21 posts tagged ‘20th century fox films’
Noah Hawley's Alien Show Plans to Keep Things Simple
Gizmodo,
For the last few years now, all we’ve really known of Noah Hawley’s upcoming Alien show is exactly that, and that it’ll be more about the corporate side of the horror franchise. As a prequel, it’s got its work cut out for it, since it has to explain things, an issue the series has previously run into before with Promet… Read more...
Have we ever been as happy as Paul Giamatti reminiscing about being an orangutan?
AV Club,
Paul Giamatti’s cinematic roles tend to land on the dour or frustrated side—something used to great effect in his latest critical success, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers. And yet, there’s also a deep capacity for sudden sparks of joy lurking underneath Giamatti’s performances, one we might previously have described… Read more...
A Star Wars Composer Walks Us Through Creating Music for a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Taking over the mantle from John Williams can be an intimidating task for anyone stepping into the role of composer within the Star Wars universe. After all, Star Wars wouldn’t be Star Wars without its iconic themes. But for Ryan Shore, who’s recently composed for a number of legacy franchises including Scooby-Doo, it… Read more...
The McCallisters in Home Alone are quite wealthy, obviously
The McCallisters—the fictional family from perennial Christmas favorite Home Alone (and the slightly less beloved Home Alone 2)—are members of the one percent, according to a new investigation from The New York Times. Located in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, their house sits in one of the most expensive… Read more...
The Phantom Menace Goes All the Way Retro In These New Star Wars Toys
Retro toys are a funny thing. When The Phantom Menace hit theaters, it did so alongside the firepower of a fully armed and operational action figure line that represented a huge generational leap from the Star Wars toys that changed the movie industry two decades prior. And yet now in the present, nearly 25 years… Read more...
Watch James Cameron Film an Actual Jet in This True Lies Clip
This week True Lies, along with several other James Cameron films, is being released on 4K for the first time. Unlike Titanic, Aliens, and Avatar though, True Lies (like The Abyss) hasn’t been on physical media since DVD. It literally got remade on TV before getting a proper, high-definition release. Read more...
We Finally Know When the New Alien Movie Takes Place
When Ellen Ripley said “Get away from her, you bitch,” she apparently wasn’t talking about the latest Alien movie. Turns out, Fede Alvarez’s 2024 Alien movie is actually much, much closer to the originals than anyone could’ve guessed. Read more...
Timothy Olyphant might be some kind of android in Noah Hawley’s Alien show
It’s been years since we first heard about the Alien TV show that Fargo’s Noah Hawley was working on for FX, and details about the project have been harder to find than a trustworthy Weyland-Yutani employee since then. Until now! Some vague details about the Alien show have now burst forth from our collective… Read more...