AVP SEQUEL GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
Moviehole writes:
I had the chance to have a chat with special effects maestro Alec Gillies who with Tom Woodruff Jr. runs Amalgamated Dynamics Inc about an hour ago. The guts of the conversation will be up in a month or so, to tie in with the DVD release of ‘Alien vs.Predator’.
Meantime, here’s an update on a few of the big projects that Amalgamated Dynamics is working on, including ‘AvP 2’, ‘Alpha Dog’ and ‘Superman’.
So what can we expect first, an Alien vs. Predator 2 or solo Alien and Predator sequels?
Everything that I was hearing from the studio was that there was not going to be another Alien movie. And definitely was not going to be another Predator movie. They (the franchises) had been declining at the box office steadily, with each film. The box office just tapered off.
So this was a nice shot (AVP) combining the two characters, that have proven themselves to be successful in the comic books and computer games.
The consensus seems to be, the fans would love an ‘Alien 5’ with Ridley Scott back in the drivers seat though.
Personally, I dont think either franchise is dead we get people coming up to us and saying we loved [Alien] Resurrection, or [Alien] number three was my favourite and so on and who wouldnt want to see Ridley Scott do another Alien film? But I dont know what the budget of that movie would be because the reality is, I dont want to say theyre cult films, but theyre not movies that make a hundred million dollars. But thats why theyre hoping to get folks like Ridley Scott involved. Id love to see it. I think there are worlds there to be explored. I think its hard to create the magical that you had with the first one, Cameron did it beautifully by expandingand the more sequels there are the more parameters are set up. At some point, you have to burst out of them.
Im hoping with the AVP sequel that well be able to go into some different directions that havent been explored yet.’
Courtesy of MovieHole
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