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Irish Independent
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- Irish Independent
Alien: Earth TV series captures aesthetic of original film, says producer
The sci-fi drama, from Emmy-winning producer Noah Hawley, is based on the acclaimed franchise, which began with Ridley's 1979 film starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley who takes on an extra-terrestrial lifeform called the Xenomorph. The new eight-episode series sees Wendy, played by US actress Sydney Chandler, and a group of tactical soldiers make a discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
See - Sada Elbalad
3 hours ago
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Anna Kendrick, Adam Driver & More Star in Chris Rock's Next Movie
Yara Sameh Rosalind Eleazar (Slow Horses) has been cast as the lead role of Misty Green in Chris Rock's first feature for A24. The project, which is currently untitled, sees Rock starring in and helming from his script. Others newly aboard to star include Anna Kendrick (Another Simple Favor), Adam Driver (Megalopolis), and Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah). Currently in production in Los Angeles, the movie follows Misty Green, a gifted actress with a derailed career until someone from her past offers her a chance at a comeback. Character details for Driver, Kaluuya, and Kendrick are under wraps. Peter Rice, Rock and David Worthen Brooks are producing, with Nelson George, Shaum Sengupta and Miles Alva exec producing. Best known for her role of Louisa Guy on Apple's Emmy-winning series "Slow Horses," led by Gary Oldman, Eleazar also recently starred in Netflix's "Harben Coben," and thriller "Missing You". Other TV credits include "Class of '09" (FX) alongside Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara; "Deep Water" (ITV) with Anna Friel; the Starz miniseries Howards End with Matthew Macfadyen and Hayley Atwell; Rellik (BBC1) with Richard Dormer; and "Harlots" (Hulu/ITV) opposite Liv Tyler, Lesley Manville and Jessica Brown Findlay. Also seen in Armando Iannucci's "The Personal History of David Copperfield". Most recently seen starring in Michael Mann's "Ferrari" and Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," Driver's upcoming slate also includes Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother," which is premiering at the Venice Film Festival; James Gray's "Paper Tiger," where he stars opposite Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller; and the Apple series "The Dealer," where he's set to star opposite Jessica Chastain. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Israeli-Linked Hadassah Clinic in Moscow Treats Wounded Iranian IRGC Fighters Arts & Culture "Jurassic World Rebirth" Gets Streaming Date News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Business Egyptian Pound Undervalued by 30%, Says Goldman Sachs Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Arts & Culture South Korean Actress Kang Seo-ha Dies at 31 after Cancer Battle Arts & Culture Lebanese Media: Fayrouz Collapses after Death of Ziad Rahbani Sports Get to Know 2025 WWE Evolution Results
Leader Live
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Alien: Earth TV series captures aesthetic of original film, says producer
The sci-fi drama, from Emmy-winning producer Noah Hawley, is based on the acclaimed franchise, which began with Sir Ridley's 1979 film starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley who takes on an extra-terrestrial lifeform called the Xenomorph. The new eight-episode series sees Wendy, played by US actress Sydney Chandler, and a group of tactical soldiers make a discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat. Speaking to the PA news agency at the European premiere of the series, executive producer David W Zucker said: 'Above and beyond what I think is just a rip-roaring great yarn, is that Noah was able to really capture the aesthetic of the original, the analogue nature of the original, if not some of the literal sets of the original film, but then take us on a journey that's very evocative of what the films have explored. 'But, in a way that one can only do in series television, expanded vertically and horizontally, that feels like a boundless type of story that can explore a lot of the themes and these, even present day challenges of transhumanism, in a way that really compels and fascinates.' Chandler, 29, told PA: 'I learned so much about myself and people while being able to play this character, and how she can hold her own. 'And so I was really gifted a lot from Noah's writing in that way, that surprised me, and that I could actually be scared on set from a full grown Xenomorph chasing you. I mean, it really scared me, which was awesome.' The series is set in the year 2120, when the earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this corporate era, cyborgs and synthetics, which are humanoid robots with artificial intelligence, exist alongside humans, but the world is changed when the founder of the Prodigy corporation unlocks a technological advance: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). 'Wendy', the first hybrid prototype, marks a new advance in the race for immortality and after Weyland-Yutani's spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter new and terrifying life forms. The cast includes Deadwood actor Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Black Mirror star Alex Lawther as Hermit, Mary And George's Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Guerrilla actor Babou Ceesay as Morrow and Bottom star Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins. Alien: Earth will launch on Disney+ on August 13.
South Wales Guardian
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Alien: Earth TV series captures aesthetic of original film, says producer
The sci-fi drama, from Emmy-winning producer Noah Hawley, is based on the acclaimed franchise, which began with Sir Ridley's 1979 film starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley who takes on an extra-terrestrial lifeform called the Xenomorph. The new eight-episode series sees Wendy, played by US actress Sydney Chandler, and a group of tactical soldiers make a discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat. Speaking to the PA news agency at the European premiere of the series, executive producer David W Zucker said: 'Above and beyond what I think is just a rip-roaring great yarn, is that Noah was able to really capture the aesthetic of the original, the analogue nature of the original, if not some of the literal sets of the original film, but then take us on a journey that's very evocative of what the films have explored. 'But, in a way that one can only do in series television, expanded vertically and horizontally, that feels like a boundless type of story that can explore a lot of the themes and these, even present day challenges of transhumanism, in a way that really compels and fascinates.' Chandler, 29, told PA: 'I learned so much about myself and people while being able to play this character, and how she can hold her own. 'And so I was really gifted a lot from Noah's writing in that way, that surprised me, and that I could actually be scared on set from a full grown Xenomorph chasing you. I mean, it really scared me, which was awesome.' The series is set in the year 2120, when the earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this corporate era, cyborgs and synthetics, which are humanoid robots with artificial intelligence, exist alongside humans, but the world is changed when the founder of the Prodigy corporation unlocks a technological advance: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). 'Wendy', the first hybrid prototype, marks a new advance in the race for immortality and after Weyland-Yutani's spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter new and terrifying life forms. The cast includes Deadwood actor Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Black Mirror star Alex Lawther as Hermit, Mary And George's Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Guerrilla actor Babou Ceesay as Morrow and Bottom star Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins. Alien: Earth will launch on Disney+ on August 13.
Rhyl Journal
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
Alien: Earth TV series captures aesthetic of original film, says producer
The sci-fi drama, from Emmy-winning producer Noah Hawley, is based on the acclaimed franchise, which began with Sir Ridley's 1979 film starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley who takes on an extra-terrestrial lifeform called the Xenomorph. The new eight-episode series sees Wendy, played by US actress Sydney Chandler, and a group of tactical soldiers make a discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat. Speaking to the PA news agency at the European premiere of the series, executive producer David W Zucker said: 'Above and beyond what I think is just a rip-roaring great yarn, is that Noah was able to really capture the aesthetic of the original, the analogue nature of the original, if not some of the literal sets of the original film, but then take us on a journey that's very evocative of what the films have explored. 'But, in a way that one can only do in series television, expanded vertically and horizontally, that feels like a boundless type of story that can explore a lot of the themes and these, even present day challenges of transhumanism, in a way that really compels and fascinates.' Chandler, 29, told PA: 'I learned so much about myself and people while being able to play this character, and how she can hold her own. 'And so I was really gifted a lot from Noah's writing in that way, that surprised me, and that I could actually be scared on set from a full grown Xenomorph chasing you. I mean, it really scared me, which was awesome.' The series is set in the year 2120, when the earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this corporate era, cyborgs and synthetics, which are humanoid robots with artificial intelligence, exist alongside humans, but the world is changed when the founder of the Prodigy corporation unlocks a technological advance: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). 'Wendy', the first hybrid prototype, marks a new advance in the race for immortality and after Weyland-Yutani's spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter new and terrifying life forms. The cast includes Deadwood actor Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Black Mirror star Alex Lawther as Hermit, Mary And George's Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Guerrilla actor Babou Ceesay as Morrow and Bottom star Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins. Alien: Earth will launch on Disney+ on August 13.
