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Alien: what inspired the derelict scenes? (scifi movie: retrospective)

When the crew of the Nostromo—Dallas, Kane, and Lambert—boldly stepped out of their airlock in Ridley Scott’s Alien, little did

Before shooting a single picture, here is the tale of how Ridley Scott rescued the scifi movie classic Alien. The

Dan O’Bannon, the original Alien film screenwriter, collaborated with John Carpenter on a short scifi film called Dark Star that

The BTS team discusses how Ridley Scott’s masterpiece, the Alien movie, succeeds despite breaking a number of accepted screenwriting conventions,

At one point, filmmaker Neill Blomkamp was being lined up to re-boot the Alien franchise, starting with a more direct

If you are a fan of the original Alien movie and the big ugly H.R. Giger-created ultimate killing machine (aka

Our canny reader Kroft has been combing his way through the very rare 150-page script written by Damon Lindelof for

Earth’s alien first contact: so, just how badly will humanity lose its s$£% when it gets its first public message

To celebrate Alien’s pending 40th anniversary, here’s another of 20th Century Fox’s new Alien-universe short flicks. Here’s the official synopsis

As part of the Alien film’s 40th anniversary celebrations, 20th Century Fox has commissioned another short movie in the Alien