Predators – Blu Ray and DVD details and pre-orders

Predators hits UK Blu Ray and DVD on Novermber 1st.

The 3-Disc Blu Ray can be pre-ordered herefor just £17.99, and features the film in Blu Ray, DVD and digital versions, with the following special features:

• Commentary by Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal
• Tactics of War: Featurette
• Fox Movie Channel Presents Making A Scene
• Motion Comics
• Deleted & Extended Scenes
• Evolution of the Species: Predator Reborn
• The Chosen: Character Featurette

The 2-Disc DVD is just £12.93 here, and features:

• Commentary by Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal
• Tactics of War: Featurette
• Fox Movie Channel Presents Making A Scene
• Theatrical Trailer

Alien Anthology Blu Ray – Full specs & pre-order here

Alien Anthology

The Alien Anthology Blu Ray is due for release on 25th October, and is now available to pre-order here for a bargain £37.49.

A full run-down of the features is below, but for me personally the most exciting bits are the Alien 3 Workprint, with newly restored audio, and the Alien 3 documentary Wreckage and Rage, which is not only now uncut (the DVD version was heavily cut before release) but also extended with new footage. Can’t wait!

Full contents are as follows:
6 x BD Discs:
• 4 film discs
• Two versions of each movie (Directors Cut or Special Edition & Theatrical Version) in High Definition, plus commentaries
• 2 discs of Bonus Material
• Over 60 hours of extra features, including every piece of bonus material ever released
• Including over 4 hours of NEVER BEFORE SEEN content
• New MU-TH-UR Mode, a fully interactive companion takes the extensive materials in the ALIEN ANTHOLOGY and puts them in the user’s hand – connecting fans to special features on all six discs and instantly providing an index of all available ALIEN content.

Special Features
DISC ONE: ALIEN
• 1979 Theatrical Version
• 2003 Director’s Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction
• Audio Commentary by Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O’Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
• Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott
• Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
• Composer’s Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

DISC TWO: ALIENS
• 1986 Theatrical Version
• 1991 Special Edition with James Cameron Introduction
• Audio Commentary by Director James Cameron, Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Alien Effects Creator Stan Winston, Visual Effects Supervisors Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak, Miniature Effects Supervisor Pat McClung, Actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Christopher Henn
• Final Theatrical Isolated Score by James Horner
• Composer’s Original Isolated Score by James Horner
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

DISC THREE: ALIEN3
• 1992 Theatrical Version
• 2003 Special Edition (Restored Workprint Version)
• Audio Commentary by Cinematographer Alex Thomson, B.S.C., Editor Terry Rawlings, Alien Effects Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, A.S.C., Actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
• Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Elliot Goldenthal
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

DISC FOUR: ALIEN RESURRECTION
• 1997 Theatrical Version
• 2003 Special Edition with Jean-Pierre Jeunet Introduction
• Audio Commentary by Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Editor Hervé Schneid, A.C.E., Alien Effects Creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Supervisor Pitof, Conceptual Artist Sylvain Despretz, Actors Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser
• Final Theatrical Isolated Score by John Frizzell
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

DISC FIVE: MAKING THE ANTHOLOGY
In addition to over 12 hours of candid, in-depth documentaries, you now have the ability to go even deeper into Alien Anthology history with nearly five hours of additional video Enhancement Pods created exclusively for this collection, presenting behind-the-scenes footage, raw dailies and interview outtakes from all four films. At topical points in the documentaries, you may access these pods to enhance your experience, or watch them on their own from the separate Enhancement Pod index.

The Beast Within: Making ALIEN
• Star Beast: Developing the Story
• The Visualists: Direction and Design
• Truckers in Space: Casting
• Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978
• The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and Alien Planet
• The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design
• Future Tense: Editing and Music
• Outward Bound: Visual Effects
• A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film
• Enhancement Pods

Superior Firepower: Making ALIENS
• 57 Years Later: Continuing the Story
• Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction
• Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization
• This Time It’s War: Pinewood Studios, 1985
• The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action
• Bug Hunt: Creature Design
• Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien
• Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn • The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound
• The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects
• Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film
• Enhancement Pods

Wreckage and Rage: Making ALIEN3
• Development Hell: Concluding the Story
• Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward’s Vision
• Stasis Interrupted: David Fincher’s Vision
• Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger’s Redesign
• The Color of Blood: Pinewood Studios, 1991
• Adaptive Organism: Creature Design
• The Downward Spiral: Creative Differences
• Where the Sun Burns Cold: Fox Studios, L.A. 1992
• Optical Fury: Visual Effects
• Requiem for a Scream: Music, Editing and Sound
• Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film
• Enhancement Pods

One Step Beyond: Making ALIEN RESURRECTION
• From the Ashes: Reviving the Story
• French Twist: Direction and Design
• Under the Skin: Casting and Characterization
• Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996
• In the Zone: The Basketball Scene
• Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design
• Genetic Composition: Music
• Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery
• A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography
• Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film
• Enhancement Pods
• MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience to Access and Control Enhancement Pods

DISC SIX: THE ANTHOLOGY ARCHIVES
ALIEN • Pre-Production
• First Draft Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon
• Ridleygrams: Original Thumbnails and Notes
• Storyboard Archive
• The Art of Alien: Conceptual Art Portfolio
• Sigourney Weaver Screen Tests with Select Director Commentary
• Cast Portrait Gallery
• Production
• The Chestbuster: Multi-Angle Sequence with Commentary
• Video Graphics Gallery
• Production Image Galleries
• Continuity Polaroids
• The Sets of Alien
• H.R. Giger’s Workshop Gallery
• Post-Production and Aftermath
• Additional Deleted Scenes
• Image & Poster Galleries
• Experience in Terror
• Special Collector’s Edition LaserDisc Archive
• The Alien Legacy
• American Cinematheque: Ridley Scott Q&A
• Trailers & TV Spots

ALIENS
• Pre-Production
• Original Treatment by James Cameron
• Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Videomatics with Commentary
• Storyboard Archive
• The Art of Aliens: Image Galleries
• Cast Portrait Gallery
• Production
• Production Image Galleries
• Continuity Polaroids
• Weapons and Vehicles
• Stan Winston’s Workshop
• Colonial Marine Helmet Cameras
• Video Graphics Gallery
• Weyland-Yutani Inquest: Nostromo Dossiers
• Post-Production and Aftermath
• Deleted Scene: Burke Cocooned
• Deleted Scene Montage
• Image Galleries
• Special Collector’s Edition LaserDisc Archive
• Main Title Exploration
• Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright
• Trailers & TV Spots

ALIEN3
• Pre-Production
• Storyboard Archive
• The Art of Arceon
• The Art of Fiorina
• Production
• Furnace Construction: Time-Lapse Sequence
• EEV Bioscan: Multi-Angle Vignette with Commentary
• Production Image Galleries
• A.D.I.’s Workshop
• Post-Production and Aftermath
• Visual Effects Gallery
• Special Shoot: Promotional Photo Archive
• Alien3 Advance Featurette
• The Making of Alien3 Promotional Featurette
• Trailers & TV Spots

ALIEN RESURRECTION
• Pre-Production
• First Draft Screenplay by Joss Whedon
• Test Footage: A.D.I. Creature Shop with Commentary
• Test Footage: Costumes, Hair and Makeup
• Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Rehearsals
• Storyboard Archive
• The Marc Caro Portfolio: Character Designs
• The Art of Resurrection: Image Galleries
• Production
• Production Image Galleries
• A.D.I.’s Workshop
• Post-Production and Aftermath
• Visual Effects Gallery
• Special Shoot: Promotional Photo Archive
• HBO First Look: The Making of Alien Resurrection
• Alien Resurrection Promotional Featurette
• Trailers & TV Spots

ANTHOLOGY
• Two Versions of Alien Evolution
• The Alien Saga
• Patches and Logos Gallery
• Aliens 3D Attraction Scripts and Gallery
• Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection
• Parodies
• Dark Horse Cover Gallery
• Patches and Logos Gallery
• MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience

Site News – A new focus

So, Predators has been and gone, with respectable critical and box office success. It’s pretty inevitable that a sequel will follow.

In the meantime, our focus (and name) will shift to Ridley Scott’s Alien prequels, which are currently under full steam ahead development.

We’ll still bring you all the Predator-related news we spot, but for now our eyes are set firmly on Fox’s other scary alien franchise.

Alien Prequel – Lost in space?

Now this IS interesting…

According to Deadline, Lost’s Damon Lindelof has been signed up to do some re-write work on Jon Spaihts’ script for Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel movie(s).

In addition to the Alien work, Deadline reports that Scott and Lindelof’s meeting resulted in an idea for an stand-alone sci-fi film, that may also see the light of day as a seperate project.

Predators – Sequel looks likely

After being released to generally positive reviews, and respectable box office, it seems that Fox’s gamble on a mid-budget Predators film has paid off, as IGN reports, according to producer Robert Rodriguez, they are now likely to request another chapter.

Speaking at Comic-Con, Rodriguez said:

[The studio] said, ‘Let’s do some other ones. What other story ideas do you have?’ Because it was like, let’s test out the market with this one. They really wanted it to be pretty contained, pretty scaled-back. They didn’t want to put too many of the ideas into it that we could save for a second one. So we could see what the appetite was, because the bigger movie would actually be what comes following that. That kind of sets up a new storyline, new location and world, and then you can really go crazy from there.

Rodriguez says the next step it to now work with writers to to flesh out the ideas he currently has. Considering the quick turn-around for the current film, it might not be too long before we get Predators 2

Predators – The reviews are in…

Predators

Predators is now out in the wild.

The weekend box office was respectable, but not stellar – perhaps potential viewers had been put off by the atrocious AvP movies that preceded it…

Anyway, reviews around the net, as well as in print, were generally positive.

According to Massawyrm at Ain’t It Cool News:

… it is the sequel that the original PREDATOR always deserved. It is faithful, fun, loud and hits every note that you want out of a PREDATOR film. More importantly, it is without a doubt the very best PREDATOR sequel thus made, one that will make you completely forget that the property was nearly buttfucked into oblivion by the unholy pairing of it with the ALIEN series …

Awesome summer fun, this is the film that will wash the taste of the AVP series out of your mouth and remind you why you dug this series so much in the first place…

Capone on AICN also had fun:

I thought this fairly faithful sequel to the original PREDATOR got the job done, and I had a blast watching a group of seriously talented and fun actors get put through the paces on a game preserve planet being hunted by a handful of predator creatures…

My only complaint was that I would have liked a few more surprises in terms of who lives and dies. It’s pretty clear from the first 10 minutes who’s going to make it to the end of the film and perhaps live to fight more predators in a possible sequel.

The team at CHUD were all pretty much in agreement in their review:

an adrenaline-fueled action film that has more than enough dismemberments, explosions, and f-bombs, with ample artillery, sweat, and masculine posturing to be a memorable night out during a truly drab summer…

Predators is the ultimate fan flick, except it’s been made by pros. The concept is threadbare, extremely so for a major motion picture. The idea is that of a child’s with a handful of toys thinking of the quickest way to get down to business. It’s even more raw and basic than the plot of the first Predator. Tough guys sent to an alien world to be hunted by the fan favorite monster. Without a one stop shop like Robert Rodriguez pulling the strings something like this could never get past the focus group studio mentality of today…

Meanwhile, according to the folks at Empire Magazine:

A solidly okay Saturday night effort, but unambitious considering the talent involved. Maybe Rodriguez should direct Predator Resurrection, but get a science fiction writer to script it.

So, what did you think? Share your thoughts below…

Site News – back in a few days

We’re taking a break for week, so there may or may not be any updates.

We’ll be back next week with a full update of everything that’s happened while we’ve been away.

Predators – International trailer revealed

Apologies for the lack of updates lately – real life took over somewhat for a few days.

However, we are back with news of an excellent international trailer for Predators that has hit the web:

Predators stars Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo and Walton Goggins. Directed by Nimrod Antal and produced by Robert Rodriguez, the film is scheduled for release in July 2010

Predators – John Debney’s score previewed

There’s a new video out showing the Predators scoring sessions taking place with composer John Debney. You can check it out below.

Predators stars Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo and Walton Goggins. Directed by Nimrod Antal and produced by Robert Rodriguez, the film is scheduled for release in July 2010

Predators – New international posters released

Predators

Apologies for the lack of recent updates – it’s been a busy few days here, but now we’re back.

Thanks to badtaste.it and screenweek.it, we have a selection of new international posters for Predators.

Predators stars Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo and Walton Goggins. Directed by Nimrod Antal and produced by Robert Rodriguez, the film is scheduled for release in July 2010