Alien Nation

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Alien Nation

Posted 7 years ago

Chris 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...

Jeff Nichols says that his Alien Nation remake will be epic

Posted 8 years ago

1988's ALIEN NATION introduced the Newcomers, an alien race who landed on Earth and were forced to live among the distrustful human population. The film starred James Caan as an LA police detective who finds himself partnered with a Newcomer...

Jeff Nichols’ Alien Nation remake will be epic, if it happens

Posted 8 years ago

It's been four and a half years since 20th Century Fox first announced that they intended to produce a remake of the 1988 sci-fi action film ALIEN NATION, and two years since MIDNIGHT SPECIAL's Jeff Nichols was hired to write...

Jeff Nichols on making his Alien Nation remake a “reflection of the world”

Posted 10 years ago

The original ALIEN NATION film wasn't without its own social commentary as it used the recently arrived Newcomers to touch upon race relations and xenophobia. That little bit of social commentary will continue in the upcoming remake of ALIEN NATION,...

Jeff Nichols is turning an original idea into the Alien Nation remake

Posted 10 years ago

Last month, it was announced that MIDNIGHT SPECIAL director Jeff Nichols would be writing and directing a remake of Graham Baker's 1988 sci-fi thriller ALIEN NATION, a project that was previously being worked on by IRON MAN writers Art Marcum...

Jeff Nichols says Alien Nation won’t be a remake; based on a “bigger idea”

Posted 10 years ago

20th Century Fox has been developing a remake of ALIEN NATION for over a year now, but according to Jeff Nichols, who signed on to write and direct the project last month, it won't be a remake at all. Nichols...

Jeff Nichols to write and direct Fox’s remake of Alien Nation

Posted 10 years ago

I'm suddenly much more interested in the upcoming remake of ALIEN NATION now that Deadline has reported that Jeff Nichols (LOVING) is currently making a deal with 20th Century Fox to write and direct the movie. Previous reports stated that...

Jeff Nichols to write and direct a remake of Alien Nation

Posted 10 years ago

It has been well over twenty years since I last watched director Graham Baker's 1988 sci-fi thriller ALIEN NATION, but thanks to cable airings, the one season TV series that followed the film, and the five TV movies that followed...

Iron Man screenwriters to tackle Alien Nation remake for 20th Century Fox

Posted 11 years ago

Last year we learned that 20th Century Fox was working towards getting a remake of the 1988 sci-fi flick ALIEN NATION going, and now the project is inching forward by landing the writers. THR is reporting that Art Marcum and...

The writers of Iron Man could be bringing us a remake of Alien Nation

Posted 11 years ago

The remake train keeps chugging along (why are you saying that like it’s something surprising Kevin?) and the latest film to climb aboard could be the 1988 sci-fi/buddy cop film ALIEN NATION. THR just reported that Art Marcum and Matt...

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