Two days ago I also talked about a potential "Alien" series may be in preparation, and at the latest Disney industry conference, it was really officially announced, and it is Noah Holly who said before, his most famous work is the series "Ice Storm", and he is also the screenwriter of the god stick series "Big Group", which can be said to be quite standard. The Alien series has been in operation for some time, before Fox was acquired by Disney, but after a period of operation, it was stopped by Fox executives, and apparently after Fox was acquired by Disney, Disney revived the project.
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Alien is a big IP, of course, it can not be easily abandoned, but in view of the previous "Alien: Covenant" fiasco, it is a good choice to test the waters with a series first, it is said that Ridley Scott is also expected to join the project as an executive producer, if so, of course, it is better, but I personally feel that the old man should hurry up and make an Alien movie himself.
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Of course, the format of the series will be very different from the movie, a series of action scenes will not be less, but relative to the length of the entire plot, it will be much less, the story and characters are the main, the setting is the key, according to the official statement, the series will be set in the near future, and the background will be the earth, this is the first time in the "Alien" series set the background on the earth (of course, to exclude the "Alien vs Predator" these two sequels), the background change may mean a change in style, the previous four "" The Alien canon and the two Promethean prequels are set on a spaceship or a desolate planet, to some extent, they are all horrors of small space, and will this time set on Earth change this tradition and increase space? It's not clear yet, but putting a bunch of facebutters or aliens in a normal neighborhood should be a good idea, as played out in Alien vs. Predator 2.
The creator also said that the series has both the thriller of Alien 1 and the intense action scenes of Alien 2. This is really a typical means of propaganda. The reason why the "Alien" series can become a film history classic is of course because of the stunning of the first part, and the reason why the "Alien" series can become a popular culture label is largely due to the promotion of "Alien 2", if this series can really integrate the essence of the two, it is really a god's work. Of course, whether the series can really reach this level, of course, we have to "pull out and walk" to know, and Noah Holly is dominant, or worth looking forward to.
This is the first episode of the Alien series, but it is not the first attempt, some time ago I saw a very interesting content, saying that the "Alien" series was actually going to launch an animated series, and it was aimed at children. The anime is called Operations: Aliens, which can be called Operation Alien, and will revolve around Ripley, and of course, there will be a lot of aliens in it. However, you must also be curious, the alien has always been a monster with very obvious sexual innuendo, and the face-hugging worm and the chest breaker are basically linked to the large scale, why would anyone want to adapt it into a children's animation? People who like to collect movie-related models should have heard of Kenner Toys, a toy company that has produced a variety of classic model toys such as the Star Wars series, the Jurassic series, and the Batman series, and the first movable model of Alien was launched by Kenner Toys, and because it wants to promote the Alien series of toys, Kenner Toys plans to launch an alien-themed animated series to attract small audiences.
Kenner Toys also produced an animated promo, but the animated series failed to produce it, as it became clear that Fox, the copyright holder of the Alien, wanted to keep the Alien as an R-rated tradition. However, this very small scale alien story was later adapted into a small comic by Dark Horse Comics, from this comic you can know that the whole story is basically a children's version of "Alien 2", Alien and Alien Queen have appeared in it, but the whole story does not have any large scale, and what is more funny is that at the end of this comic, there is also the Predator to string the scene.
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Whether this time "Alien" maintains the tradition of its generation scale, there is no confirmed news, but the series is relatively relaxed, there should be no problem. At present, the launch time of this series has not yet been confirmed.