Director Ian Nathan has announced that iconic actress Sigourney Weaver has joined the cast of the 4-hour Aliens documentary Aliens Expanded! Hot on the heels of last month’s additions of director James Cameron, actor Paul Reiser and producer Gale Anne Hurd, Ripley – Sigourney Weaver herself will be interviewed for Aliens Expanded.
Commenting on Sigourney’s involvement, writer and director Ian Nathan has this to say (via Bloody-Disgusting):
“Having Sigourney Weaver join Aliens Expanded is a crowning achievement, Ripley is the heart of the film, the heart of the story, and Sigourney gave one of the defining performances of her career in Aliens. With her wonderful memories and thoughts, this documentary serves as the essential companion to the Alien universe. It is an honour to work with Sigourney, and I can’t wait for everyone to see what she brings to the documentary!”
Meanwhile, Robin Block, CEO of CREATORVC and producer of Aliens Expanded said:
“Ripley is a history-making character who changed the game in genre film, We are thrilled to welcome Sigourney Weaver into the fold of the documentary, joining her colleagues James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Paul Reiser and more. With her addition to the film, we are certain that fans will find Aliens Expanded to be the definitive documentary on the history-making film that changed cinema.”
Sigourney Weaver has joined the documentary Aliens Expanded.
It's official! Sigourney Weaver has joined the cast of @aliensexpanded. Pre-orders for the massive 4 hour fan produced documentary are open until the 13th of May. You can grab yourself a copy here: https://t.co/WRif0TQNbc pic.twitter.com/B3DtApAhBt
— Alien vs. Predator Galaxy (@avpgalaxy) May 9, 2024
Aliens Expanded is the ultimate companion to James Cameron’s Aliens, which includes stories and insights from the original cast and crew. Supporters of the Aliens documentary can still get the pre-order packages on their official website which has been extended until the 13th May due to the new interviews. On there, you’ll find patches, posters, t-shirts and a limited edition Blu-Ray set.
Aliens Expanded will be released digitally on June 2024 while the physical merchandise will be shipped in July 2024.
Don't fall for it.
Also they absolutely made enough money from the initial financing 18 months ago, otherwise the project would never have happened in the first place. That's how crowdfunding (allegedly) works, you need the capital from backers to make the project happen. If they made the documentary, it stands to reason they got the capital on the first go-around. Everything after that is pure profit.
Yeah didnt they spend 5 minutes trashing the Covenant chestburster scene?
I have no memory of Memory.
I found the perspectives interesting. The beginning with the grandma vampires was scary
I think it was the analysis stuff where it did get a little dicey. Some of it was interesting, some of it was just "wot?"
Sh*t.
I wonder what the motivation is for this. I mean, wouldn't it be more lucrative from a financial point of view to sell it officially instead of just catering to exclusive buyers?
Maybe they've already made enough money from the pre-orders to finance everything, I don't know.
The alien documentary memory was also available for everyone to buy.
However, I don't know whether there were exclusive versions beforehand.
According to the CEO that's not the case with this one. Unless he's a liar preying on false FOMO, of course.
I thought all along that you could pre-order it for the prices listed if you wanted to be mentioned in the credits, etc.
I assumed that at some point it would be available for everyone to purchase without being credited and at a normal price.
*note - this may not be the only way
I mean, assuming he's not full of shit.
Not to rent, no. Like Shadowfox said - when it's free, probably.
Any major revelations will be out on Youtube before that anyway.
Will you watch it then?
If that's not being diplomatic, I don't know what is
Granted, Lovecraft: Fear of the Uknown has been out for more than a decade.
That's close enough though.
I also said "damn near" - they did not go so far as to actually trash Alien.
I'm certainly disappointed to hear the True Fan card was played by Robin in response to criticism around the pricing, but I'm led to believe this pricing isn't too dissimilar to a lot of fan produced documentaries. I don't know how true that is, but I'm wasn't too fussed about the cost. I made the decision that I was happy to spend the money and support the production. I purchased the t-shirt level pledge when the initial round of crowdfunding went up.
No, I was not invited to participate on the documentary itself, despite being a guest on their first vidcast. I did reach out to offer my participation upon learning that Jamie Prater had been interviewed for the documentary but received no response. I offered again when learning about the pushback after they'd filmed more interviews, but it was politely declined. I don't know if I didn't impress during my appearance on their podcast, but I was understandably disappointed to not participate. Not so much as to write off the documentary, though. I'm still very much looking forward to it.
As stated, I was on the fan council, though perhaps I didn't participate enough to stand out. I did miss out on the chances to watch an early cut of the documentary due to how overwhelmed I have been this decade (that depresses me to say) and didn't have the time to sit down and watch and review it. I did, however, suggest and connect the production with Mark Verheiden (and possibly some other cast, I can't really remember at this moment).
That's run by the same people who also run the USS Sulaco group on Facebook, one of the largest groups on the platform.
The director is a well regarded editor of Empire magazine and has literally written books on Ridley Scott, James Cameron and Alien. Ian's involvement was another thing that attracted me to the production.
If they lied once ...
I beg to differ on this. In one of AVPGalaxy podcasts. Tom Woodruff Jr and Alec Gillis admitted to making up things about David Fincher during A3. They said this was the first time that they confessed to this. So new things can come out. (If I'm miss remembering this please correct me)
* * * * * on your quote.
It is sad that plagiarists get rewarded for their crimes. If anyone is able to contact those folks, they should let them know that AT is a scumbag thief.