Alien Celebrating 40th Anniversary with Short Films to Debut on IGN
April 04, 2019 /
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In celebration of Alien’s 40th anniversary, Twentieth Centry Fox Film partnered with Tongal to give fans the opportunity to create six original Alien Short Films, which will be released beginning March 29 on IGN.
After being chosen from a pool of over 550 pitches, the filmmakers were given access to franchise storytelling elements, creatures and characters. The first four shorts will initially screen at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle on Friday, March 15, followed by C2E2 in Chicago on Saturday, March 23. The last two shorts, helmed by female filmmakers, will screen for fans at WonderCon on Saturday, March 30 – this will be followed by a moderated panel with the directors.
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Following these initial screenings, the shorts will be released weekly on IGN beginning March 29. Starting May 3, they will also become available on the official Alien Anthology social channels and Alien Universe.com with extra behinds-the-scenes content.
The following are titles and synopses of the short films:
ALIEN: Alone – Hope, an abandoned crew member aboard the derelict chemical hauler Otranto, has spent a year trying to keep her ship and herself alive as both slowly fall apart. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life. Written and Directed by Noah Miller.
ALIEN: Containment – Four survivors find themselves stranded aboard a small escape pod in deep space. Trying to piece together the details around the outbreak that led to their ship’s destruction, they find themselves unsure to trust whether or not one of them might be infected. Written and Directed by Chris Reading.
ALIEN: Harvest – The surviving crew of a damaged deep-space harvester have minutes to reach the emergency evacuation shuttle. A motion sensor is their only navigation tool leading them to safety while a creature in the shadows terrorizes the crew. However, the greatest threat might have been hiding in plain sight all along. Directed by Benjamin Howdeshell.
ALIEN: Night Shift – When a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot where the trucker’s condition worsens, leaving a young supply worker alone to take matters into her own hands. Written and Directed by Aidan Breznick.
ALIEN: Ore – As a hard-working miner of a planet mining colony, Lorraine longs to make a better life for her daughter and grandchildren. When her shift uncovers the death of a fellow miner under mysterious circumstances, Lorraine is forced to choose between escape or defying management orders and facing her fears to fight for the safety of her family. Written and Directed by the Spear Sisters.
ALIEN: Specimen – It’s the night shift in a colony greenhouse, and Julie, a botanist, does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have triggered her sensitive lab dog. Despite her best efforts the lab unexpectedly goes into full shutdown and she is trapped inside. Little does she know, an alien specimen has escaped the mysterious cargo, and a game of cat and mouse ensues as the creature searches for a host. Directed by Kelsey Taylor.
Along with these short films, the USC School of Cinematic Arts is currently hosting a special exhibit containing elements of all six Alien films, including concept art, props, costumes and more.
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For more on Alien, you can check out the entire Alien: Isolation digital series on IGN, and read about how it expands Amanda Ripley’s story from the 2014 game.
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