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New Alien movie in production, starring Sigourney Weaver and directed by Neill Blomkamp
A new Alien movie is in the making, dubbed “Alien 5”, although the actual title is not yet revealed and might actually be something surprising.
The absolutely stunning Sigourney Weaver will once again play her iconic role as Ellen Ripley and come up against the savage xenomorphs.
The movie is written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, also known for his work on District 9, Elysium, Chappie, while Ridley Scott will be executive-producer.
It is also expected that Michael Biehn will reprise his role as Cpl. Dwayne Hicks, as his image appears in concept art posted online by the director. The actor was displeased with his character’s demise in Alien 3 without his participation and it is very likely that he will accept, should the role be once again offered to him.
New Alien movie concept art shared by Neill Blomkamp on Instagram.
As a big fan boy of the first two movies of the franchise, Neill Blomkamp seems to be “a good host” for the new Alien movie. And as such, he considers that this chapter will be a direct successor of just the first two films, Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien, and James Cameron’s Aliens, while not taking into consideration the other two that followed, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection.
It remains to be seen, however, how exactly this story will fit into the established timeline. Sigourney Weaver, having talked to the director while working together on the set of Chappie, claims that the idea Neill came up with is really up to everyone’s expectations. The director also states that he came up with the idea and presented it to Fox studios, rather than being hired to work on the idea of someone else, leaving him without the pressure of a certain outside influence and giving him enough wiggle room to present his artistic viewpoint of the Alien universe. He added that this chapter will not run along with the upcoming Prometheus 2 film, and certain elements may have been altered in a way as to not interfere with that film’s story. Ridley Scott being involved with both projects, we can assume they are in good hands.
So far, the way they seem to be treating this movie is giving me high hopes that these people will deliver us an amazing story with great visuals. The way Neill Blomkamp talks about the project makes it feel like he is really attached to the franchise emotionally and that can only be a good thing.
I also wish that with a new Alien film, they would learn how to re-create the tension and horror so desperately needed in such movies. The game Alien: Isolation is a perfect example of how, not necessarily the image of the xenomorph, which is something well embedded in our minds and not so “creepy” anymore, but rather the setting, and the fear of when and how it will get you as well as seeing its brutality in action, creates the horror and paranoid feeling absolutely needed by the next Alien movie, which is expected to launch in 2017.
Check out below an interview with Sigourney Weaver and director Neill Blomkamp on the new Alien movie matter.
Since the excellent Baldur’s Gate 3 has been out in the wild for a while, interesting data can be gleaned, such as how players choose to play an innovative new RPG from home. Stats from developer Larian Studios and posted on the PlayStation Blog show that most people want to play as a stealthy archer like in Skyrim when given nearly limitless options.
According to a fascinating graph, Rogue/Ranger is the most popular multiclass build, with over 175,000 players using it to snipe unsuspecting enemies from range. The next two builds reveal similarly. 150,000 played Barbarian/Fighter because they loved pummeling things, and 109,00 played Barbarian/Paladin, which lets players talk to their victims before beatings.
More sense emerges as you descend. If the Paladin/Warlock/Sorcerer/Bard has high Charisma, any combination can be interesting. Charisma helps these classes cast spells and abilities and interact with NPCs outside of combat.
Playing a single class through Baldur’s Gate 3 feels great, which is what most players do. A pure Fighter or Wizard becomes so powerful by game’s end that we don’t blame you for not mixing things up!
Play as a Tiefling Oathbreaker Paladin, Dark Urge Origin (which you must resist), or Bard for real moral dilemmas. You could also play pseudo-Aragorn again.
Techland is continuing to release Dying Light 2 content as part of its long-term support. This is surprising since the meaty Good Night, Good Luck update was released a few months ago. It’s nice to know what’s coming, but no timeline was given.
IGN-exclusive roadmap trailers reveal more co-op missions, board quests, a tower raid, and replayable GRE anomalies. Executions and finishers may be added to the April Gut Feeling update, which overhauled melee mechanics. Graphical options, weapon repair, gear, and mod dismantling are always welcome.
Knives, polearms, and more enemy variants are coming, including a Nightmare difficulty. Changes to NG+ include firearms. Players can finally dress to their hearts’ content with new cosmetic options.
Has Techland’s Dying Light 2 support lured you back? Would you rather focus on something new?
Epic Games expanded the Fortnite V-Buck “pricing alignment” after laying off almost 900 employees, citing “inflation and currency fluctuations”. Fortnite’s premium currency will rise in international markets, including the largest.
Epic Games will raise the price of V-Bucks and real money content packs in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eurozone countries, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the US (including all US Dollar storefronts) on October 27.
Raising the price of this fictitious currency was successful when the company trialed it in the UK, Canada, and Mexico, so it was decided to announce it worldwide now. These USD increases range from $1 (1000 V-Bucks, previous $7.99) to $10 (13,500 V-Bucks, previous $79.99).
How do you view Epic’s timing and pricing increase?
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