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Alien Nation TV Show: Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted 4 years ago

Chris 1988’s Alien Nation was a sci-fi twist on the classic buddy cop formula. While only a modest hit, it did have some devoted fans (we covered it in a Best Movie You Never Saw), and the premise was gold....

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Best Underrated 80s Action Movies – Part 3

Posted 4 years ago

Steve The eighties were full of incredible action movies, but while a lot of them are considered classics now, some of the best movies (you never saw) routinely get underrated, so here on JoBlo we’re celebrating some diamonds in the...

Alien Nation: Jeff Nichols’ remake idea may become a Disney TV series

Posted 5 years ago

Midnight Special (watch it HERE) filmmaker Jeff Nichols spent three years working on a remake of the 1988 sci-fi thriller Alien Nation (check that one out HERE) for 20th Century Fox before Disney acquired the studio and halted development on Nichols'...

Alien Nation: Jeff Nichols’ remake may turn into a TV series

Posted 5 years ago

There have been rumblings of a big-screen remake of Alien Nation for a number of years, and the project has been in the hands of Jeff Nichols (Loving) for just as long. The original film introduced the Newcomers, an alien...

Director Louis Leterrier to replace David Ayer on Bright 2

Posted 6 years ago

BRIGHT was Netflix's big attempt to prove they too could make star-studded blockbuster films. And it worked! The 90-million dollar modern fantasy film, directed by David Ayer (SUICIDE SQUAD) and starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as a human and...

Jeff Nichols may turn scrapped Alien Nation remake into something else

Posted 6 years ago

Back in 2016, it was announced that Jeff Nichols (TAKE SHELTER, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL) would be writing and directing a remake of the 1988 sci-fi thriller ALIEN NATION for 20th Century Fox.  Written by Rockne S. O'Bannon, the '88 movie starred...

Michael Shannon says Alien Nation remake could mutate into something else

Posted 6 years ago

Jeff Nichols signed on to write and direct a remake of ALIEN NATION for 20th Century Fox close to four years ago, but Disney's acquisition of the studio put the project on pause. The original 1988 film introduced the Newcomers,...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Alien Nation

Posted 7 years ago

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either...

Disney has hit the brakes on Jeff Nichols’ Alien Nation remake

Posted 7 years ago

Nearly three years ago, Jeff Nichols (MIDNIGHT SPECIAL) signed on to write and direct a remake of ALIEN NATION for 20th Century Fox, but now that Disney has acquired Fox, it seems that the remake has been shelved for now....

Disney halts development of Jeff Nichols’ Alien Nation reboot

Posted 7 years ago

It has been almost three years since 20th Century Fox hired MIDNIGHT SPECIAL's Jeff Nichols to write and direct a remake of the 1988 sci-fi action film ALIEN NATION – and as Nichols feared would happen, now that Disney has...

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