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Happy Alien Day! For those not in the know, today is that day we celebrate the release of the first Alien film, and this year it’s special, not just because it’s the 4th annual Alien Day but it’s also the 40th Anniversary of the film’s release back in 1979! What better way to celebrate than with sharing some interesting trivia relating to the films. Warning, there may some spoilers ahead. The film series was originally going to be called Star Beast When production staff first met H.R. Giger to see if he would be perfect for the project, he offered them drugs. The members declined but asked Giger why he has them and he said it helped “Keep the nightmares away.”, the crew members knew right there he was perfect for the job. This leads to the following bit of info… H.R. Giger suffered from severe night terrors; he then took what he saw in his dreams and made them
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Fans of Ridley Scott‘s iconic 1979 classic Alien will soon be able to celebrate the 4th annual Alien Day which will mark the film’s 40th Anniversary on Friday, April 26th. Leading up to the 24-hour celebration, the next two weeks features events, Blu-ray rereleases and a cornucopia of content released online. So, what can fans look forward to? “Over the next two weeks, fans can continue to experience the Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts (review), a series of frightening new narratives from six emerging filmmakers selected from over 550 entries through a 20th Century Fox partnership with creator community Tongal. These terrifying tales have been shocking viewers on IGN since the first short debuted on March 29th, and the final two thrillers – ALIEN: Alone and ALIEN: Harvest – will be unearthed on Alien Day, April 26th. Descending into orbit on April 23rd is the ALIEN 40th ANNIVERSARY 4K ULTRA HD®, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and available for
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One of the most ground-breaking sci-fi horror films ever made is Ridley Scott’s iconic Alien. To celebrate the 40th anniversary and the 4K re-release Alien will return in cinemas across the US on March 1st via Park Circus. To help celebrate, we have ‘Alien by Numbers‘, some little known facts about the epic film that might surprise you. A L I E N by Numbers 3 Words – That sold the script to the studio: “Jaws in space” 3 Hours 12 Minutes – The duration of the original cut of the film 4 Cats – The number of cats that played Jonesy in the film 4 Minutes – The full-screen time of the Xenomorph 5 Directors – That were considered before they found Ridley Scott 7 Feet 2 Inches – The height of Bolaji Badejo in his one and only role-playing the titular monster 26 Feet – The height of the Space Jockey prop 130 Eggs – The number of
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Happy Alien Day! For those not in the know, today is that day we celebrate the release of the first Alien film, and this year it’s special, not just because it’s the 4th annual Alien Day but it’s also the 40th Anniversary of the film’s release back in 1979! What better way to celebrate than with sharing some interesting trivia relating to the films. Warning, there may some spoilers ahead. The film series was originally going to be called Star Beast When production staff first met H.R. Giger to see if he would be perfect for the project, he offered them drugs. The members declined but asked Giger why he has them and he said it helped “Keep the nightmares away.”, the crew members knew right there he was perfect for the job. This leads to the following bit of info… H.R. Giger suffered from severe night terrors; he then took what he saw in his dreams and made them
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Fans of Ridley Scott‘s iconic 1979 classic Alien will soon be able to celebrate the 4th annual Alien Day which will mark the film’s 40th Anniversary on Friday, April 26th. Leading up to the 24-hour celebration, the next two weeks features events, Blu-ray rereleases and a cornucopia of content released online. So, what can fans look forward to? “Over the next two weeks, fans can continue to experience the Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts (review), a series of frightening new narratives from six emerging filmmakers selected from over 550 entries through a 20th Century Fox partnership with creator community Tongal. These terrifying tales have been shocking viewers on IGN since the first short debuted on March 29th, and the final two thrillers – ALIEN: Alone and ALIEN: Harvest – will be unearthed on Alien Day, April 26th. Descending into orbit on April 23rd is the ALIEN 40th ANNIVERSARY 4K ULTRA HD®, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and available for
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MoviesNewsTrailers
One of the most ground-breaking sci-fi horror films ever made is Ridley Scott’s iconic Alien. To celebrate the 40th anniversary and the 4K re-release Alien will return in cinemas across the US on March 1st via Park Circus. To help celebrate, we have ‘Alien by Numbers‘, some little known facts about the epic film that might surprise you. A L I E N by Numbers 3 Words – That sold the script to the studio: “Jaws in space” 3 Hours 12 Minutes – The duration of the original cut of the film 4 Cats – The number of cats that played Jonesy in the film 4 Minutes – The full-screen time of the Xenomorph 5 Directors – That were considered before they found Ridley Scott 7 Feet 2 Inches – The height of Bolaji Badejo in his one and only role-playing the titular monster 26 Feet – The height of the Space Jockey prop 130 Eggs – The number of
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