson interview: Valerian, sci-fi, Adele Blanc-Sec
The disc is set to include 12 deleted and extended scenes in all, running to just shy of 18 minutes. Quite what those deleted scenes are remains to be seen, although it’s expected that at least one or two will centre around the prologue sequence at the start of the film.
Intriguingly, the disc is also set to include a 55 minute Ridley Scott masterclass feature, that’ll presumably dig into the making of the movie in some depth. Furthermore, Scott has provided an audio commentary too.
We’re assuming that these extra features will...
- 5/27/2016
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Dec 7, 2019
Massive cost overruns, script rewrites and an angry Leonard Nimoy. Star Trek: The Motion Picture didn't have an easy road.
This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
After years in limbo, the rush to make a Star Trek movie suddenly began in earnest on March 28th, 1978. That day saw a lavish press conference arranged by Paramount president Michael Eisner, chairman Barry Diller, and the entire cast of the original Star Trek series. Eisner announced to an assembled group of reporters that a film spin-off from the cult Trek TV show was finally going to be made. Its appropriately grand title - Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
The director, Eisner continued, would be Robert Wise - an industry veteran who was not only a safe pair of hands (he’d directed such hits as West Side Story and The Sound Of Music), but also had a...
Massive cost overruns, script rewrites and an angry Leonard Nimoy. Star Trek: The Motion Picture didn't have an easy road.
This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
After years in limbo, the rush to make a Star Trek movie suddenly began in earnest on March 28th, 1978. That day saw a lavish press conference arranged by Paramount president Michael Eisner, chairman Barry Diller, and the entire cast of the original Star Trek series. Eisner announced to an assembled group of reporters that a film spin-off from the cult Trek TV show was finally going to be made. Its appropriately grand title - Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
The director, Eisner continued, would be Robert Wise - an industry veteran who was not only a safe pair of hands (he’d directed such hits as West Side Story and The Sound Of Music), but also had a...
- 3/17/2016
- Den of Geek
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