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In this age of streaming entertainment, viewers' criteria for what qualifies as a multiplex-worthy movie has changed dramatically. Generally, a film has to be a four-quadrant tentpole or a family-friendly animated piffle (preferably with a toy or video game tie-in) to get people out of their houses. Comedies are no longer a safe play, nor are adult-skewing dramas. Small-scale films in general are typically viewed on the couch as a second-screen distraction. Horror movies, however, are typically an exception.

Whether they're big studio productions like "Nosferatu," "A Quiet Place: Day One," and "Alien: Romulus," or more modestly scaled indie efforts like "Longlegs," "Terrifier 3," and "Talk to Me," moviegoers (mostly of the younger variety) will show up on opening weekend provided the hook is well-baited. They don't need stars, and they certainly don't need ecstatic early word from critics (lamentably); all they desire are a few good scares, some creepy atmosphere,...

Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and now Deadpool & Wolverine. These are some of the fantastic Marvel Cinematic Universe productions with exquisite visual effects, that have not been nominated for Best Visual Effects Oscars in their respective years.

Even before the Academy Awards ceremony occurs on March 2, any hopes that the MCU could snatch up its first Oscar in this category were crushed when Deadpool & Wolverine failed to receive a Visual Effects nod. The nominations went to Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Dune 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Wicked. Although Marvel Studios works with the best technical artists in the business, there is always top-notch competition every year, making their winless streak slightly justifiable. But this year does not particularly have one of the stronger lists of candidates.

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The recent rumor that the next Alien movie might be set to bring back Sigourney Weaver to play a de-aged Ellen Ripley was met with a mixture of excitement and trepidation from fans of the classic sci-fi horror franchise, but it seems we won't be seeing the iconic heroine in action again after all - at least, not in the Romulus sequel.

Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez responded on social media, stating that the report was "fun gossip. But not true at all."

Fun gossip. But not true at all.

— Fede Alvarez (@fedalvar) January 23, 2025

The filmmaker could simply be attempting to throw people off track here, but it seems unlikely. However, Daniel Richtman - who posted the original rumor - has also shared an update.

"I noticed some confusion about my recent post, so just to clarify: I wasn’t talking about the Alien: Romulus sequel. What I heard was...

When it comes to this year’s Oscar nominations, the love was spread across the distributor scoreboard, from legacy Hollywood studios and their specialty divisions, to streamers and maverick indie distributors.

Netflix walked away with the most of any individual distributor on Tuesday with a total of 16 nods after Emilia Pérez landed a spot in 13 categories, the most of any film this year and setting a new record for a non-English-language film. And it’s just one shy of the all-time record for any film (All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land each landed 14).

Next up on the Academy’s scorecard of top-nominated individual distributors was powerhouse A24 with 14, including 10 for The Brutalist. The movie, which swept the Golden Globes, will use its front-runner status as it continues to expand in theaters, where it has earned a promising $5.9 million despite only playing in several hundred cinemas to date.

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Director Fede Alvarez’s contribution to the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus (you can read our review Here), was a success – so it was no surprise to hear, just a couple of months after the film’s theatrical release, that 20th Century Studios was working with Alvarez to develop a sequel to the film. Now, Alvarez has had to address a rumor that Alien franchise heroine Ripley, who was played by Sigourney Weaver in the first four films, might return for the Alien: Romulus sequel.

The rumor started with industry scooper Daniel Richtman, who reported, “For the next Alien movie, they’re considering bringing back Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) using de-aging technology.” Alvarez quickly took to social media to debunk the rumor, writing, “Fun gossip. But not true at all.” So don’t expect to see a de-aged Ripley show up in the Alien: Romulus sequel.

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Another day, and another pernicious movie-related rumor has been making the rounds. This time, word began to buzz that 20th Century Studios was "considering" the idea of bringing back acclaimed actor and franchise star Sigourney Weaver to reprise her legendary role as Ellen Ripley in the still-unconfirmed sequel to "Alien: Romulus." This latest report came courtesy of scooper Daniel Richtman (also known by his social media handle DanielRPK) in a recent Patreon post exclusively available to subscribers, claiming that the powers that be were looking into the use of widely prevalent de-aging technology in order to make this version of Ripley period-accurate, as "Romulus" took place roughly 20 years after the events of the original "Alien" movie.

Well, consider this rumor squashed. No less an authority than "Romulus" director and co-writer Fede Álvarez confirmed as much in a post made on X (the website/app formerly and still popularly known as...

It’s a big day for the Alien franchise, with Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus officially receiving an Oscar nomination this morning for Best Visual Effects. But that wasn’t the only Alien news for today, as rumors began swirling earlier this afternoon that Alvarez and company are looking to bring Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley back to the screen for the sequel to Romulus.

The rumor originated from scooper Daniel Richtman. He writes, “For the next Alien movie, they’re considering bringing back Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) using de-aging technology.”

Is there any truth to the rumor? Well, Fede Alvarez himself has taken to Twitter to completely debunk the report. “Fun gossip,” he responds to the rumor. “But not true at all.”

We do know that Alvarez and co-writer Rodo Sayagues are indeed developing a sequel to Alien: Romulus, with the film expected to center on the two survivors of...

After delays due to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the 2025 Oscar nominees were finally announced. All the speculating and prognosticating has come to this moment, and now we transition from predicting who will be nominated to who will win. Emilia Pérez leads all nominees with 13 nominations, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 apiece.

For those at home who want to watch as many contenders as possible before the 97th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2, we’ve compiled a complete list of where to watch every nominated film. Many 2025 Oscar nominees are still in theaters, but most are available to stream. We’ll add more streaming or theatrical information as it becomes available, but here’s where to watch them.

Alien: Romulus

Director Fede Alvarez‘s extension of/homage to the Alien franchise is nominated for Best Visual Effects. It’s available to stream on Hulu.

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Thanks to Robert Eggers' vampire film "Nosferatu" and Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance," horror had a surprisingly strong showing at the 2025 Oscar nominations. But instead of resting on his laurels and high-fiving Bill Skarsgård for delivering a gruesomely fresh take on the horror icon Count Orlok, Eggers has already set his sights on a new movie, the excellently-named 13th century werewolf tale "Werwulf." Oh, and if that wasn't enough to keep him working for a while, Deadline reports that he's also now closed a deal with TriStar pictures to co-write and direct a sequel to "Labyrinth." 

The original 1986 "Labyrinth" is a marvel. The Jim Henson movie rolls out amazing sights and sounds as it tells us about Sarah's (Jennifer Connelly) quest to retrieve her brother (Toby Froud) from the clutches of Jareth the Goblin King. It's a creature fest, musical, fantasy film, and a bona fide classic -- and since Eggers...

“Emilia Pérez” and “Wicked” emerged January 23 as the two Oscar craft juggernauts, scoring seven nominations apiece and setting up a battle of the musicals at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2. This matches the seven craft nominations of last year’s eventual Best Picture winner “Oppenheimer.”

Jacques Audiard’s operatic thriller “Emilia Pérez” grabbed cinematography (Paul Guillaume), makeup and hairstyling, editing (Juliette Welfling), score (Clément Ducol and Camille), sound, and two original songs (“El Mal” by Clément Ducol and Camille and Audiard and “Mi Camino” by Camille and Ducol).

Jon M. Chu’s populist blockbuster “Wicked” captured costume design (Paul Tazewell), production design, makeup and hairstyling, editing (Myron Kerstein), sound, score (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz), and VFX.

Sharing four noms were “The Brutalist,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” and “Nosferatu.”

Brady Corbet’s post-Holocaust immigrant drama “The Brutalist” nabbed cinematography (Lol Crawley in retro VistaVision), production design, editing (David Jancso...

Robert Eggers reminds me of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power to finally, at long last, bring a sequel to Jim Henson‘s Labyrinth into the world! A day after announcing his Werwulf film project for Focus Features and Nosferatu coming to digital platforms, Robert Eggers confirms he’s writing and directing a Labyrinth sequel for TriStar Pictures. I am freaking the f**k out, friends. Labyrinth is one of my favorite films of all time, and the thought of Eggers taking the reins for a sequel to Jim Henson’s 1986 classic fantasy film is giving me life!

Plot details for Eggers’s Labyrinth sequel remain more mysterious than Jareth’s magnificent package, though sources say the film is a sequel, not a remake, to Henson’s timeless, puppet-populated masterpiece. Eggers will write the script with Sjón, his writing partner for 2022’s The Northman. The duo is...

We’re sorry, Marvel fans, but calling Deadpool & Wolverine’s Oscar shutout a “snub” might be pushing it. Sure, the movie brought the laughs, action, and Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman banter we all live for, but let’s be real, was it ever aiming for golden statues?

A still from Deadpool & Wolverine | Credits: Marvel Studios

The Oscars love groundbreaking, artsy, or jaw-dropping cinema, and while this flick delivered epic fun, it wasn’t exactly rewriting the rulebook.

Marvel’s crowd-pleaser misses the mark: Deadpool & Wolverine snubbed at the Oscars A still from Deadpool & Wolverine | Credits: Marvel Studios

Despite Marvel’s major 2024 box-office success with Deadpool & Wolverine, the Oscars weren’t feeling generous.

The 97th Academy Awards nominations dropped, and the Phase 5 blockbuster didn’t score a single nod – not even in Visual Effects, a category where it seemed like a shoo-in. Instead, Alien: Romulus, Better Man,...

The 2025 Oscar nominations have arrived. This year’s Academy Awards offer a few interesting firsts; Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón made history as the first trans actress to be nominated for Lead Actress, while Timothée Chalamet (our 2024 Film Performer of the Year) became the youngest two-time Lead Actor nominee since the one and only James Dean.

Other big winners include The Brutalist and audience favorite Wicked, which yielded nominations for both its stars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Elsewhere, a number of pleasant surprises (Nickel Boys in Best Picture!) and head-scratching snubs (the Challengers shutout) confirm that The Academy will always remain somewhat difficult to pin down.

As Oscar season officially hits full swing, we’ve rounded up where to find every film nominated at this year’s ceremony, from box office successes to tender documentaries and shorts. The winners of the 2025 Academy Awards will be announced on March 2nd,...

As fans of Free League Publishing’s Alien: The Roleplaying Game know, the developer is turning to Kickstarter for their upcoming Evolved Edition of the Ttrpg. They’ve now set a March 25 launch date for the campaign, which will include an updated and expanded Core Rulebook, an updated Starter Set, a new Cinematic scenario boxed set called “Rapture Protocol”, and a Miniatures Set.

Built upon feedback from the thousands of players over the five years since the initial edition launched, Alien: The Roleplaying Game Evolved Edition aims to deliver an updated and streamlined version of the Alien RPG fans know and love. The updated core rules include new artwork, new content, and a variety of new tools for players and Game Mothers alike, all fully compatible with previous releases and game material.

The new Evolved Edition includes:

A bold new look and feel to the Core Rulebook, with all new...

Alien: Romulus takes place between the events of Sir Ridley Scott's Alien and James Cameron's Aliens, a creative decision which opened the door to exciting cameos and world-building opportunities.

The movie cleverly brought back Ian Holm as the android Rook after the late actor previously played Ash in the 1979 classic. There was some controversy due to the use of CGI and AI, but longtime fans appreciated the connective tissue with what's come before.

Alien: Romulus ended with something of a cliffhanger and filmmaker Fede Álvarez is already hard at work on a sequel. According to insider Daniel Richtman (via SFFGazette.com), there are discussions about bringing back Sigourney Weaver's Ripley with de-aging technology.

Disney has mastered the ability to de-age actors - largely through MCU projects - so we've no doubt Weaver would look as badass as ever returning to her most iconic role.

There are several...

Both The Substance and Nosferatu have received a handful of major nominations for the Academy Awards, but they’re not the only horror movies getting recognition this year.

Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus has received a nomination for Best Visual Effects, competing against Better Man, Dune: Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Wicked.

It’s interesting to note that Ridley Scott’s original sci-fi horror classic Alien took home the trophy for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars in 1980, and James Cameron’s action-packed sequel Aliens followed suit by winning the same major award at the Oscars in 1987. Alien 3 was later nominated in the same category at the Academy Awards in 1993, but did not win.

It wasn’t until 2013 that the Alien franchise popped back up at the Oscars, with Prometheus being nominated for its Visual Effects. This year’s nomination for Alien: Romulus will...

The 2025 Oscar nominations are here! The full list of noms for the 97th Academy Awards have been revealed, and “Emilia Pérez” and “The Brutalist” indeed performed well, given how they cleaned up at the Golden Globes (with four wins for the Jacques Audiard film and three for Brady Corbet’s). And so did that absolute blockbuster juggernaut “Wicked.”

“Emilia Pérez” scored 13 nods, tied with multiple other films such as “Gone with the Wind,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Oppenheimer” for the second-most of all time. This is the most noms a non-English language feature has ever received.

“The Brutalist” and “Wicked” each scored 10 nominations, showing the extraordinary momentum they’ve built across awards season — “Wicked” has now grossed almost $466 million domestically. Both Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande received acting nominations.

“A Complete Unknown” earned eight nominations, including James Mangold in Best Director and Timothée Chalamet in Best Actor, as...

Kieran Culkin, Conclave, Ariana Grande and more have been nominated for golden men. Here’s the list of Oscars 2025 nominations:

We’ve put on our finest clothing and poured a glass of champagne in honour of the Oscar nominations that have just emanated from the Academy’s chimney.

Among the big names in the running for an award this year are Wicked star Ariana Grande for Best Supporting Actress, Kieran Culkin in the Best Supporting Actor category for his engaging turn in A Real Pain, and Nosferatu for Best Make-Up & Hair. (We like to think that it was Bill Skarsgård’s moustache that swung the latter nomination.)

Fun fact: three of the five nominations in the Best Visual Effects category have primates in. Something for the VFX studios out there should think about if they want a nomination next year.

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on the...

Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” sparked controversy over the weekend after it became more widely known that AI was used during postproduction for enhancing stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ Hungarian language dialogue. The subject of AI already puts many in Hollywood on edge, but it’s also being increasingly used in filmmaking. In this case, its use comes in a film that is considered among the Oscar frontrunners. But how was it actually used, and did the use of AI influence the performances in any way?

Writer-director Corbet was quick to release a statement, saying that it did not. “Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own,” asserted Corbet as part of a statement to Variety. “They worked for months with dialect coach Tanera Marshall to perfect their accents. Innovative Respeecher technology was used in Hungarian language dialogue editing only, specifically to refine certain vowels and letters for accuracy.

The star of the original horror-comedy classic The Return of the Living Dead, scream queen Linnea Quigley is carving her own path to a franchise resurrection with the upcoming Trash’s Revenge, a brand new meta project that’s now funding through Cinebacker.

Quigley, who played Trash in Dan O’Bannon’s classic horror-comedy, is reuniting with several other stars and crew members from The Return of the Living Dead on Trash’s Revenge, announcing this week that the film’s cast will also include Beverly Randolph, Thom Mathews, Miguel Nunez, and John Philbin, as well as two Rotld stars who are no longer with us.

According to Quigley’s latest update on the Trash’s Revenge project, late actors James Karen and Don Calfa will be brought back to the screen “with the magic of CGI.” James Karen, who played Frank in The Return of the Living Dead and also...

Last year, Alien fans were gifted a new film in the series, Alien: Romulus. Even though this is technically a prequel to Aliens, it still got people excited. There’s a reason behind that, and it’s Fede Alvarez. He’s a director who has a knack for creating intense, suspenseful atmospheres. His approach brings a fresh and thrilling perspective to the iconic horror, action and suspense genres. On this episode of Horror Revisited, we are going to revisit the rundown neighborhoods of Detroit… Buena Vista Street to be precise. And, pay a visit to the old blind man. Just try not to get caught and make sure you Don’t Breathe.

Back in 2013, theaters were graced with a reboot of The Evil Dead, aptly named, Evil Dead. Fede Alvarez wanted to direct this. Mostly because of his admiration for the original film. While some scoffed at the idea of rebooting a horror classic,...

Ridley Scott explains how he got the studios to increase the Alien budget for his first real Hollywood movie. Now one of the top 10 highest-grossing directors of all time, Scott got his start with the 1977 feature The Duellists. The film was a war epic set in 1801 France, showing a fraught duel between Lieutenant d'Hubert and Lieutenant Feraud. Just two years after this movie, Scott would go on to direct his first big film with Alien, a sci-fi movie that would define the genre and the director's career.

Speaking with GQ, the director explains how he got the studio to give him more budget for Alien. According to the Oscar-winning director, he used his knowledge of comic strips to hand draw "storyboards for the first 20 minutes of" Alien. He was initially offered $4.2 million to make Alien, which was already quadruple his budget for his feature debut. But once he showed the producers the storyboards,...

2024 has been the year for incredible horror movies and even better horror performances. With films ranging from Nosferatu to Alien: Romulus, there couldn't be more variety in offerings from this past year, making for what has been a standout chapter in the horror genre. Some films have even become contenders for the best horror films of all time, showing just how incredible the films and even TV shows released in 2024 really are.

It only seems that as time goes on, performances in horror films become more passionate and terrifying than they ever could have been before. The scares are bigger, the reactions are more realistic, and the actors participating in these projects seem incredibly dedicated to making the film as great as it can be. It's exciting for the future of film to be so bright, ever more reason for viewers to look forward to the horror movies releasing in...

Peter Jackson had always been a bit frustrated about something during the making of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but that frustration wasn’t destined to last forever. His unfulfilled wish, one that lingered in the back of his mind for years, finally came true with The Hobbit films.

Peter Jackson. | Image by Mike Walen, licensed under Cca-by-sa-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

While the Rings trilogy changed the landscape of cinema, Jackson was still dreaming of a certain creative opportunity. And when the time came to revisit Middle-earth, he made sure to go all in.

Peter Jackson’s CGI dream: Bringing orcs to life in The Hobbit after The Lord of the Rings A still from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

Peter Jackson’s biggest unfulfilled wish during The Lord of the Rings trilogy was something fans might not have noticed, until it came true in The Hobbit.

Alien: Romulus' latest sequel update alludes to the same challenge the franchise faced 39 years ago. Alien: Romulus gained commercial and critical acclaim when it was released in 2024, introducing a new younger cast of characters, and following the long-established tradition of final girls in the Alien franchise. The newest Alien movie grossed $350 million at the box office worldwide, placing itself just under 2012’s Prometheus, and has an 80% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes. Ranking as one of the highest-earning Alien movies, it therefore comes as no surprise that an Alien: Romulus sequel has been discussed by director, Fede Álvarez.

Alien: Romulus soft-rebooted the Alien franchise with a brand-new story, following Rain Carradine (Cailee Spaeny) and her synthetic brother Andy (David Jonsson) as she journeys alongside friends to a nearby abandoned Weyland-Yutani station. The group encounters a few surprises on the vessel as they try to steal cryostasis equipment to help them leave their rundown system.

Leigh Whannell‘s Wolf Man soundtrack will infect vinyl on April 25 from Mutant.

The score is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch, who previously worked with Whannell on The Invisible Man in addition to scoring such heavy hitters as It, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam, and Alien: Romulus.

Priced at $30, the album is pressed on 140-gram colored vinyl exclusive to Mutant.

“Ben’s score evokes the lush classic sounds of the original 1940s movie,” Mutant previews. “It’s a beautifully light score featuring incredible orchestration, evoking the mystery within the woods. The score is scary and brutal but also delicate and human when necessary. It’s evocative and rich and helps add grounding to this very contemporary telling of this tale.”

The new take on the classic monster is in theaters now, and Wallfisch’s score is available on digital and streaming as of today.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Leigh Whannell...

Annually, Rotten Tomatoes hands out Golden Tomatoes to the best-reviewed movies and TV series from the past year.

Previous winners include Oppenheimer, The Last of Us, Top Gun: Maverick, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and House of the Dragon, but Dune: Part Two has reigned supreme this time.

Shōgun largely dominated the TV side, though there were noteworthy wins for both The Penguin and X-Men '97. Unfortunately, neither Deadpool & Wolverine nor Agatha All Along have received any love, even in the newly created "Fan Favorite Movies" category.

The winners and nominees are determined by an adjusted score formula, which is a weighted ranking that compensates for the variation in the number of reviews when comparing movies or TV shows within a specified time frame.

Critics have always had something of a complicated relationship with comic book adaptations, particularly in recent years. However, between this and other televised award shows, it's clear...

The total box office at German cinemas in 2024 fell almost 8% year-on-year, according to provisional figures from Comscore.

Overall ticket sales totalled €792.5m, down 7.8% on 2023’s € 859m, while total admissions slipped year-on-year by 7.3% from 87.2m to 80.9m.

This compared to the 23.7% year-on-year increase in box-office takings and 18.5% in admissions that had been posted between 2022 and 2023.

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Walt Disney Pictures’ Inside Out 2 was the year’s most successful new release, grossing $56.9m and garnering 5.7m admissions since its opening week on 678 screens on June 12.The performance of Inside Out 2 as well as other releases such asDeadpool & Wolverine,...

Alien, Aliens, Alien: Covenant, and Alien: Romulus have all received the Pop! treatment in the past, and now it’s Alien 3‘s turn.

Funko has recreated the film’s most iconic scene, in which Ellen Ripley comes face-to-face with a xenomorph, as a Pop! Moment for $34.99.

The Runner Alien is also available separately as a 4.75″ Super Pop! for $24.99.

The vinyl figures are expected to arrive in February.

David Fincher made his feature directorial debut on the 1992 sequel, which saw Ripley crash-land on a maximum-security prison planet along an unwelcome visitor.

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The rage virus is back. This year brings the long-awaited 28 Years Later, plunging audiences back into the horror saga that Danny Boyle and Alex Garland began over two decades ago. It’s a bonafide cinema event, and the infected have even taken over the pages of Empire – this month’s issue features a major look at what’s in store in Boyle and Garland’s comeback.

You’ll find the issue on newsstands from Thursday 16 January (order a copy online here) – but first up, here’s a sneak peek inside its pages.

28 Years Later

Start running now. Danny Boyle and Alex Garland bring Empire into the heart of their horror sequel – also speaking to Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and more about evolving the infected apocalypse.

The Monkey

Last year, Osgood Perkins changed the horror game with Longlegs. In 2025, he’s going even wilder with Stephen King adaptation The Monkey – an absurdist,...

At the end of the day, it wasn’t as bad as expected. That’s the overriding sentiment among international distribution executives and other industry watchers regarding how 2024’s overseas and global box office panned out. Yes, we continue to need more consistency to foster the cinema-going habit, as well as more good movies that hit their mark, and Asia was soft for Hollywood while local product becomes more resonant there. But, the outlook is brighter as 2025 and beyond take shape.

First, let’s look at some stats. Overall, the international box office landed at an estimated $21.2 billion, per Gower Street Analytics. That’s 10% down versus 2023, and does not include China in the equation. As one international distribution exec asserts, “You have to back out China because China’s got such a disproportionate influence” on the total. This is true enough as China struggled in 2024 owing to economic concerns and...

Alien: Romulus was a significant success at the box office while also proving to be a big hit with critics, so it wasn't exactly a huge surprise when 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell confirmed that early plans are in pace for a sequel last year.

Though director Fede Álvarez still hasn't officially signed on to return, it sounds like it's close to being a done deal. During a new interview with Empire, the filmmaker confirmed that he is in the process of working on the sequel's script, and promises that the movie will take the classic sci-fi horror franchise "into uncharted waters."

“Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and I are working on that right now. We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while.

On Wednesday, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced its 78th annual BAFTA Awards nominees, with expected contenders Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Emilia Pérez nominated for Best Film.

Conclave led all films with 12 nominations, including bids for Best Film, Best British Film, Best Director for Edward Berger, Best Adapted Screenplay for Peter Straughan, Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes, and Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini. It’s the second time BAFTA voters have widely embraced a Berger feature in three years after giving All Quiet on the Western Front 14 nominations in 2023.

In second, just behind the nominations leader, was Emilia Pérez. Netflix’s top contender landed 11 BAFTA Award nominations, including Best Film, Best Film Not in English Language, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jacques Audiard, Best Actress for Karla Sofia Gascón, and Best Supporting Actress for Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.

Other...

Ah, awards season, when cinema stans obsessively track the goings-on at all the film fétes in America and that one in England. While not necessarily as big of an indicator for the Academy Awards race as U.S. shows like the Golden Globes, Oscars prognosticators will factor what goes on...

Director Fede Alvarez enjoyed success with Alien: Romulus, but says his planned sequel will show us “things you’ve never seen before.”

It’s fair to say that most people who went to see last year’s Alien: Romulus had a good time. The film’s audience score stands at a generally favourable 70 on Metacritic and the lure of a new Alien movie from a filmmaker fresh to the franchise drew in plenty of people. The film earned $350m at the box office and did so from a production budget of $80m, a smaller price tag than either of the Ridley Scott prequel films that preceded it.

This meant that the film had made a healthy profit for 20th Century Studios (and its owner Disney) by the time its theatrical run had ended, and as a result, Alvarez is now working on a sequel.

According to an Empire interview with Alvarez,...

Alien: Romulus arrived in theaters last August, earning glowing reviews (it's "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes at 80%) and an impressive $350 million at the worldwide box office.

The movie was widely considered a return to form for the long-running sci-fi/horro franchise and Hot Toys is going all in on the movie with another 1/6th scale figure. They revealed a terrifying Scored Xenomorph a couple of months ago and that's been followed by an eerily realistic take on Cailee Spaeny's (Civil War) Rain.

The likeness is extremely impressive and, given what a first fan-favourite the character has already become, we're not exactly shocked to see her get the Hot Toys treatment. Will any other characters follow? If so, David Jonsson's Andy will be high up on the wishlists of many Alien fans.

After all, both he and Rain are expected to return in Fede Alvarez's sequel. "Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and...

Director Fede Álvarez’s contribution to the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus (you can read our review Here), was a success – so it was no surprise to hear, just a couple of months after the film’s theatrical release, that 20th Century Studios was working with Álvarez to develop a sequel to the film. Now, Álvarez has commented on the sequel, promising that it will take the Alien series into uncharted waters.

It has been said that the story Álvarez and co-writer Rodo Sayagues crafted for Alien: Romulus is not directly connected to the other films in the Alien franchise (which isn’t exactly true), but it’s not ignoring any of the other entries, either. Álvarez has been clear about the fact that his story takes place within the established franchise continuity. In fact, it slots right in between the events of Alien and Aliens. It has the following official...

The box office success of Alien: Romulus last year has given the franchise a fresh dose of new life, and director Fede Alvarez is currently hard at work on cracking a sequel.

Speaking with Empire Online this week, Alvarez provides an update on Alien: Romulus 2. “Rodo [Sayagues] and I are working on that right now,” Alvarez tells Empire.

“We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while. Wherever we go now, we can go into uncharted waters,” Alvarez continues.

As 20th Century Studios head Steve Asbell noted last year, a sequel to Alien: Romulus would likely follow the characters played by Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson in Alien: Romulus, who survived the harrowing events of last year’s movie. Spaeny’s...

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will announce its nominations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, casting a spotlight on an unpredictable awards season. This year’s nods come amid a somber backdrop as the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have left communities grappling with loss. I’m sure the BAFTA’s announcement will mention the City of Angels and the first responders, the true heroes battling the blazes.

For the approximately 13,500 international members of BAFTA — representing a diverse range of disciplines across film and television — this year’s nominations serve as a cultural barometer, often influencing the Oscar race. With ballots for the Academy Awards due on Friday, Jan. 17, following its announced voting extension, BAFTA (who voted before the wildfires broke out) may provide a clearer picture of where AMPAS’ influential international voting bloc will likely land.

BAFTA’s acting categories have been somewhat unpredictable in recent years due...

The Alien: Romulus sequel gets an exciting new update from director Fede Alvarez, who teases a change in direction. Coming seven years after Alien: Covenant, the latest installment in the Alien franchise follows a young crew as they encounter a Xenomorph aboard a derelict space station. Alien: Romulus reviews were positive from critics and the movie was a box office success, leading to confirmation that Alvarez is in the early stages of working on a sequel.

During a recent interview with Empire, Alvarez provides an update on his Alien: Romulus sequel, revealing that the next movie will differ from the 2024 hit in some key ways. According to the director, audiences can expect the next film to take the franchise into some new territory. Though the sequel will be a departure in some ways, Alvarez does suggest that Cailee Spaeny's Rain and David Jonsson's Andy will be returning. Check...

With Alien: Romulus, director Fede Alvarez aimed to make something that neatly slotted between Alien and Aliens – returning to the original two classics, while also liberally referencing everything from Alien: Resurrection and Prometheus, to the beloved Alien: Isolation video game. As a result, his film brought new characters and variations on the Alien mythology – but was all about capturing that legendary iconography anew.

If a Romulus sequel does happen, though, it seems Alvarez plans to go in the opposite direction – taking Alien somewhere more unexpected. “Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and I are working on that right now,” the filmmaker tells Empire. “We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while. Wherever we go now, we can go into uncharted waters.” The plan, he hints,...

Alien: Romulus made several new additions to the Alien franchise's lore, but Fede Álvarez's movie also represented a thematic and narrative return to the very first movie in the series. While the film's design and story clearly harkened back to Ridley Scott's 1979 original, one of Romulus' biggest surprises involved recreating key Alien cast member, Ian Holm, for a central role in the 2024 sequel. Given Holm's passing in 2020, his appearance was simultaneously unexpected and an impressive technical feat.

While Holm's likeness was not used to bring his original character, Ash, back, his performance helped fulfill a similar criteria in the story. As science officer Rook, Holm was both an eerie reminder of the untrustworthy nature of Alien synthetics and a direct callback to one of the franchise's most iconic villains. His presence undoubtedly helped Alien: Romulus evoke the sense of nostalgia that Álvarez was obviously striving for. However,...

“Dune: Part Two” led all films in nominations for the 233 annual Ves Awards, the Visual Effects Society announced on Tuesday. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic received seven nominations in the Ves Awards’ eight non-animated feature film categories, followed by “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” with six, “Better Man” with four and “Mufasa: The Lion King” with three.

In the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature category, the category that corresponds most closely to Best Visual Effects at the Oscars, the nominees were “Better Man,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “Twisters.”

All 10 of the films on the Oscars’ Best Visual Effects shortlist received Ves nominations. In addition to the five nominees in the Ves Outstanding Visual Effects category, “Civil War” and “Gladiator II” received two nominations and “Alien: Romulus,” “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Wicked” each received one.

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When the sequel to Alien: Romulus continues Rain and Andy’s adventures, it can do something with the xenomorphs that no previous Alien movie has done. 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell has confirmed that a sequel to Alien: Romulus is in development. They’re in talks with Fede Álvarez to return as the director, and it seems as though Asbell recognizes what worked so well the first time. He wants to continue the story of Rain and Andy, the sole survivors played by Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson, and see where their intergalactic journey takes them next.

The reason why Alien: Romulus worked so well is that the audience genuinely cared about the characters. Rain’s fierce protectiveness of her android brother made her easy to root for. Spaeny proved to be every bit the badass action hero that Sigourney Weaver was before her, and Jonsson’s endearing awkwardness...

Nosferatu has broken a major horror movie record by surpassing Longlegs at the box office. The latter movie, which was directed by Osgood Perkins, is a smash hit serial killer thriller starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage that grossed $127 million worldwide against a slim budget of less than $10 million after debuting on July 12, 2024. The Nosferatu release came much later, as the Robert Eggers remake of the iconic 1922 silent vampire film of the same name debuted on Christmas Day, becoming the highest-grossing new release over the holiday weekend.

Per Variety, as of Sunday morning, Nosferatu is projected to close out its third weekend in theaters with a 3-day domestic gross of $6.8 million in North America and $13.7 million internationally. This will bring its cumulative global box office total to $135 million, surpassing Longlegs' worldwide gross by $8 million. This officially makes the Eggers movie the highest-grossing non-sequel, non-prequel horror movie of 2024, as it had...

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2024 was a great year for sci-fi fans, as many brilliant movies like Dune: Part Two came out this year. The sci-fi genre has always been one of the most beloved among cinephiles as it gives us a new look at a particular technology or our world. So, let’s check out which of the best sci-fi movies that came out last year you should not miss.

The Substance (Mubi & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Mubi

The Substance is a sci-fi body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. The 2024 film follows Elisabeth Sparkle, an aging celebrity who is slowly losing her fame. She soon discovers a black market drug that can create a younger version of herself, but that comes with unexpected side effects. The Substance stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton Clark, Gore Abrams,...

Though Alien: Romulus received a mostly positive response from critics and fans, one aspect of the movie that was met with almost universal backlash was the likeness of a deceased actor being used for a new character via VFX.

When Rain Carradine and her crew arrive on the derelict space station, they learn that the ship's android is still functional despite clearly being in very bad shape after a Xenomorph attack. They plug him in to discover what happened, and we see that the synthetic is the same model as Ash from Ridley Scott's original movie.

The late Ian Holm was "resurrected" (with permission from the actor's estate) to achieve this, but even setting aside the controversy surrounding the practice of "digital necromancy," the effects used to portray the character were... not the best.

Some shots looked okay, but for the majority of Rook's screen-time, his face basically...

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Worldwide Box Office: Set To Beat It Ends With Us & Alien: Romulus (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is on track to sabotage not one but the global haul of two films soon. It is awfully close to surpassing the worldwide collections of It Ends With Us and Alien: Romulus. It has also beaten the critically acclaimed and financially successful animated feature of 2024, The Wild Robot. Keep scrolling for the deets.

It Ends With Us made a lot of news owing to the feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. It is still ongoing, but keeping the scandal aside, the film is a remarkable success as it had an estimated budget of $25 million and raked in a marvelous $350.99 million globally. Meanwhile, Alien: Romulus is also a box office success, which earned over $100 million in China. The worldwide collection of Fede Alvarez’s movie is $350.86 million.

Director Fede Alvarez recently shared with ‘Empire Magazine’ that the digital recreation of the late actor Ian Holm, who portrayed the android Rook, was improved after the film’s theatrical release.

In ‘Alien: Romulus,’ Rook is a disembodied head from the same model of android as Holm’s character, Ash, from the original 1979 ‘Alien’ film. Since Holm passed away in 2020, the filmmakers got permission from his estate to use his likeness for this new android character.

The movie received various criticisms, with one of the main complaints being about the Rook character, especially the use of CGI. Many viewers found the digital effects less than convincing. Alvarez explained that, due to time constraints during post-production, the team wasn’t able to perfect the CGI in time for the movie’s theatrical release.

“I wasn’t 100 percent happy with some of the shots, where you could feel a bit more the CG intervention,...

Many studios choose to unveil big new trailers during the Super Bowl, but Warner Bros. Discovery will reveal the latest look at one of their most anticipated movies of the year during the Puppy Bowl instead. THR reports that a special sneak preview of Superman will debut during the Puppy Bowl, with James Gunn set to appear with his dog Ozu, who was the inspiration for Krypto. The Superman director will also deliver a “special message” to viewers.

The Puppy Bowl will air on February 9th. The event features a number of puppies playing with balls and toys in their own little stadium as it raises adoption awareness. “Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl serves as an annual pop culture programming event that continues to expand in reach, awareness and of course, puppies, every year,” said Howard Lee, chief creative officer of U.S. networks and president of Discovery Networks. “Win or lose,...