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Check Out the Planet in ‘Rogue One’ That Was Directly Inspired By ‘Alien’
Did you know there’s a new Star Wars movie coming out this weekend?!
Look. The truth is, I know next to nothing about the Star Wars franchise/universe/whatever you want to call it. I’ve seen bits and pieces of all the films, and I absolutely loved The Force Awakens, but I’m not and have never been big into that whole world. Nevertheless, I will be seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Because I like good movies. And it looks like a damn good movie.
Now that that’s out of the way.
One of the reasons I’m excited about Rogue One is that it was directed by Gareth Edwards, who made a splash with the indie film Monsters and went on to direct the 2014 version of Godzilla. As Edwards recently revealed, there will a nice little visual tribute to both Monsters and Godzilla in Rogue One, and we’ve just learned that the film will also pay homage to 1979’s Alien.
As reported by Fandango, there’s a brand new planet in Rogue One called Eadu, and the visual landscape was directly inspired by LV-426 in Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi/horror flick.
Edwards explained:
Films that I used in there that got high score were Apocalypse Now, a little of Thin Red Line, and there’s a planet in our film that’s very much inspired by Alien. Also Blade Runner, THX-1138 and of course the original Star Wars.
You can see Planet Eadu below, with a screen-grab from Alien underneath it.
Robert Eggers (The Witch, Nosferatu) is back later this year with new horror movie Werwulf, and the very first teaser image from the hotly anticipated movie has surfaced tonight.
Oddly enough, this first look comes courtesy of the NBC Store, and it gives us a glimpse at a chilly Winter landscape from the film. Is there a werewolf hiding in the photo? Maybe…
Set in 13th century England, Werwulf sees a mysterious creature stalk the land as local folklore becomes a terrifying reality. The film hits theaters on December 25 via Focus Features.
Robert Eggers recently teased, “It’s the darkest thing I’ve ever written. By far.”
Eggers directs from a script he penned with his The Northman co-writer Sjón.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nosferatu), Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Ralph Ineson (The Witch), and Bodhi Rae Breathnach (Hamnet) star.
Robert Eggers and Sjón produce alongside Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for Working Title. Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus are executive producing.
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