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Peter Jackson was also approached, but declined as he could not get excited about an Alien film. Jeunet hired French special effects supervisor Pitof and cinematographer Darius Khondji , both of whom he had worked with on The City of Lost Children. Jeunet and his crew watched the latest science fiction and Alien films as reference material, and obtained production reports from the Alien films to study the camera setups. Jeunet was given creative control, contributing several elements to the script including five different endings, although the expensive ones were dismissed.
He also opted to make the film a dark comedy and was encouraged to include more violence. In June , Jeunet's frequent co-director, conceptual artist Marc Caro had drawn rough sketches of characters' costumes, which were shown to veteran costume designer Bob Ringwood. Ringwood made several modifications for the final design. ADI based their designs and modifications of the Alien creatures on the film's script, which included the creatures having pointed tails for swimming, making their head domes and chins more pointed, and establishing them to appear more vicious using techniques of camera angles and shot duration.
After receiving the director's approval, ADI began to create small sculptures, sketches, paintings, and life-size models. An early concept was to replicate Sigourney Weaver's features, although the crew felt this design would be too similar to the design of the creature Sil from the film Species. Eyes and a nose were added to the hybrid to allow it to have more expressions and communicate more emotion than the xenomorphs, so that it would have more depth as a character rather than being "just a killing machine".
The animatronic hybrid required nine puppeteers and was the most complex animatronic in the film. Jeunet had difficulty securing studio space, as the filming of Hollywood blockbusters such as Titanic , Starship Troopers , and The Lost World: Jurassic Park were taking place at the same time. Alien Resurrection was the first installment in the Alien series to be filmed outside England, a decision made by Weaver, who believed that the previous films' travel schedules exhausted the crew.
Because of the aquatic filming, the ability to swim was a prerequisite for cast and crew when signing onto the film. The cast trained in swimming pools in Los Angeles with professional divers to learn how to use the equipment. An additional two and a half weeks of training took place at the studio with stunt coordinator Ernie Orsatti and underwater cinematographer Peter Romano.
Weaver, however, was unable to participate in most of the training due to commitments on Broadway. Winona Ryder faced a challenge with the scene, as she had nearly drowned at age 12 and had not been in the water since.
She suggested using a body double , but knew that it would be too obvious to audiences due to the difference in hair length. She filmed the scene, but suffered from anxiety on the first day of filming. Director Jeunet wanted to display Ripley's new powers, including a scene in which Ripley throws a basketball through a hoop while facing the opposite direction. Weaver trained for ten days and averaged one out of six baskets, although the distance required for filming was farther than she had practiced. Jeunet was concerned about the time being spent on the shot and wanted to either use a machine to throw the ball or to insert it later using computer-generated imagery CGI.
Weaver, however, was determined to make the shot authentic, and insisted on doing it herself. The shot required many dozens of takes, during which none of the balls went in. The crew were going to give up, but gave Weaver one last shot, and in this take, she got the ball in perfectly; the idea that she did it in one take is a myth.
The ball was out of frame for a moment during the shot, and Pitof offered to edit it so that the ball was on-screen for the entire scene, but Weaver refused. Ron Perlman broke character when she made the basket, and turned to the camera to say "Oh my god!
The film's script was laid out similar to a comic book, with pictures on the left and dialog and descriptions on the right. Jeunet planned every shot, which made it easier for visual effects artists to do their work. The decision was made to use CGI Aliens rather than puppets or suited actors whenever the creatures' legs were in frame, as Jeunet felt that a man in a suit is easy to distinguish when the full body is seen. All of the spaceships in the film were miniatures, as visual effects supervisors believed CGI was not effective enough to create realistic spaceships.
This design proved to be too vertical for the film's opening shot, in which the camera pans out to show the ship, and did not appear satisfactory in the film's 2. Three days before the design had to be finalized, Jeunet rejected it. Phelps, production illustrator Jim Martin, and concept artist Sylvain Despretz were tasked to redesign the ship. Jeunet felt Martin's design was too much like a space station, while he accepted Despretz's design due to its streamlined and horizontal appearance.
Composer John Frizzell was encouraged by a friend to audition to compose Alien Resurrection' s film score. Frizzell sent in four cassettes and received a call from 20th Century Fox about the fourth, which contained music from The Empty Mirror. Impressed with his work, Fox representative Robert Kraft had a short meeting with Frizzell and hired him. This included themes of romance and eroticism , incorporating sound effects such as a gong and rub rod. The cue "They Swim" took one month to complete as Jeunet was not pleased with Frizzell's original version, although the final result was a mix between the first and third versions he had composed.
A pre-screening of Alien Resurrection was held in Camarillo, California , and the film was released in North America on November 26, Alien Resurrection received mixed reviews from film critics, generally regarded as a slight improvement over Alien 3. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's directing and visual style were widely praised by critics, as well as the performances of Ron Perlman and Sigourney Weaver.
Weaver's new take on the characterization of Ripley was considered a welcoming breath of fresh air from her previous portrayal of the character in the past three movies.
John Frizzel's score was also well received, although the film's initial released score was criticized for cutting many of Frizzell's songs from the movie. Negative criticism was centered around Joss Whedon's script and the film's attempts at humor, which many critics felt took away from the dark tone of the movie. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a negative review, stating "There is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder", later naming it one of the worst films of How the mighty have fallen. On the other hand, Mary Brennan of Film thought that the movie was "A lot of fun to watch, and easy to surrender to in the moment.
Parks said "The film is a marvel, a well-photographed feast of visual imagery", [31] while Richard Schickel of Time wrote that it was "Less frightening, but as much fun as ever. And most significantly, it makes a big hoot of the whole business. Screenwriter Joss Whedon was unhappy with the final product. When asked in how the film differed from the script he had written, Whedon responded:.
It wasn't a question of doing everything differently, although they changed the ending; it was mostly a matter of doing everything wrong. They said the lines And they cast it wrong. And they designed it wrong. And they scored it wrong. They did everything wrong that they could possibly do. Giger , designer of the original Alien, was pleased with Resurrection , describing it as an "excellent film", but was disappointed about not being credited.
The film received its first Blu-ray release as part of the Alien Anthology box set released in including all four films and their alternate versions.
The film was re-released on Blu-ray on May 10, , in a stand-alone feature. In , Jeunet included an alternate version of the film on the Alien Quadrilogy DVD box set with different opening and closing credits, which were originally cut due to budget restrictions. The deleted scenes included references to the character Newt from Aliens , Vriess making a joke to Call, Ripley's clone waking up in the middle of her operation, an extended conversation in the mess hall that reveals the details of Ripley's former employers, Weyland-Yutani, an extended dialogue between Call and Ripley's clone in the chapel and scenes of the Betty landing on Earth and the planet's landscape during the final dialogue between Ripley and Call, as they view the ruins of Paris.
The special edition restores 13 minutes and 5 seconds worth of footage including the new opening and ending , and is 7 minutes longer than theatrical version. Alien Resurrection — Collector's Edition was released on January 6, , containing the two discs contained in the Quadrilogy set.
The second disc, called One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection , features over two hours of footage relating to pre-production, production, post-production, screen tests , concept art, and audio commentary by the cast and crew. To coincide with the release of the film, a book titled Making of Alien Resurrection was released on November 28, , in addition to a novelization of the film released on December 1, Joss Whedon had written an Earth-set script for Alien 5 , a sequel to Alien Resurrection , but Sigourney Weaver was not interested in this setting and sought to return the story to the planetoid from the first film.
Weaver has remained open to a role in a fifth installment on the condition that she likes the story. Predator , James Cameron had been collaborating on the plot for a fifth Alien film with another writer. Learning of Fox's plans for a crossover, he ceased work on his concept. Before he saw the film, Cameron had stated that it would "kill the validity of the franchise", and that "it was Frankenstein Meets Werewolf " — like " Universal just taking their assets and starting to play them off against each other". Although he later admitted to liking Alien vs.
Predator , Cameron ruled out any future involvement with the series. In a interview, Ridley Scott stated that a new Alien project "would be a lot of fun", but that "the most important thing was to get the story right". Scott's concept for the plot was "to go back to where the alien creatures were first found and explain how they were created", which became the basis of his prequel series.
Scott and Damon Lindelof developed a story that precedes the story of Alien but is not directly connected to that franchise. According to Scott, although the film shares "strands of Alien's DNA so to speak", and takes place in the same universe, Prometheus explores its own mythology and ideas. A sequel to Prometheus , titled Alien: Covenant , was released in May 19, At the Hero Complex Film Festival, Sigourney Weaver hinted that she'd be interested in returning to the role of Ripley, stating that Resurrection's ending "feels incomplete to me.
I wish it didn't, but it does. We left it hanging. And there's a way to finish this story that I think would be satisfying to me and the many fans. I do feel like there is more story to tell. I feel a longing from fans for the story to be finished. I could imagine a situation where we finish telling the story. I feel it should take place in the far reaches of the universe where no one in their right mind would go.
There are very few filmmakers that I can think of that I would want to entrust this to. In February , Neill Blomkamp posted concept art on his Instagram feed, saying in an interview that he had been "wanting to make an Alien film for like years and years" and had developed the story and artwork after working on Chappie with Weaver.
A fan at Pensacon in March reported that Michael Biehn , who played Corporal Dwayne Hicks in Aliens , confirmed in a private conversation that he had been contacted regarding the film. On January 21, , in response to a fan question on Twitter asking what the chances were of his Alien project actually happening, Blomkamp responded "slim". He elaborated that there was never a complete script, just a page pitch, which Fox decided they didn't wish to pursue any further.
Commentators have noted this goes against Weaver's and James Cameron's statements about reading Blomkamp's script for the film, although it is possible Weaver and Cameron were referring to the pitch document. Its title had been Alien: Awakening , and that Scott had repurposed the film to be set between Prometheus and Alien: In September , Ridley Scott revealed he was planning two sequels to Prometheus , which would lead into the first Alien film, adding, "Maybe [there will] even [be] a fourth film before we get back into the Alien franchise.
Covenant would be the first of three additional films in the Alien prequels series, before linking with the original Alien [ citation needed ] and stated that the Prometheus sequels would reveal who created the xenomorph aliens. Awakening , was written during production of Alien: Covenant and was finished in , with production scheduled to begin in I'm not going to close it down again.
I don't think it'll We're coming in from the back end. The time constraints, of what's the time between this film, where we leave David going off heading for that colony. I think you're probably two films out from even considering her. According to reports there will be only one additional prequel film Alien: Awakening before a soft-reboot is made to the Alien universe consisting of a new series of Alien films with brand new, original characters as well as a new setting.
In an interview with Variety in September , Stacey Snider , the current chief executive officer of 20th Century Fox, stated that while Alien: Covenant was a financial disappointment they still trust Ridley Scott to know the right story and to proceed with the sequel. In the audio commentary for Alien: Covenant , Scott confirmed that a sequel to Alien: Covenant , tentatively referred to as Alien: Scott also confirmed that the film will cap his prequel series, leading directly into the events of Alien.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the Hawkwind album, see Alien 4 album. Freeman Brad Dourif Michael Wincott. List of Alien characters. After having sacrificed herself to kill the Alien Queen gestating inside her in Alien 3 , Ripley has been cloned using blood samples so that the military may extract the Queen embryo. She has enhanced strength and reflexes, acidic blood, and can sense the presence of the Aliens. Weaver also portrayed the failed Ellen Ripley Clone 7.
She recognizes Ripley and has knowledge of the Aliens. Call is revealed during the course of the film to be a synthetic and helps the surviving crew interface with the Auriga.
Dominique Pinon as Dom Vriess, the Betty 's mechanic. A paraplegic , he uses a motorized wheelchair.
Vriess shares a close friendship with Call and an antagonistic relationship with Johner. Ron Perlman as Ron Johner, a mercenary and member of the Betty 's crew.
Johner makes bad jokes, has a short temper, and teases Vriess about his handicap. Gary Dourdan as Gary Christie, the first mate and second in command of the Betty.