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As portrayed by Sigourney Weaver throughout the Alien franchise, Ellen Ripley is the greatest hero in cinema history From the time we meet her in the first film through her appearance in Alien: Resurrection, few characters make their mark on cinema like she does While Alien 3 and Resurrection were of lesser quality, those first[...]

The Patrick Gleason "Webhead" cover to Carnage: Black, White And Blood really boosted retailer advance reorders this week, as did interest in the Korean Captain America in Taskmaster, both outdoing Spider-Man getting a new costume and the launch of a new Alien series from Marvel While other retailers took the opportunity to top up their[...]

Cold Iron Studios and 20th Century games announced a major game from the Alien franchise today with Aliens: Fireteam The game was originally announced nearly three years ago when it was revealed Cold Iron got the bid to create a major AAA title featuring the sci-fi IP, which has been kept in secret for the[...]

This is an attempt to sift through them all and find the most relevant items. What's FOCing today? Ha Ha, Harley And Hollow Heart – Thank FOC It's Friday 26th February Haha #3 gets FOC along with second printing of #2 and a stunning Roger Langridge cover – the creator of Fred The Clown. Chris Golden and Mike Mignola[...]

Crack out the flamethrower and your power loader, Epic Games has added both Ellen Ripley and the Xenomorph to Fortnite this week.

The four covers will play out across the first four issues of the series. Missy covers #1-4 by Claudia Caranfa Doctor Who: Missy #1 is available to pre-order ahead of its release in April 2021 from your local comic shop, from Forbidden Planet in the UK, or digitally at Comixology. DOCTOR WHO MISSY #1 (W) Jody Houser (A) Roberta Ingranata (CA) David M[...]

Marvel is to publish its first Alien comic book from March 2021 – officially, of course It has had the Brood running around for decades And they have Phillip Kennedy Johnson writing the series – the same writer DC Comics just tapped to lead the Superman comic books from March as well It will rather[...]

Hiya Toys has announced a new Alien Xenomorph is coming to their 1/18 scale figure line This time we are getting a new mold featuring a crouching Xenomorph that is beautifully detailed, highly articulated, and will be a perfect addition to your growing hive Hiya Toys has included a new joint system to the already[...]

NECA has continued their 12 Days of Downloads with a visual guide for their Aliens figure line While the visual guide does not tease any upcoming figures, it is still amazing to look at the wide variety of Xenomorph collectibles that NECA has created Some of our favorite Alien figures that have been released include[...]

Marvel and Monica Rambeau Confirmed for Captain Marvel 2 Marvel Studios Officially Announces a Fantastic Four Movie Two New Pixar Films: Turning Red, Lightyear W/Chris Evans Announced America Chavez Confirmed for the Doctor Strange Sequel Disney Announces a New Animated Film, Encanto Patty Jenkins to Direct a New Star Wars Movie called Rogue Squadron Raya and the Last Dragon Coming to[...]

Alien fans, they have heard our cries A new, original TV Show set in the Alien universe is on the way to FX The news was announced as part of the big Disney Investors Day call this evening Noah Hawley will be the show runner, and the show will be set on Earth That is[...]

In July this year, we learned that Marvel had grabbed the Alien and Predator licenses from Dark Horse Comics, as a result of Disney bow owning Fox January sees Marvel Vs Alien variant covers And now we see what they will be promoting ahead of its FOC date… Marvel's Alien #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Salvador[...]

Free League Publishing revealed a new addition to the Alien: The Roleplaying Game with the Colonial Marines Operations Manual Working with 20th Century Studios, this is a brand new illustrated hardback expansion book that will provide you everything you need to run a full open-world campaign using the Colonial Marines Now you too can scream[...]

He also wrote the novelisations of the Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 movies The only thing is – that the royalties on all these books, which still continue to sell, have stopped And he is directly blaming Disney. He recently held a press conference with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, noting that if[...]

In March 2019, reports surfaced that Hawley pitched FX on a series set within the "Alien" universe that would allow for a stronger focus on the people and their stories (alongside the acidic spit). A look at the "Alien" franchise (Image: TWDC) "'Alien' is on some level the complete opposite of 'Star Trek.' It's sort of about[...]

Free League Publishing revealed that they have now released the Destroyer Of Worlds module for Alien: The RPG, as well as the Starter Set Ever since the core rulebook was released back in late December, its been gathering a small but loyal fanbase, including a couple of Twitch shows dedicated to playing the game Not[...]

Alien collectors collections are about to get an upgrade as Sideshow Collectibles puts up pre-orders for an Alien Xenomorph Parasite Mythos statue The 1:2 scale statue reimagines that classic Alien design into something deadlier The statue measures almost 17" tall and captures all those terrifying features of the creature With definition on his spine neck[...]

Bannon (who also wrote the first Alien movie directed by Ridley Scott) and producer Brian Henson (son of Jim Henson and now head of The Jim Henson Company) have been working on bringing back the show and shooting in Australia with the original cast The panelists include Gigi Edgley (Chiana), Ricky Manning (writer), Rebecca Riggs[...]

Continuing to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alien, NECA revealed their final SDCC exclusive for this year as a glow-in-the-dark version of their recently released Ultimate Big Chap Xenomorph This version of the figure is cast in green glow in the dark plastic and features over 30 points of articulation An egg, face-hugger, and chestburster[...]

Jesse Schedeen at IGN has the PR-arranged announcement that Marvel Comics has acquired the licenses to create and publish comic books based on the movies Alien and Predator These licenses have been held by Dark Horse Comics for thirty years but – with Fox now owned by Disney, it was only a matter of time[...]

In 2004 we finally got to see the ultimate sci-fi battle of the century with Alien Vs Predator In an alternate reality, explorers went to research a mysterious pyramid in Antarctica Unfortunately, they did not know they would be caught in the middle of the battle of a lifetime Hunters and Xenomorphs clash continues with[...]

From Alien, Chariots of Fire, The Fifth Element, and countless others, including the beloved hobbit, Ian Holm will forever burn bright in his field and be missed greatly Jackson put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard maybe, to honor the man he chose to play one of the most beloved characters in all of[...]

The hit science fiction movie, Aliens, returns as Prime 1 Studio announces a new collectible statue This collectible is pretty pricey but it is packed with high amounts of detail The Alien Warrior is featuring in this piece and the statue stands 26 inches tall and 30" wide The whole base is a diorama as[...]

But it was in 1968's A Midsummer Night's Dream when Holm began to make the transition into film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA8jv1M6Y2gVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Alien | Ash explains his orders (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA8jv1M6Y2g) The big screen gave Holm even greater opportunities to show his range, often in independent-minded works such as the Academy Awards' Best Picture Chariots[...]

Alien franchise creator Ridley Scott just can't stop himself from teasing fans with another film Last time out in Alien: Covenant, we got to see the first Xenomorphs created by android psychopath David (Michael Fassbender), and it ended with him flying away on a ship, eggs in tow Unfortunately, the film didn't exactly do gangbusters[...]

The X-Rex brings back the magic like the Alien Xenomorph animals we saw from Kenner years ago The X-Rex will have a removable tongue and head done that will show the plague bone structure underneath The arms are able to be rotated and the tail is bendable This is one collectible that will be a[...]

And it begins with the previously promised all new Alien with an all new Alien, and a hell of a lot of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Alien: The Original Screenplay #1 (of 5) Cristiano Seixas (W), Guilherme Balbi (A/Cover), Candice Han (C), and Walter Simonson (Variant Cover) On sale Aug 5 FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries En route to back to Earth,[...]

If and when they get up there, one thing the actors can be assured of is that there won't be any alien storyline Because from what we can tell from the following tweet, the team behind the series also saw those UFO videos and they're more than happy to leave all of that alien stuff[...]

The Alien that started it all, Big Chap, from the original 1979 film Alien has finally arrived as the newest Hiya Toys figure This 1:18 scale figure will come is at roughly 4.5" tall, is highly detailed and articulated Hiya Toys put a lot of deal into this figure and I can't wait to get[...]

Alien Day is tomorrow, and with it always comes some awesome merchandise that we fans and collectors can sink our extendable jaws into This year Mondo will have new pins, tiki mugs, and shirts available to collect, going on sale on their webstore today The new items include a new Jonesy shirt in both white[...]