'Alien' Universe (6 Short Films)

[Himmel]

Last year that 20th Century Fox partnered with Tongal to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alien by allowing fans to create their own Alien Universe shorts; over 550 entries were received, and six filmmakers were selected to bring their scary stories to life.

Today, Fox teases all six shorts with a sneak peek trailer!

“From terrifying escapes, to Facehuggers and Xenomorphs, these captivating shorts brings forth an exciting new narrative for fans while paying homage to the original film.”

The shorts are titled Alone, Containment, Harvest, Night Shift, Ore and Specimen.

They’re all coming soon

http://youtu.be/q8C8OPS3avo

(This thread is used to post the films, and discuss, and vote)

[cardiac161]

Wow! These look incredible!!

[DR Herbert West]

Looks fun.

[kylor]

Wow this really puts that new DOOM Annihilation movie to shame. Looks decent!

[Darkstream]

I guess they can't be any worse than Covenant.

[Geoff D]

What? No sign of The Adventures of Ford Fifield? Darn.

[kristoffer]

This looks great!

[wonderer99]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

What? No sign of The Adventures of Ford Fifield? Darn.

You dislike Prometheus. We get it now.

This looks surprisingly awesome. The shots were too quick to even guess at the end quality though so will cross everything and hope for the best.

[DR Herbert West]

Plot Descriptions:

ALIEN: Alone – Written and Directed by Noah Miller – 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.

ALIEN: Containment – Written and Directed by Chris Reading – 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.

ALIEN: Harvest – Directed by Benjamin Howdeshell – 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.

ALIEN: Night Shift – Written and Directed by Aidan Breznick – 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.

ALIEN: Ore – Written and Directed by the Spear Sisters – 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.

ALIEN: Specimen – Directed by Kelsey Taylor – 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.

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/...e-short-films/

[Krypton_Son]

When are these coming out? And are they going to be considered canon to the movies?

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Krypton_Son

When are these coming out?

A new short will release every Friday through IGN, beginning March 29th!

.

[Himmel]

First up Alien: Containment... Friday March 29th, on IGN.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xYrslYgYoFM

[DR Herbert West]

Not bad.

[shrex]

I got to see 4 of them at the Alien 40th panel at C2E2 this past weekend. They showed: Alone, Containment, Harvest and Night Shift. All were pretty cool, well done and definitely felt like they were made by huge Alien fans. All the production design and acting was surprisingly awesome.

Of the four shown, I think I'd go in order: Harvest > Containment > Night Shift > Alone.

[Himmel]

http://youtu.be/Xe4-kj-8iYo

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by shrex

I got to see 4 of them at the Alien 40th panel at C2E2 this past weekend. They showed: Alone, Containment, Harvest and Night Shift. All were pretty cool, well done and definitely felt like they were made by huge Alien fans. All the production design and acting was surprisingly awesome.

Of the four shown, I think I'd go in order: Harvest > Containment > Night Shift > Alone.

I was sad to see the descriptions all kinda mimic the same situation (alone no weapons) very Alien1ish... Would have loved if one or more featured marines like Aliens.

[Himmel]

http://youtu.be/Hu_4PgSXbDY

[CyberpunkCentral]

Alien is my favorite Disney film.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by CyberpunkCentral

Alien is my favorite Disney film.

Ditto.

[Himmel]

Alien: Containment was well done. It was reminiscent of one particularly effective scene in Alien: Covenant. Like any good short film, I wanted it to keep going. Can’t wait for the next one!