Scott W. Davis
10-20-2003, 06:30 AM
I swear, I never thought they would cut through the red tape to get ALIEN VS. PREDATOR made. But now, here we are with just a week until shooting on the bug-budget sci-fi/horror actioner begins. has some exciting information about what we can expect to see when the slimey guys go mano-y-mano next year.
CS reporter Typhoon24 got the scoop by attending a preproduction presentation at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention. An excerpt from the article tells us what it consisted of. There may be some minor spoilers here, so watch out:
"The whole piece was narrated by director Paul WS Anderson (RESIDENT EVIL). As far as the story, we are told that in the past, the Predators used the the Aliens for hunting purposes, as a right of passage for the young Predator to become men (er, for lack of a better term). We see one such battle play out in an Aztec temple. Supposedly, the Predators were seen as Gods to the Aztec people (some shades of STARGATE, it would seem), who built them their temples for worshipping and battle purposes. They showed some storyboards of one Predator defeating an Alien, holding its severed head in victory, as well as some boards where three Predator are overrun by thousands of Aliens, and upon realizing that they have clearly lost the battle, they activate their self-destruct technology. This is why so many ancient civilizations have been wiped out; Predator hunting failures.
Flash forward to present day, where a group of scientists have found one of the ancient Predator temples under an Antarctic icecap. The story revolves around 5 "teenage" Predators who are set to undergo their right of passage with the Aliens at this newly discovered temple, with the humans caught in the middle. There was also some brief dicussion about the Predators testing out their new weapons technology. The video showed one example, a modified shuriken throwing star (apparently this weapon is 'in' again after UNDERWORLD), which starts as a small handle with a trigger and expands into 6 elongated razor blades. This was actually pretty cool looking.
Anyways, that pretty much rounded out the presentation. They quickly flashed some shots edited together from the two respective franchises, and rounded it out with a tagline (which may or may not be the final one), "Whoever wins...we lose."
Lots of stuff to comment on here I'm sure. As I stated earlier, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR begins shooting next week in Prague. It is due for a mid-2004 release. Thanks to for giving us the heads up and for their continued support. It's really appreciated, guys.
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CS reporter Typhoon24 got the scoop by attending a preproduction presentation at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention. An excerpt from the article tells us what it consisted of. There may be some minor spoilers here, so watch out:
"The whole piece was narrated by director Paul WS Anderson (RESIDENT EVIL). As far as the story, we are told that in the past, the Predators used the the Aliens for hunting purposes, as a right of passage for the young Predator to become men (er, for lack of a better term). We see one such battle play out in an Aztec temple. Supposedly, the Predators were seen as Gods to the Aztec people (some shades of STARGATE, it would seem), who built them their temples for worshipping and battle purposes. They showed some storyboards of one Predator defeating an Alien, holding its severed head in victory, as well as some boards where three Predator are overrun by thousands of Aliens, and upon realizing that they have clearly lost the battle, they activate their self-destruct technology. This is why so many ancient civilizations have been wiped out; Predator hunting failures.
Flash forward to present day, where a group of scientists have found one of the ancient Predator temples under an Antarctic icecap. The story revolves around 5 "teenage" Predators who are set to undergo their right of passage with the Aliens at this newly discovered temple, with the humans caught in the middle. There was also some brief dicussion about the Predators testing out their new weapons technology. The video showed one example, a modified shuriken throwing star (apparently this weapon is 'in' again after UNDERWORLD), which starts as a small handle with a trigger and expands into 6 elongated razor blades. This was actually pretty cool looking.
Anyways, that pretty much rounded out the presentation. They quickly flashed some shots edited together from the two respective franchises, and rounded it out with a tagline (which may or may not be the final one), "Whoever wins...we lose."
Lots of stuff to comment on here I'm sure. As I stated earlier, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR begins shooting next week in Prague. It is due for a mid-2004 release. Thanks to for giving us the heads up and for their continued support. It's really appreciated, guys.
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