We’re only halfway through Fox and Tongal’s 40th anniversary celebration of the Alien franchise, made up of six original short films directed by filmmakers from around the world. The fourth of six shorts is titled Alien: Ore, and it’s headed our way this Friday, April 19th.
The teaser trailer suggests the largest scale short we’ve seen thus far. Find it below.
In Alien: Ore, written/directed by the Spear Sisters…
“As a hard-working miner of a planet mining colony, Lorraine longs to make a better life for her daughter and grandchildren. When her shift uncovers the death of a fellow miner under mysterious circumstances, Lorraine is forced to choose between escape or defying management orders and facing her fears to fight for the safety of her family.”
The final two short films will premiere next week on “Alien Day”:
April 26th: ALIEN: Harvest – The surviving crew of a damaged deep-space harvester have minutes to reach the emergency evacuation shuttle. A motion sensor is their only navigation tool leading them to safety while a creature in the shadows terrorizes the crew. However, the greatest threat might have been hiding in plain sight all along. Directed by Benjamin Howdeshell
April 26th: ALIEN: Alone – Hope, an abandoned crew member aboard the derelict chemical hauler Otranto, has spent a year trying to keep her ship and herself alive as both slowly fall apart. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life. Written and Directed by Noah Miller