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more about #ridleyscott more comments → SpammerOvTheGods: Jabba the Hut's been working out, i see. #@! more » Crashproof: Wait, where did the helicopter come from? Where did it go? (Other than "away from this movie") more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Kudos for Kodos. more » Akitsu: Star Crash was an awesome film... so filled with insanity and illogic that you just have to love it. This looks to be in a similar vein... so I've de... more » Supernatural_Canary: It took me a moment to figure out that the actor who pulls the woman away from the alien is a young John Noble, who plays Walter Bishop on Fringe. He... more » Mathmos: So Kodos is male and lays eggs. What role does Kang play in all this? more » Julius Seizure - Canuck: Wait, this is important: How on earth did Stella manage to walk on that grating in those heels? more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I thought this was about another Kodos... [memory-alpha.org] #alien more » Briareosdx: He died as he lived: A baloon fetishist to the end. #alien more » Atomictao: What man hasn't wanted to hold a love interest close against his be-hazard-suited chest and rumble 'It's finished' or 'its over now'? Also, note to s... more » Bigdamnhero: All that moaning and groaning after Kodos got shot in the eye actually made me feel bad for it. Stupid humans. Nice explody chest, though. more » Bootknife-Jackson: who should play him? Bruce Campbell, that's who! #monopoly more » Anekanta - Go Play!: !? #monopoly more » jbq: @Meredith: "But who should play him?" Duh, Bruce Campbell. It's pretty much exactly the kind of roles he plays in the Spider-Man franchise. I mean, t... more » therewasadoor: "So half of us won't even get the references!" ...whether they just use the American version or not. I grew up playing the English version my father... more » -
#foundfootage
This Is What Happens When You Don't Vote For Kodos
Kodos comes to a coffee plantation to lay hundreds of alien eggs, so his offspring can bust out of people Ridley Scott-style. And women can't resist walking towards Kodos' glowing eye. It all leads to the funniest death scene ever. More » -
#monopoly
Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
Monopoly the movie will be done weirdly, thanks to director Ridley Scott's science fictional plans for the board game adaptation. The good news is that Uncle Pennybags made the cut. More » -
#alien
Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
We've been eagerly awaiting more details on Ridley Scott's new Alien picture ever since the announcement this summer. The details are slowly trickling in, including a few hints on the new alien timeline. More » -
#shadow19
"Alien" Prequel Writer's Other Movie, About A Mecha Death Suit
Ridley Scott tapped screenwriter Jon Spahits to write the prequel to Alien, and the script for Spahits' unproduced film Shadow 19 shows us why: it's a videogame-fueled romp through an alien planet filled with space battles, sentient machines, and mecha. More » -
#top10
Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome
Just because science fiction has a low budget, doesn't mean its alien creatures need to look silly or ho-hum. Here are 10 low-budget alien spectaculars that blew our minds. More » -
#bravenewworld
How Brave Will Ridley Scott's New World Be?
Ridley Scott isn't just directing the Alien prequel, he's also involved in a movie adaptation of Brave New World, as we reported last year. A screenwriter's on board, but Leonardo DiCaprio's mooted star turn is raising some concerns. More » -
#alienprequel
Sigourney Weaver Says No Ripley in Alien Prequel
Details are still scarce on Ridley Scott's plans for his Alien prequel, but Sigourney Weaver has laid one bit of speculation to rest: we won't be seeing her xenomorph-blasting heroine Ripley this time around. More » -
#alienprequel
Yes, Ridley Scott Will Direct the Alien Prequel
It's official: Ridley Scott will be directing the prequel Alien, returning to the franchise he created. And along for the chest-bursting ride is an up-and-coming scifi screenwriter, with a reboot idea Scott couldn't refuse.
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#foundfootage
A Decontamination Chamber Scene That Will Make You Feel Contaminated
Italian B-movie director Antionio Margheriti decided to make his own version of Alien in 1989. And just like Ridley Scott's monster, the creature in Alien From The Deep can affect humans. Luckily, there's a cure... involving stripping to your underwear. More » -
#alienprequel
Will Ridley Scott Direct the "Alien" Prequel?
Forget Alien vs. Predator - the real battle may be the one brewing between Fox and Ridley Scott's family over who will direct the forthcoming Alien prequel. More » -
#bladerunner
Blade Runner Is About To Get A Prequel Webseries
Blade Runner director Ridley Scott announced his commercials company, RSA Films, has launched a new division to make Purefold, a webseries set in the Blade Runner universe. And this time around, you'll get to help decide who is and isn't a replicant. More » -
#alien
Ridley Scott's Alien Getting A Prequel By Commercial Director Carl Erik Rinsch
Sounds like Ridley Scott wasn't playing around when he said he wanted to get back into the Alien-filming business. Because rumor has it, there's already a new director in the running. More » -
#alien
Ridley Scott Wants To Remind Us Who's Your Alien Daddy
When Ridley Scott asks to take another turn at Alien, we should all back away slowly and thank our lucky stars Tarantino didn't get his hands on it first. More » -
#theforeverwar
James Cameron's Avatar Influences Ridley Scott's Forever War
Ridley Scott's movie of Joe Haldeman's Forever War will be a 3-D epic, in the wake of James Cameron's groundbreaking work on Avatar, Scott told a London convention. And it'll have less KY-jelly than Alien. More » -
#independentfilmmakers
A Young Filmmaker's Journey From Trek Fan To Blade Runner Acolyte
Emily Yoshida became addicted to Star Trek: The Next Generation at age four, and now she's making her own science fiction films. Yoshida's 12-minute virtual-reality film Abigail, premiering this weekend, pays homage to Blade Runner. More » -
#aliens
No Aliens For Alien 5, Hints Weaver
Sigourney Weaver has revealed that she and Ridley Scott have talked about teaming up to make Alien 5 - but are thinking about leaving the alien out of the movie altogether. Is that WTF or the work of genius? -
#theforeverwar
Neal Adams' Vision For The Forever War That Never Was
Now that we're all excited about Ridley Scott's Forever War movie, it's worth looking back at the version by Stuart Gordon (Reanimator) that we almost had in the early 80s. Gordon, who later worked with Forever War author Joe Haldeman on Robot Jox, came close to making a PBS miniseries of the epic war novel, but ended up turning it into a stage play instead. (Really.) But at least the PBS project got as far as generating some amazing concept art by comics god Neal Adams, who helped reinvent Batman a decade earlier. More art, and more details on the strange saga of the Gordon Forever War, below the fold. More » -
#exclusive
Ridley Scott Confirms He's Making Brave New World
We got the chance to ask science fiction legend Ridley Scott for an exclusive update on his adaptation of Aldous Huxley's classic dystopian novel Brave New World. While he's still knee-deep in the details of the adaptation, he's already got some strong opinions — including his view that Brave New World is closer to the truth than George Orwell's 1984. So what does Scott have in mind for his Brave New World? More »
