Jay 37,346 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 ‘Alien’ Series In The Works At FX With ‘Fargo’ Creator Noah Hawley; Ridley Scott In Advance Talks To EP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Saw Alien TV series, interest piqued. Noticed Ridley Scott's name, interest tempered. crumbs and MrJosh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 It's a foregone conclusion these people have never seen an extra-terrestrial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 huh, if Ridley gets involved, it will be called D A V I D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Potentially interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Set in the "near future" on Earth. Hard pass. The least they could do is finish off David's story and tie everything back to the original film. Evanus and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 It will have the Disney logo so they can make it appeal to little girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CIo6PI1pgjA/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Jay said: ‘Alien’ Series In The Works At FX With ‘Fargo’ Creator Noah Hawley; Ridley Scott In Advance Talks To EP It's set on Earth? Worrisome! I mean, Aliens wreaking havoc in suburbia ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Might as well chuck a Predator in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Wow, such negativity. Personally, I'm very excited for this, despite a little bit of nervousness surrounding the Disney element (but FX has managed to produce quite subversive, brutal material regardless, like AMERICAN HORROR STORY). Wrote a news bit myself here (in Norwegian): https://montages.no/nyheter/noah-hawley-skal-utvikle-alien-serie-for-disney-og-fx/ Love Hawley's work on FARGO and LEGION (I'll leave out his disappointing LUCY IN THE SKY feature debut for now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,354 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 This franchise went into the wrong direction very early. The idea in ALIEN was great. The sequel was brillant. But it would have been better to not build such a whole film series just on that one bloody parasite idea. It is like telling a hillarious joke a hundred times. Maybe the hundred's time you still admit that it is a good joke, but you just cannot laugh anymore. If early on they would have had ideas to stretch the univers, something like the diea behind this Cloverfiled universe. I mean, they stretched this one definitely too much and will never get hold of all these puzzle pieces. But even the idea of Scott that Bladerunner and Alien might be set in the same universe brought more value to it than the 6th sequel will bring to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 James Cameron's involvement would have been preferred over Scott's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 hour ago, GerateWohl said: Bladerunner Other than that, I agree, TV series further milking tired franchises is not what I live for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Wait! The man behind the upcoming Alien TV series is Noah 'Fargo' Hawley?! Why wasn't I notified?! Or is it my Cremerits again? Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Muad'Dib 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Can't wait for that show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 7/4/2021 at 4:01 AM, AC1 said: Wait! The man behind the upcoming Alien TV series is Noah 'Fargo' Hawley?! Why wasn't I notified?! You posted in this thread: https://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/33327-so-noah-hawley-is-creating-an-alien-tv-series/ Quote Or is it my Cremerits again? Cremeritis is when you post news or a trailer into a thread without bothering to look at the thread you're posting into and realize that this news or trailer is already there, and the most recent posts in the thread are already discussing it. It can be seen as having an attitude of "I personally have discovered something cool so I will immediately share it, there's no possible way it's already being discussed, I won't even check" when the same person does it frequently. It has nothing to do with forgetting things you once knew. That's just a thing that happens sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Still, with Hawley at the helm, the TV series has the potential to wipe the floor with Ridley Scott's Prometheus series. The only drawback that I can see is that it takes place on Earth. Evanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 Alien TV Series Will Grounded In the Cinematic Universe With Ridley Scott 'Very Involved' In Its Production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,345 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 On 12/10/2020 at 7:07 PM, Q said: Saw Alien TV series, interest piqued. Noticed Ridley Scott's "very involved", interest tempered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,432 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 48 minutes ago, Jay said: Cinematic Universe sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Probably an unpopular opinion but I'm happy to have a "cinematic universe" for Alien if it means we get both Alien 5 with Ripley and a trilogy-closing chapter of David's character from Scott. The latter seems highly unlikely but I'd really like to see how that narrative ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,711 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 I'd think this show would have to be about more than the "Aliens". I'd personally find a series set in that universe, that didn't revolve around the Xenomorphs, to be more interesting. The Xeno's are like the Borg, the more we see of them the less scary they are. They really haven't been that interesting since Aliens IMO. In any event, find a list of every marginally successful FOX property, especially one that conjures up even a hint of nostalgia, and you can bet Disney is looking at reviving, rebooting, or reimagining it. A24 and GerateWohl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 Ridley Scott Says FX’s ‘Alien’ TV Series Will ‘Never Be as Good’ as His 1979 Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2021 The obvious rejoinder is that he himself couldn't make one as good as the original either. Taikomochi, Arpy and Holko 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 rejoinder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 a sharp reply, a comeback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 Interesting, never seen that word before. I learned something today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,513 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Jay said: Ridley Scott Says FX’s ‘Alien’ TV Series Will ‘Never Be as Good’ as His 1979 Original To quote Mandy Rice Davies: "Well, he would, wouldn't he?". Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Prometheus and Covenant were silly films. Scott needs to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Quote Ridley Scott (non-verbatim): Prometheus made $404 million at the global box-office and it had no alien. Covenant made $204 million at the global box-office even though it had an alien. This shows that people are tired of the alien. Hmm, I thought this showed people didn't like Prometheus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Well, it's not necessarily the creature itself that is at the core of those films problems and audience reception. Alien (1979) was more than just the creature, it was the atmosphere, the sci-fi get-up and the survival horror aspect too. Prometheus and Covenant took the creatures and demystified their origins, taking elements that are better left to our imaginations. The question of where the space jockey and the ship originated, or where the alien eggs came from don't need answers, they were merely elements used as a backdrop for the story. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Must.......control......myself...... Naïve Old Fart, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Evanus 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Arpy said: Well, it's not necessarily the creature itself that is at the core of those films problems and audience reception. Alien (1979) was more than just the creature, it was the atmosphere, the sci-fi get-up and the survival horror aspect too. Prometheus and Covenant took the creatures and demystified their origins, taking elements that are better left to our imaginations. The question of where the space jockey and the ship originated, or where the alien eggs came from don't need answers, they were merely elements used as a backdrop for the story. That's why I said the problem was Prometheus, not the alien. It's why only half of the public returned to see Covenant. Whether it's because of the demystifying element or because of people not liking the movie is up for debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,513 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I agree with @Arpy, although the demystifying of the aliens started when Cameron turned them into action figures. ALIEN³ attempted to redress the balance, but ALIEN RESSURECTION just gave up, and had them as objects almost of fun. What AVP, and AVP-R are, is anyone's guess. I like COVENANT, and I really like PROMETHEUS, so much so that I shelled-out to see it twice at the cinema - and in 3D both times, no less! The story can have only one ending. Let's hope that Scott and co. make it a good one. Evanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: ... although the demystifying of the aliens started when Cameron turned them into action figures. ALIEN³ attempted to redress the balance, This indicates that the demystifying aspect doesn't matter, which is exactly what I tend to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,432 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 It's ridiculous to compare any Alien sequel, whether it's on TV or cinema, with the first one. It's like a soccer team hiring a promising young player and the coach says: "Yeah, you're good but you're never going to be as good as Pelé and Maradona". When you're compared with a thing that is considered "one of the best of all time", of course you're going to be behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Thor said: Must.......control......myself...... Your avatar and comments are in perfect sync at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Sad that Scott doesn't give the show a chance. It looks like a cheap move to make people talk about him while promoting his The Last Duel, I'm kind of bored by those moves Anyway it's obvious that it's very unlikely to do better than the original (how can one do better than perfection?) but still this show could turn out to be a real pleasure as some of the sequels have been by the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 12 hours ago, May the Force be with You said: Sad that Scott doesn't give the show a chance. Especially when you know he's the executive producer of the TV series' pilot. Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 Hawley on the Alien show: Quote It's going great. It's going slowly, unfortunately, given the scale of it. I've made a certain business out of reinvention. Alien is a fascinating story because it's not just a monster movie; it’s about how we're trapped between the primordial past and the artificial intelligence of our future, where both trying to kill us. It’s set on Earth of the future. At this moment, I describe that as Edison versus Westinghouse versus Tesla. Someone’s going to monopolize electricity. We just don't know which one it is. In the movies, we have this Weyland-Yutani Corporation, which is clearly also developing artificial intelligence—but what if there are other companies trying to look at immortality in a different way, with cyborg enhancements or transhuman downloads? Which of those technologies is going to win? It’s ultimately a classic science fiction question: does humanity deserve to survive? As Sigourney Weaver said in that second movie, “I don't know which species is worse. At least they don't fuck each other over for a percentage.” Even if the show was 60% of the best horror action on the planet, there's still 40% where we have to ask, “What are we talking about it, beneath it all?” Thematically, it has to be interesting. It’s humbling to get to play with the iconography of this world. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a38591125/noah-hawley-anthem-alien-fargo-interview/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Yup, read it on FSM a couple of days ago. This is probably the one "cultural product" I look forward to the most at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Interesting quote on Hawley there but... uhh, that sounds more in the realm of what Scott was exploring in Prometheus/Covenant with David than anything in the original Alien films. Blade Runner too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I like that direction, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Just don't like the idea of Aliens roaming around in New York or any other earthly setting. Feels so TV-ish, or worse, B movie-ish like Alien vs. Predator: Requiem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, AC1 said: Just don't like the idea of Aliens roaming around in New York or any earthly setting. Feels so TV-ish, or worse, B movie-ish like Alien vs. Predator: Requiem. REQUIEM has grown on me in recent years. That scene when the xeno enters the kitchen is so traumatic, it has appeared in many of my nightmares. So there are definitely benefits to that approach. But I think this is not going to be some gung-ho series with the creature roaming about the city, PREDATOR 2-style, but more cerebral and contained. At least I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 Update: 5 scripts are written, it will take place 70 years from now, and won't begin shooting until 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Noah Hawley has delivered all of the scripts for his series and shooting will begin next year. rough cut and LSH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now