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Making of Alien3

Scriptwriters and directors

a) First plans

b) Clive Barker asked to scriptwrite

c) William Gibson works on a script

d) Renny Harlin attempts to make Alien 3

e) Vincent Ward attempts to make Alien 3

f) David Fincher (to come)

g) Haven't a clue about Bishop 2

h) Alien 3 timeline: production etc

The Creature department
a) Gillis and Woodruff get the job

b) Gillis and Woodruff see signs of Fincher's fighting spirit

Alien Life Forms

a) Giger's Alien lifeforms

a.i) Alien 3 beast version 1

a.ii) Alien 3 beast version 2

a.iii) Bambi-burster

a.iv) Super Face-Hugger

b) ADI's Alien Life Form

b.i) Dog alien

b.ii) Cocoon

b.iii) Super Face-Hugger

b.iv) Bambi Burster from an ox

Production materials

a) Cpl. Dwayne Hicks's Dead Body

b) Pair of mummies

c) Sigourney Weaver plaster cast 'life mask'

d) Blueprints

e) Creature props, artwork etc

e.i) Alec Gillis' concept art (Face Hugger and Dog Burster)

e.ii) Early mockup of the Alien beast puppet<

e.iii) Baby alien queen prop

e.iv) ¼ scale three-piece production casting of the Alien
e.v) Alien 3 Rod Puppet Maquette original production material
e.vi) Dogburster hero animatronic puppet original movie prop
e.vii) Dogburster Head cast original production material
e.viii) Dog Burster Paint Reference Prototype Head
e.ix) Ox "bambi burster" head
e.x) Alien creature reference model

e.xi) Gino Acevedos alien painting guide

Costumes

a) Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) prison uniform
b) Morse's (Danny Webb) hooded overcoat
c) Kevin's (Phil Davis) costume
d) Eric's (Niall Buggy) costume
e) Dillon's (Charles Dutton) costume
f) William's (Clive Mantle) costume
g) Arthur's (Deobia Oparei) costume

h) Aaron's (Ralph Brown) costume after explosion

i) Other Prisoner Costume

Afterthoughts

a) The end of Ripley?

b) Sigourney Weaver photographed by Helmut Newton

c) The Shadow of the Sphinx

d) Alien Beast partly inspired by HR Giger's New York city paintings?

e) Alien beast partly inspired by Poltergeist 2 creature designs?

f) The Beginning of the film

g) Curious similarities to Lars Von Trier's Element of Crime

h) Parallels with Koji Suzuki's novel Ring

i) Theatrical cut as a portent of the next Alien director

j) Stephen King seen watching Alien 3

k) Chris Nolan on Alien, Alien 3 and Blade Runner

l) Peter Briggs visits ADI in Pinewood

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