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 The Alien Saga

1. Alien

2. Aliens

  3. Alien 3

4. Alien Resurrection

5. Aliens vs Predator 

 6. Aliens vs Predator : Requiem 

 7. Prometheus

8. Alien: Covenant
 
9. Alien 5

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Other Alien blogs, forums and sites to explore:

 AVPGalaxy.net 
 Propsummit.com
TheRealCharlesLippincott.blogspot.co.uk
Dennis Lowe's website 
Martin Bower's Model World 
Monsterlegacy.blogspot.co.uk. 
thenostromofiles.com
retrocosm.net 
 www.avpcentral.com
Strange Shapes 
Weyland Yutani Archives
L'AnimaDelMostro.blogspot.com
runesoup.com
 
& my exploratory Alien fan art and ideas site,
 Alien Predalien Ad Infinitum
and my other site just about my own other thoughts
The Wmmvrrvrrmm blog  

Alien

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Conceiving the story

Pre-Production 

Production Begins

Making the Movie

Afterthoughts

Echoes

Production Timeline

 Film released 

Resources

Aliens

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Making Aliens

The Creature Department

Costumes

Timeline: Production November 1985 

Afterthoughts

Alien 3

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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 takes up the role of director

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) A stunt Ripley

c) Animatronic puppet for Charles Dance being slain by the alien

d) Pair of mummies

e) Sigourney Weaver plaster cast 'life mask' 

f) Blueprints

g) Creature props, artwork etc

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

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

g.iii) Baby alien queen prop

g.iv) ¼ scale three-piece production casting of the Alien
g.v) Alien 3 Rod Puppet Maquette original production material
g.vi) Dogburster hero animatronic puppet original movie prop
g.vii) Dogburster Head cast original production material
g.viii) Dog Burster Paint Reference Prototype Head  

g.ix) Ox "bambi burster" head 

g.x) Alien creature reference model 

g.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 Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner via 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 

Aliens Vs Predator

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Pre-production

 
See: The Development of Peter Briggs' AvP script

 
See: Constantine Sekeris sketches for alien lifeforms

 

See: John Fasano's Pred-Alien sketch  

 

 

  Making the movie

See: Paul W. S. Anderson comes on board

 

See: Patrick Tatopoulos's concept work for alien lifeforms

 

See: Ron Shusett and Dan O'Bannon's involvement 

 

See: Various alien maquettes

 

See: Aliens as used in the film 

 

Props 

See: Grid Alien (Tom Woodruff Jr.) Creature Costume  

Afterthoughts

See: Aliens In A Puzzle Box Pyramid

See: Von Däniken concepts in Alien vs Predator

See: Aztec architecture influenced by Predators

See: Borrowed from the Alien saga 

 

See: Peter Briggs watched Paul Anderson's film

 

See: Sigourney Weaver vs Alien vs Predator 

 

See: Borrowed from Jack Kirby's The Eternals #19

 

Alien Resurrection

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Pre-production
Reviving the Alien Franchise
Whedon writes the Alien Resurrection script
Whedon injects vampiric blood into the script
Calling Sigourney
Winona Ryder cast as Annalee Call
Other directors considered for Alien Resurrection

  Choosing a director  Jean-Jacques Beineix was considered for director  Marco Brambilla (mentioned in the Irish Times)  Anthony Waller (mentioned in the Irish Times)  Terry Gilliam was offered an Alien sequel  Matthieu Kassovitz was considered  Peter Jackson was asked to direct  Danny Boyle almost directed  Paul W Anderson almost directed  David Cronenberg was asked to direct 

Production Crew
Darius Khondji

Making the movie
 Signing Jeunet on
No Marc Caro alien
Inspired by Francis Bacon

The God Light 
Nigel Phelp's Auriga "crucifix ship"
Designing the final Auriga  
Oiling the alien to death

Jeunet's life in Beverly Hills Helmut Newton visited the set and photographed Sigourney Weaver 

Creature and SFX department
The Newborn
ADI's Newborn Rod Puppet
Swimming Aliens

Alien beast CGI 

The Newborn skull casting hard copy (original production material) 

The Viper Pit / Nest 
Citadel Miniatures's Plague Elemental inspire the Newborn?
Alien Stunt Head Prop (Genuine?)
Dr Wren (J.E. Freeman) Animatronic Bust 

Costumes
DiStephano's costume
Vriess' costume
Hillard's costume
Christie's costume
Auriga crew costume 

Concept Artists
Sylvain Despretz
Chris Cunningham / Halls
Steve Wang
Jordu Schell
Arthur Lee
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Giger's responses to the issue of his credit in the film
 Giger's letter to 20th C Fox no.1 (November 13th 1997)
Giger's letter to 20th C Fox no.2 (December 19th 1997)

 

Afterthoughts
 Jan Kounen and the alien
Dark Horse Alien comics influence
Homage to Ken Russell's "Mahler"?
Sex in space
Ripley - Call: A lesbian relationship?  
Alien Warrior by Arthur Lee (painted by Daniel Brodzik?) references:
a. Master Francke's Resurrection of Christ (1424) ? 
b. "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1907) by Pablo Picasso?  
c) Vaughan's tattoo in David Cronenberg's Crash?
 

Echoes from Alien Resurrection
Chris Cunningham's "Africa Shox" music video.
Alien Resurrection inspires Pitof's Vidocq
Creature-Effect's alien mutant


Resources
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Alien 5: Red Harvest (Unmade)

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See: Sigourney's dream of continuation

See: Neil Blomkamp and Alien 5

See: Carlos Huante's alien drone concepts

See: Farzad Vrahramyans genetically altered alien concepts
 
See: ADI alien maquette