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Alien fans were excited about the news of an Alien: Romulus follow-up. Franchise creator Ridley Scott stokes the fire with a tease for another sequel's plot.

Director Ridley Scott told THR that Prometheus resurrected the Alien franchise. Expressing his regret over not taking ownership of the IP after the success of Alien, Scott also said the sequels botched the canon plot. "I watched Alien 2, 3 and 4 and realized, 'Oh, you just ran that firmly into the ground,'" he asserted. "Then I went back to [former 20th Century Fox chief Tom Rothman] and said, 'Listen, there's a way out. We should resurrect Alien with Prometheus.'" That movie divided the fan base but has since gained a cult following; it also earned a sequel in Alien: Covenant.

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George Miller, the director of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is revisiting the on-set drama between Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in his 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road.

In a new interview, Miller recalled the feud between the stars during the film’s production, which resulted from Hardy’s tardiness.

“They were just two very different performers,” Miller told The Telegraph. “Tom has a damage to him but also a brilliance that comes with it, and whatever was going on with him at the time, he had to be coaxed out of his trailer. Whereas Charlize was incredibly disciplined – a dancer by training, which told in the precision of her performance – and always the first one on set.”

Miller noted that things on the set gradually got better, adding, “I’m an optimist, so I saw their behavior as mirroring their characters, where they had to learn to cooperate in order to ensure mutual survival.

Furiosa will be a woman of few words in the upcoming Mad Max prequel film. Though Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will not be short, viewers won't be hearing very much said by film's titular character played by Anya Taylor-Joy.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Furiosa director George Miller addressed Taylor-Joy's dialogue as Furioa in the film. Miller shared that Taylor-Joy only has around 30 lines of dialogue in the whole film, which is reportedly close to two hours and thirty minutes long. The director referred to his inspiration from the "pure cinema" of silent comedy classics from Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, further noting, "Hitchcock defined as movies where they don't have to read the subtitles when they're screened in Japan." Miller also suggested that the issue with too much dialogue is that it slows movies down, and films are often better enjoyed at a faster pace.

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Academy Award nominees Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan are set to star in the film adaptation of Iain Reid's best-selling sci-fi novel, Foe, for Amazon Studios.

Directed by Garth Davis, best known for the 2016 Academy Award-nominated film Lion, the film's trailer features the two Irish actors as a married couple living in a dystopian future set four decades ahead and struggling with the aftermath of an environmental crisis.

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According to the official synopsis, Henrietta, portrayed by Ronan, and Junior, played by Mescal, lead a quiet life on an isolated piece of ancestral land. However, their routine is disrupted by the arrival of an unexpected guest, Terrence, portrayed by Aaron Pierre. This newcomer presents a proposition, triggering a chain of events that begins with Junior going to space for several years for a program that helps transition...

Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan are a crumbling united front in dystopian thriller “Foe.”

The Oscar-nominated duo lead writer-director Garth Davis’ adaptation of Iain Reid’s novel of the same name. Reid, who co-wrote the screenplay with Davis, also penned “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” which Charlie Kaufman previously adapted to the big screen.

Mescal and Ronan portray a married couple living 40 years in the future where an environmental crisis has made their farmland almost uninhabitable. Mescal’s character is ordered to leave his home to help pilot a space program while his wife, played by Ronan, will be monitored.

Per the official synopsis, Hen (Ronan) and Junior (Mescal) farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Based on best-selling author Iain Reid’s novel,...

Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan are tasked with finding out who is friend or “Foe” in Garth Davis’ upcoming dystopian drama.

Writer-director Davis co-adapted the screenplay from Iain Reid’s novel of the same name; Reid also penned “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” which Charlie Kaufman previously adapted to the big screen.

Oscar-nominated stars Mescal and Ronan portray a married couple living 40 years in the future where an environmental crisis has made their farmland almost uninhabitable. Mescal’s character is ordered to leave his home to help pilot a space program while his wife, played by Ronan, would be looked after.

Per the official synopsis, Hen (Ronan) and Junior (Mescal) farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal.

Aaron Pierce,...

Stars: Joshua Brennan, Charlotte Best, Goran D. Kleut, Kelly Paterniti, Ric Herbert | Written by Nik Kacevski, Tess Meyer | Directed by Nik Kacevski

Skinford was shot and released in its native Australia and apparently nowhere else, in 2017. A sequel, Skinford: Chapter Two followed in 2018. So, when I saw the title Skinford: Death Sentence pop up on my radar I naturally enough thought it was a third film in the franchise.

Then I noticed the plot and crew credits were the same as the original film with just a couple of differences in the cast. A quick check of the copyright date confirmed this is not a new film. As near as I can guess new sales agent/distributor Black Mandala saw its potential as a cult film and picked it up; they must have some faith in it as IMDb has an entry for Skinford 2: The Curse which bears a...

The Advent Calendar Trailer: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural will premiere writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s ornate and elegant French horror fantasy The Advent Calendar exclusively on Thursday, December 9th. Combining Faustian themes and allusions with European folklore and tense, chilling terror, the Shudder Original film provides some highly original holiday season horror.

Eva, an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her.

The Advent Calendar world premiered earlier this year at London’s Frightfest...

Exclusive: XYZ Films is launching international sales rights (minus Australia) at the virtual AFM on zombie action thriller Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, which the company will also release in the U.S. next year via its new domestic distribution division.

The film, which recently played at the Sitges, Sydney and Brisbane film festivals, is a sequel to 2014 Australian horror film Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead and is directed by Kiah Roache-Turner.

Pic follows a soldier in a zombie-infested Australian wasteland who has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure. Cast includes Luke McKenzie (Wentworth), Goran D. Kleut (Alien: Covenant), Bianca Bradey and Shantae Barnes-Cowan.

Script comes from Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, and the film was produced by Bronte Pictures, Guerilla Films, Tristan Roache-Turner and Blake Northfield.

The rights deal was negotiated by XYZ’s Vice President, Finance & Production Maxime Cottray and...

Bonnie Ferguson, Alex Proyas and Dean Kyrwood.

When Alex Proyas wrote the short film Mask of the Evil Apparition, he did not set out to evoke the tone of his 1998 sci-fi thriller Dark City, which was set in a nightmarish world with no sun.

But after filming for four days last week in Heretic Foundation, his new studio in Sydney’s inner west, the parallels are inescapable.

Bonnie Ferguson stars as Olivia, a young woman lost in a nocturnal, dreamlike city, with Dean Kyrwood as twin psychic brothers who try to help her find her way home as she is pursued by a shadowy cult known as The Mysterious Ones.

Alex King is Sandra, a young woman with a passion for disguise and mind games, and Goran D. Kleut portrays a roomful of identical characters.

Proyas, who is shooting the final scenes today, tells If: “The short has evolved into...

Stars: Blake Northfield, Kendal Rae, Lisa Chappell, Helmut Bakaitis, Jake Ryan, Goran D. Kleut, Anna Demidova, Jim Robison, Miyuki Lotz, Madison Haley, Fiona Press | Written by Dee McLachlan, Rena Owen | Directed by Dee McLachlan

Joining the long list of haunted house flicks is Australian offering Out of the Shadows from Dee McLachlan. The director’s last feature was 10Terrorists in 2012 (with a couple of episodes of Wentworth inbetween). Has this long gestation period allowed for a horror masterclass? Read on to find out!

Our plot revolves around Detective Eric Hughes (Blake Northfield) and his heavily pregnant wife Katrina (Kendal Rae) the couple find themselves taking residence in a former midwifery with a dark past whilst Eric attempts to unravel the truth behind a grisly murder. As spooky events transpire, we’re left to question whether Katrina mental state is beginning to unravel or if she is truly the victim of...

Alien: Covenant (20th Century Fox)

I really loved Prometheus, not as a cinematic masterpiece, but as movie-worthy prequel to Sir Ridley Scott's genre-defining 40 year-old masterpiece Alien. And having rewatched it again, Prometheus's smart narrative and deliberate storyline still resonate with me. Perhaps it is my age, and probably his, that that prequel raised major existential questions --  "why are we here?" and "who created us?" -- that resonate with In that film, why did the Engineers seed life in the ever-expanding universe and our own planet, if they did at all. He certainly knows how to direct action sequences that have grit, energy, and beauty as his films Gladiator and Blade Runner Scott next chapter Alien: Covenant answers many of the questions left dangling at the end of the aforementioned movie, but still leaves some questions unanswered -- a great device to hook newbies and fans alike. And certainly raises new questions,...

'Alien: Covenant' review: Michael Fassbender plays android brothers David and Walter in this effective sequel to Ridley Scott's muddled 'Prometheus.' 'Alien: Covenant' review: Recapturing 'some of the excitement, awe, and horror' of 1979 original Before we get to Alien: Covenant, a rant about its predecessor, Prometheus. The problem with Ridley Scott's 2012 return to the Alien universe is that the more we learned about the skeletal, seething, phallic, vicious xenomorphs, the looser their hold on our cinematic subconscious. Much of the effectiveness of Scott's 1979 franchise starter lies in its cruel randomness; the tragedy of a horrible death being the result of bumping into the wrong stranger on the wrong street on the wrong night. Jettisoning such primal simplicity, Prometheus suggested a farfetched connection between the aliens and mankind. The result was a muddled attempt at expanding the Alien universe so it could address no less than the origins of humanity.

With Alien: Covenant – a movie about the evolution of species – Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise evolves (or devolves, depending on opinion) into a different cinematic beast. What was once a deep-space containment nightmare becomes overblown God-complex commentary. Xenomorph origins are no longer a mystery, style flaunts open-world access and tension has given way to gory, grip-your-seat action. As we hurdle closer to the truth, Scott distances himself further from Sigourney Weaver’s masterclass in isolated, fear-of-the-dark survival horror. This might be a bonus for some – adrenaline junkies who hate waiting for payoffs – but Alien: Covenant has more in common with Alien vs. Predator than anything else. Take that for what you will.

Aboard the colonization vessel Covenant hangs some 2,000 cryo-sleeping pioneers. Walter (Michael Fassbender), a Weyland automaton, is running routine maintenance when a solar flare causes extensive damage to the ship. He’s forced to wake the emergency crew earlier than expected,...

Tagline: "They come from the darkness." There are a number of haunted houses in horror films, of late. Out of the Shadows, from Bronte Pictures, was shot in Australia. It has already been released in this country. In the film, a pregnant woman moves into her dream home. But, a stranger is living just down the hall. Now, Kat (Kendal Rae) must uncover this shade's past, or lose herself to insanity. As well, the film stars: Goran D. Kleut (Alien: Covenant), Lisa Chappell and Jake Ryan. A trailer for the film was released in October. Now, the film's official artwork is hosted here, for fans of haunted house thrillers. It is hard not to think of Terror Film's The House on Pine Street (2016), when watching the trailer for Out of the Shadows. Both films deal with a very pregnant woman and a strange haunting. Also, both films have haunted cribs...

Luke Bracey and Mel Gibson on set. (Photo credit: Mark Rogers).

If is giving away 15 double passes to Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge, coming to Australian cinemas via Icon on November 3.

Hacksaw Ridge was shot at Bringelly and Sydney's Fox Studios late last year and tells the true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), who saved 75 men in the battle of Okinawa without carrying a gun.

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Starring Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Ryan Corr and Mel Gibson's son, Milo, Hacksaw made its Australian premiere last night at the State Theatre.

On hand to present the film were Gibson, producers Bill Mechanic and Bruce Davey, and actors Teresa Palmer, Rachel Griffiths, Hugo Weaving, Nico Cortez, Luke Bracey, Harry Greenwood, Firass Dirani, Ben Mingay, Jacob Warner, Luke Pegler, Goran Kleut and others.

Exclusive: Australian horror from director Dee McLachlan will be introduced to buyers at Tiff.

London-based sales agent Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has picked up worldwide rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to Dee McLachlan’s Australian horror Out Of The Shadows.

The film will be introduced to buyers at the forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18) and a promo will be screened at Afm in November.

Filmed on Australia’s East Coast, Out Of The Shadows stars Blake Northfield in the story of a newly-wed detective who moves into his dream home unaware of the building’s dark history. When his pregnant wife claims she is being tormented by a supernatural force, he seeks help from a renegade demonologist.

The cast also includes Kendal Rae (Life), Jim Robison (Hacksaw Ridge), Jake Ryan (The Great Gatsby), Goran D. Kleut (I, Frankenstein, Gods Of Egypt) and Helmut Bakaitis (The Matrix: Revolutions, The Matrix: Reloaded).

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Gods of Egypt was one of three new releases that went up against two-time box office champion Deadpool this weekend, but it failed to dethrone the superhero adventure. Deadpool ended up winning for a third weekend in a row with $31.5 million. Gods of Egypt debuted in second place with $14 million, while working from a massive budget of $140 million, making it the first high-profile bomb of 2016. The movie also failed to impress critics, with just a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Earlier this morning, Gods of Egypt director Alex Proyas took to his personal Facebook page to trash the critics who dismissed his movie.

"Nothing Confirms The Rampant Stupidity Of Man-kind... Like reading reviews of my own movies. I usually try to avoid the experience - but this one takes the cake. Often, to my great amusement, a critic will mention my past films in glowing terms, when at the time those same films were savaged,...

Super Bowl Sunday promises to bring an onslaught of epic trailers and TV spots for all the most anticipated movies coming in 2016. Today, we get an early look at Lionsgate's Big Game spot for the fantasy epic Gods of Egypt. It's God vs God as an intense war breaks out across the land. There is plenty of hot action and big beasts on the loose in this searing sneak peek. You can watch the full minute of mostly new footage here, right now, ensuring that you'll have at least one commercial break where you can go to the bathroom this Sunday!

Magic, monsters, gods and madness reign throughout the palaces and pyramids of the Nile River Valley in this action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt. With the survival of mankind hanging in the balance, an unexpected hero takes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love.

Following the two domestic trailers that debuted late last year, Lionsgate, courtesy of Jo Blo Movie Trailers, has unleashed an international trailer for Gods of Egypt, which includes more action-packed footage. This new adventure features an all star cast including Gerard Butler stars as Set, God of the Desert, He is joined by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus, God of the Sky, Brenton Thwaites as Bek, Thief of Legend, Chadwick Boseman as Toth, God of Wisdom and Elodie Yung as Hathor, Goddess of Love. We'll have to wait and see if fans respond to this adventure when it hits theaters in just a few short weeks.

Magic, monsters, gods and madness reign throughout the palaces and pyramids of the Nile River Valley in this action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt. With the survival of mankind hanging in the balance, an unexpected hero takes a thrilling journey to save the...

The battle for eternity begins...In this new trailer and artwork from Lionsgate's&#160Gods of Egypt.&#160Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Elodie Yung, Courtney Eaton, Gerard Butler and Geoffrey Rush&#160star in&#160the new action-adventure about&#160a clever mortal thief who teams up with a powerful and vengeful god to stop the merciless god of darkness, who hopes to destroy both this life and the Afterlife.&#160Don't miss the action in this adventure-filled fantasy coming to theaters&#160February 26, 2016!

In this spectacular action-adventure, the survival of mankind hangs in the balance as an unexpected mortal hero Bek [Brenton Thwaites] undertakes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love.&#160In order to succeed, he must enlist the help of the powerful god Horus [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau] in an unlikely alliance against Set [Gerard Butler], the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.

Get ready as Lionsgate transports you to a mythological world in the epic adventure Gods of Egypt. Following the five new character posters that debuted last week, we now have the official trailer for this fantasy epic. Gerard Butler stars as Set, God of the Desert, He is joined by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus, God of the Sky, Brenton Thwaites as Bek, Thief of Legend, Chadwick Boseman as Toth, God of Wisdom and Elodie Yung as Hathor, Goddess of Love.

Magic, monsters, gods and madness reign throughout the palaces and pyramids of the Nile River Valley in this action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt. With the survival of mankind hanging in the balance, an unexpected hero takes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love. Set (Gerard Butler), the merciless god of darkness, has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.

Next year, Lionsgate will transport viewers to a mythological world in the epic adventure Gods of Egypt. Earlier today, five new character posters debuted, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies, IMDb, Hitfix, Entertainment Weekly and the movie's official Twitter page, which introduces us to the five main characters. These posters feature Gerard Butler as Set, God of the Desert, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus, God of the Sky, Brenton Thwaites as Bek, Thief of Legend, Chadwick Boseman as Toth, God of Wisdom and Elodie Yung as Hathor, Goddess of Love.

Magic, monsters, gods and madness reign throughout the palaces and pyramids of the Nile River Valley in this action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt. With the survival of mankind hanging in the balance, an unexpected hero takes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love. Set (Gerard Butler), the merciless god of darkness, has usurped Egypt's throne,...

Hugo Weaving has joined the cast of Mel Gibson's star-studded Australian film Hacksaw Ridge.

Weaving will join Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Rachel Griffiths and Richard Roxburgh in the film, which is now in production.

Hacksaw Ridge is the true story of conscientious objector, Desmond Doss (Garfield), who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing a gun..

Believing that the War was just but killing was nevertheless wrong, he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon.

Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded near enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. He is the only conscientious objector to ever win the Us Medal of Honour.

Weaving will play Garfield's son, Tom Doss.

Producers of the film include Bill Mechanic, Bruce Davey, Paul Currie, David Permut and executive Producer,...

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Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh, Teresa Palmer and Ben O.Toole are among a large contingent of Aussies who are appearing in Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson.s WW2 drama now shooting in New South Wales.

The screenplay by Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan and Randall Wallace chronicles the true story of conscientious objector Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield).

In the battle of Okinawa Doss, an Army medic who believed the war was just but that killing was wrong, saved 75 soldiers without firing a gun.

As previously announced Sam Worthington is playing Captain Glover, who led the 77th Sustainment Brigade, with Vince Vaughn as Sergeant Howell, whose job was to get the new recruits ready for battle. Luke Bracey is Smitty Ryker, the alpha dog of the Doss. platoon.

Palmer plays Doss.s sweetheart Dorothy Shutte and Griffiths is his mother Bertha Doss. Roxburgh is Colonel Stelzer and O.Toole is Corporal Jessop.

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Gods of Egypt, Alex Proyas. fantasy action-adventure starring Gerard Butler, Game of Thrones. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Geoffrey Rush and Brenton Thwaites, started shooting on Thursday at the Fox Studios.

The budget is reportedly $150 million, financed by Us studio Summit Entertainment with support from the Nsw government.s Investment Attraction Scheme.

When he announced the grant, Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner said the production will create an estimated 400 jobs in the local industry and contribute around $75 million in direct production expenditure to the Nsw economy.

Stoner said several of the State.s visual effects companies would be used to create the film.s sets, landscapes and creatures.

Entertainment One (formerly Hopscotch eOne) gets the Australian rights via its output deal with Summit. Based on Egyptian mythology, the screenplay is by Proyas, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, the team behind Universal.s Dracula Untold, which opens here in October.

Thwaites plays Bek, a young...

Steven Spielberg is close to agreeing a deal to direct a new film about Moses, which is described as a biblical blend of Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.

The Warner Bros project, which has a working title of Gods And Kings, will not be in 3D and is not a remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 epic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston.

An insider told Deadline: "There have been glossy versions of the Moses story but this would be a real warrior story", adding it would be a "Braveheart-ish version."

Spielberg read the script by Stuart Hazeldine and Michael Green last September. Hazeldine is also a writer on Paradise Lost, Alex Proyas's upcoming action fantasy film based on Milton's poem, while Green was among the scribes on Green Lantern.

It's worth noting that in 2009, Twentieth Century Fox picked up another Moses project that was also envisaged as similar to Braveheart.