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Ridley Scott Still Swears He’s Making Another ‘Alien’ Movie
God bless Ridley Scott. While this year’s Alien: Covenant failed to make much of a mark at the box office, leaving the future of the franchise hanging in the balance, Scott has never wavered in his commitment to finishing what he started with Prometheus. Even today, knee deep in re-shooting All the Money in the World, he’s still talking Alien!
Speaking with EW, Scott teased what he hopes is next on his plate.
“We are [going to make another], we are,” Scott confidently told the outlet. “I think what we have to do is gradually drift away from the alien stuff. People say, ‘You need more alien, you need more face pulling, need more chest bursting,’ so I put a lot of that in Covenant and it fitted nicely. But I think if you go again you need to start finding another solution that’s more interesting.”
He continued, suggesting that the next film would be more about David than the Xenomorphs, “I think AI is becoming much more dangerous and therefore more interesting.”
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At the end of Alien: Covenant, David headed off to the planet known as Origae-6 with a couple Face Hugger embryos, presumably to start a new world he can be God of.
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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