![]() ![]() Time travel flicks may be a dime a dozen, but I guarantee that you’ve never seen one quite like this before. Several media outlets unfairly condemned the picture as a mediocre cash-grab meant to ride the coattails of the found footage films that inspired it, while others were even more critical of its murky time travel logic. While the movie would ultimately rake in nearly three times its budget at the box-office, this success didn’t extend to its critical reception. Not only that, but it was also a bit of a gamble in the financial department, with the film boasting a surprisingly large budget for a Found Footage flick despite not featuring any superpowered characters or city-destroying monsters. Produced through Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, Project Almanac was already an unusual endeavor coming out of the gate, being the production company’s second non-horror film after 2014’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. Naturally, hormone-influenced shenanigans ensue as David and his friends decide to travel back in time for personal gain – only to discover that even the smallest changes can have disastrous consequences for the future. If you haven’t heard of it before, Project Almanac tells the story of a group of teenagers involved in a time travelling conspiracy after David ( Jonny Weston) uncovers blueprints for a time machine that his father ( Gary Weeks) was working on before his mysterious death. That’s why I appreciate rare exceptions like Dean Israelite’s Project Almanac, a sci-fi Found Footage romp that takes advantage of subjective filmmaking in an admirable attempt at updating age-old time travel tropes for a new generation. ![]() The Alien film franchise is currently eight movies deep, with filmmakers including James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet bringing to the screen their own versions of the Xenomorph monsters that Ridley Scott and Dan O’Bannon gave birth to back in the 1970s.įrom absurd dashcam footage to amusing cat videos, it’s pretty safe to assume that the vast majority of real-world recordings are completely banal in nature – so why is it that Found Footage movies are almost exclusively associated with the horror genre? If you really think about it, we should have seen major Found Footage entries in pretty much every single genre by now, and yet filmmakers still insist on trying to make the next Blair Witch Project year after year.ĭon’t get me wrong, I’m a sucker for POV horror flicks, but I also enjoy a nice little palate cleanser every now and then. ![]() Ridley Scott, who of course directed the original classic in 1979 and later returned for prequels Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, will produce the movie via his Scott Free banner. ![]() “ In this ninth entry in the immensely popular and enduring film series, a group of young people on a distant world find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying life form in the universe.”Īlvarez co-wrote the script with Rodo Sayagues ( Evil Dead). THR recently previewed, “Plot details are being kept in a cryochamber, but as opposed to the other movies which focused on adults in corporate, militaristic and scientific roles, this now-ninth installment of the franchise will focus on a group of young people.” The project is described as “an original standalone feature.” Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu also star. The project doesn’t yet have an official title, but we’ve been told it’s set to be a gritty and contained horror movie.Īlvarez is directing the brand new Alien movie for Ridley Scott and 20th Century Studios, with Cailee Spaeny ( The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) leading the cast. Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez is directing the next installment in the Alien franchise, which will notably be the first Alien movie released by Disney.ĭisney has just dated Alvarez’s Alien for August 16, 2024. ![]()
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