Vincenzo Natali

a) Vincenzo Natali was growing up when Alien came out and it meant a lot to him to know as much about it as possible before he finally got to see it

(SEE: Vincenzo Natali and the Alien)

b) He was said to have been planning to direct an Alien movie but it never came into being

(SEE: Sigourney's Dreams of continuing Alien)

c) One of his major concepts, people trapped in a puzzle box environment from his own films appeared to be absorbed into the Alien vs Predator movie.

(SEE: Aliens in puzzle box pyramid)

d) See: Splice: Early concept drawing of Dren (2000) by Vincenzo Natali
Exploring possibilities of artwork that was referenced one way or another.

e) See: Splice: Early mutant concept drawing (2000) by Vincenzo Natali 
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 f) See Early mutant concept drawing (2000) by Vincenzo Natali for Splice (2009)

Exploring possibilities of artwork that was referenced one way or another.

g) When the movie Splice came out in 2009, Vincenzo Natali was able to openly acknowledge what influence the Alien movies had on the film.

(SEE: Splice/Alien comparisons)

g) In 2014, Vincenzo went on to direct the first seven episodes of season 3 of Hannibal. The "Stagenstein sequence" from episode 2 displayed some similarities to the Alien as a Box sequence seen in the Alien: Illustrated Story by Walter Simonson.

(SEE: Vincenzo Natali's Stagenstein sequence from Hannibal season 3, episode 2 )