Alien: Romulus
Summer Box Office Avoids Major Disaster as Domestic Revenue Falls Just 10 Percent
The numbers are in — domestic revenue for the 2024 summer box office hit an estimated $3.67 billion, down 10.3 percent over 2023, according to final numbers issued Tuesday by Comscore. As counterintuitive as it may seem, Hollywood studio executives and theater owners aren’t panicking. They were experiencing far different emotions at the end of […]
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How Did ‘Alien: Romulus’ Create Its Most Controversial Character?
[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Alien: Romulus.] For sci-fans of a certain age, it was the surprise of the summer. That would be the reappearance of Ian Holm as a “synthetic” android in Alien: Romulus, a secret held back from the film’s marketing and even its San Diego Comic-Con panel. As Holm died […]
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‘Alien: Romulus’ Director Fede Álvarez on That Surprise Character: “It Was Unfair That the Likeness Was Never Used Again”
[This story contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus.] Alien: Romulus filmmaker Fede Álvarez has another hit on his hands. On top of a global opening weekend of $110 million, the Uruguayan writer-director’s ninth installment in the Alien franchise has critics and audiences in increasingly rare alignment, as Romulus boasts the third-highest marks behind 1979’s Alien and […]
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‘Emily in Paris’ Arrives in L.A., ‘Alien’ Returns With ‘Romulus’ and This Week’s Best Events
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Emily in Paris, Alien: Romulus, Bad Monkey and The Union. D23 Disney held its signature D23 fan event in Anaheim over the weekend, showcasing its upcoming TV and film projects and theme park updates, as well as […]
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“Rebooting” Edinburgh: Director Paul Ridd Hopes to Take Film Festival to the Big Leagues
It’s that time of the year again: Edinburgh has come alive. With three different festivals taking over the Scottish capital for the month of August (Film, TV and, of course, the Fringe), the city is bursting at the seams with creativity. That’s what the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) director Paul Ridd hopes, anyway. […]
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‘Alien: Romulus’ Review: Cailee Spaeny Is Compelling in a Flawed but Pulse-Pounding Homage to the Franchise’s Origins
David Jonsson, Archie Renaux and Isabela Merced also star in Fede Alvarez’s sci-fi/horror installment, set between the events of Ridley Scott’s original and James Cameron’s sequel.
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Ridley Scott Was “Hugely Relieved” When First Watching ‘Alien: Romulus,’ but Gave Notes That Made Fede Álvarez “Punch the Door”
After directing the first Alien film in 1979 and then returning for 2012’s Prometheus and 2017’s Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott has now passed the baton to Fede Álvarez for Alien: Romulus — while still giving a few notes. At the Romulus premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, Scott — who is a producer on the […]
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‘Alien: Romulus’: First Reactions After the Premiere
Fede Álvarez’s hotly anticipated Alien: Romulus was finally revealed to the public Monday night after the 20th Century Studios film held its world premiere in Los Angeles, and the first reactions have already hit social media. The eighth installment in the long-running Alien franchise is set between the events of Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien and […]
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James Cameron Talks ‘Avatar,’ ‘Alien: Romulus’ and Whales in Spicy Chat: “Damn Right I’m Overbearing”
"Yes, I'm 'overbearing.' Damn right!"
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Comic-Con: ‘Alien: Romulus’ Face-Hugs Hall H With Chest-Bursting Footage, Giveaways
When you don’t have star power or a massive superhero movie to show off in San Diego Comic-Con’s highly-visible Hall H, you have to get creative. And Disney and its 20th Century Studios division did just that for its Alien: Romulus panel. A little theatrics — red strobe lights followed by a gurgling man stumbling […]
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The Best Movie Sequels of the Past 20 Years
Since the 1980s, sequels have become a Hollywood infrastructure — and public opinion on their pop-cultural and artistic value has shifted. No longer were sequels just quasi-remakes with few returning faces and significantly cheaper budgets, but events that studios could promote as highlights of their yearly slates. That’s not to say sequels gained favor overnight […]
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Cailee Spaeny Talks ‘Civil War,’ Taylor Swift’s ‘Mare of Easttown’ Fandom and Manifesting ‘Matrix 5’
If Civil War star Cailee Spaeny isn’t already on every casting shortlist in town, then her 2024 is about to etch her name in stone. Coming off of her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Priscilla Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, the Missouri native returns to the big screen with another critically acclaimed A24 film in Alex […]
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