Filmmaker Fede Álvarez took the CGI-led Alien franchise to another level in the latest installment of the science-fiction-horror film. While Ridley Scott was known for executing impeccable VFX in the 1979 original series, Fede used a real-life 7 feet 7 inches tall human giant for a crucial scene in Alien: Romulus. Alien: Romulus used a 7 feet 7 inches tall …
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Forty-five years after “Alien” launched horror into space, little hasn’t been analyzed about its hissing xenomorphs, face-huggers or the lingering untrustworthiness of “synthetic persons.” These recycle endlessly through a franchise that is ever expanding, like space itself, but the metaphorical power of the 1979 original and its 1986 sequel, “Aliens,” still inspire appreciative analyses all these decades later. “Romulus” is …
Ever since Disney's recent acquisition of 20th Century Fox, the future of the Alien franchise has been thrown into question. Fast facts about Alien: Romulus What: A team of scavengers hit a deserted space station, only to discover they're in an Alien movie Starring: Cailee Spaeny, David Johnsson, Archie Renaux Directed by: Fede Álvarez When: In cinemas now Likely to …
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