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The Asylum's zero-budget knockoffs of Hollywood science fiction epics may have reached their pinnacle with AVH: Alien Vs. Hunter. Just check out this scene where the dildo-headed Hunter, and then the Alien, both attack the Greatest American Hero, William Katt. More »
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It's nigh impossible to market toys based on the Aliens franchise. Acid-blooded xenological killing machines + chortling happy moppets = unintentionally hilarious commercials for us...and a lifetime worth of grief counseling for anyone under 10. More »
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You may have wondered if we really needed another Aliens Vs. Predator game... but this new ultra-bloody, sarcastic "story trailer" may just win you over. After all, the Weyland-Yutani Corp. does have your best interests at heart. More »
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This spaceport basks in alien sunlight, through a veil of pollution, but it still manages to look dark and dingy. And the watering hole in the foreground braces for an Alien/Predator smackdown, in new Aliens Vs. Predator game concept art. More »
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It's official - Little-known director Nimrod Antal is going to be directing Robert Rodriguez's sequel/reboot to Predator, Predators. But is the name a worrying omen for how much this film will echo James Cameron's Aliens? Rodriguez teases the answer. More »
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Anyone craving some Aliens or Predator action where they're not squaring off against each other (or even where they are) should head to their local comic stores this summer, as a full-scale revival is coming. More »
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Click to viewIt's been a while since I've stolen somebody's queen, but two alien-themed chess sets are putting me in the mood to do it. You can pick between AVP or aliens vs. Ripley. Here you can see the stately, evil-sacrifice-temple-themed chess board where aliens and Predators fight it out. Below, a closer look at the AVP board and another board where aliens fight Ripley and crew. Each side of this board is also themed. Here you're seeing the "alien" side, with all the cool Giger-style pipes. On the other side, it looks like a human-made spaceship. Alien movie chess board [via The Contaminated] AVP Chess Board [via Raving Toy Maniac] More »
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It's sad but true: we'll probably never see another Aliens vs. Predator movie, now that AVP2 failed to set last Christmas on fire. But that doesn't mean Hollywood can't revive some other moribund franchises by forcing them to fight each other. Which classic but struggling universes would you like to see mashed together into an uncomfortable — but thrilling — clash of titans? Click through to vote. More »
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It's the end of the world as we know it, and California has frozen over, even if Hell hasn't. That's the setup for North Wind, the latest comic book to be optioned by Hollywood producers, created by the writer of ABC's failed Traveler TV show. Find out what made this environmental disaster dystopia so attractive to the producers of I, Robot under the jump. More »
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Some have expressed poorly-worded consternation that savage monsterfest Aliens vs. Predator II is coming out on Christmas. Last year's Black Christmas also provoked outrage (especially from Christ-worshippers), but a rep from its production company Dimension Films responded blithely that gore-drenched mayem is "counter-programming to the more regular yuletide fare." In sum, horror is a holiday tradition. Movies like Child's Play and Gremlins teach us the valuable lesson that toys can be evil, while Jack Frost (along with the much-anticipated Jack Frost II: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman) show us the dark, intestine-munching side of jolly old snowmen. But what's the most completely demented holiday science fiction nightmare? More »
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The delay-plagued The Day The Earth Stood Still remake gained a shot of credibility with the casting of Jon Hamm, fresh from his Golden Globe nod for Mad Men. The movie, also starring Keanu Reeves (playing the alien Klaatu) and Jennifer Connelly, started principal photography Dec. 12. [Reuters] A new Jericho pic, plus bad signs for AVP and Wolverine, below the fold. More »
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The Brothers Strause (also known as Greg and Colin), directors of the new Aliens vs. Predator flick, are living the FX geek dream. They bought off-the-shelf visual effects software in their early teens, and by 1995 they had moved to Los Angeles to work on visual effects in the X-Files movie. Eventually they formed their own effects company called Hydraulx, and have worked on films like X-Men: The Last Stand, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and 300. Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Requiem is their feature film directorial debut. io9 caught up with them to get the skinny on designing the Predator homeworld, and why we should care about the humans in this film. Hear what the Brothers Strause told us after the jump. More »
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It's been three movies already, and we've never seen where the Predators come from. They're always busy hunting down humans or Aliens on Earth, so it's about time we visited their pad. Apparently, as the above picture shows, it looks like a funky extraterrestrial version of Easter Island. Maybe they've been spending the extra time trying to get the place ready for visitors. Check out some more shots from Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Requiem, plus a possible real-world inspiration for the Predator planet, after the jump. More »
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