Big things have small beginnings. They also have lots of sequels and prequels. Ridley Scott shows no signs of slowing down after “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” though he says that the next installment in his enduring science-fiction franchise will focus less on the xenomorph and more on artificial intelligence.
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“I think the evolution of the Alien himself is nearly over, but what I was trying to do was transcend and move to another story, which would be taken over by A.I.s,” he tells Empire in a new podcast interview. “The world that the A.I. might create as a leader if he finds himself on a new planet. We have actually quite a big layout for the next one.”
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Read More:Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ Franchise Is Becoming the Perfect Organism — and ‘Covenant’ Is the Missing Link
“I think the evolution of the Alien himself is nearly over, but what I was trying to do was transcend and move to another story, which would be taken over by A.I.s,” he tells Empire in a new podcast interview. “The world that the A.I. might create as a leader if he finds himself on a new planet. We have actually quite a big layout for the next one.”
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- 10/8/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Award-winning Berlin title to open Sensoria Festival in September; full line-up unveiled.
Sheffield-based music and film festival Sensoria is to open with the UK premiere of The Broken Circle Breakdown on Sept 26, attended by director Felix van Groeningen.
Based on the theatre play of the same name by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels, it marks van Groeningen’s fourth feature.
It follows Didier (Heldenburgh) and Elise (Veerle Baetens) who strike up an intense, passionate relationship and have a baby. But when their daughter falls ill, they respond in different ways and put their love to the test.
Review: The Broken Circle Breakdown
The film, which has a bluegrass soundtrack, debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February where it won the Label Europa Cinemas and Panorama Audience awards.
It went on to win the best actress and best screenplay awards at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Politiken’s Audience Award at Cph:pix.
StudioCanal will release...
Sheffield-based music and film festival Sensoria is to open with the UK premiere of The Broken Circle Breakdown on Sept 26, attended by director Felix van Groeningen.
Based on the theatre play of the same name by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels, it marks van Groeningen’s fourth feature.
It follows Didier (Heldenburgh) and Elise (Veerle Baetens) who strike up an intense, passionate relationship and have a baby. But when their daughter falls ill, they respond in different ways and put their love to the test.
Review: The Broken Circle Breakdown
The film, which has a bluegrass soundtrack, debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February where it won the Label Europa Cinemas and Panorama Audience awards.
It went on to win the best actress and best screenplay awards at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Politiken’s Audience Award at Cph:pix.
StudioCanal will release...
- 8/30/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The long, difficult journey from page to screen for Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" has been well-documented over the years, and one thing that has been consistent throughout is the passion and love evinced for the novel by all involved --particularly the godfather of it all, Francis Ford Coppola, who acquired the novel's rights back in 1978 at the height of his success.
Now, fifty-one years after the novel was first published, we're on the eve of the film adaptation's unveiling at the Cannes Film Festival. Little word has spilled about the final product, however, the cast and crew's experience is seemingly personified (for better or worse) by an email sent by Walters Salles when things had wrapped, which explained that "being in a movie is like being in a war: when you come back home, it is difficult to tell that story to others."
Perhaps most indicative of just...
Now, fifty-one years after the novel was first published, we're on the eve of the film adaptation's unveiling at the Cannes Film Festival. Little word has spilled about the final product, however, the cast and crew's experience is seemingly personified (for better or worse) by an email sent by Walters Salles when things had wrapped, which explained that "being in a movie is like being in a war: when you come back home, it is difficult to tell that story to others."
Perhaps most indicative of just...
- 5/10/2012
- by Simon Dang
- The Playlist
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