Warning! The following contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus.Put the kids to bed before watching this non-animation horror scene! Yes, fans of Space Franchisees should prepare for an incredible “ultra-violent” experience. The final installment in the 45-year-old franchise Science fiction The horror epic is now showing in cinemas. Alien: Romulus He doesn't shy away from bloody good times.
And for one character in particular, Navarro, played by Ellen Wu, there's a fate about to befall the big screen that rivals what poor John Hurt had to endure in the original 1979 film. Fede Alvarez The chest explosion scene looks very real in Romulus It doesn't involve “a single frame of CGI,” Alvarez says in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
There were two versions of it.
One of them was Ellen standing there with a fake body attached to her so she could move the creature through it. That's how they did it in the original movie. Then there was another version of her,
“Which was twice her size but had no head, only a chin, to be able to push the chest through in more detail.”
Alien: Romulus
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Alien: Romulus brings the successful Alien franchise back to its roots. While exploring the depths of an abandoned space station, a group of young alien colonists encounter the most terrifying lifeforms in the universe.
- release date
- August 16, 2024
- The book
- Fede Alvarez, Rudo Sayages, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
- The studio
- 20th Century Studios, Hulu, Scott Free Productions
- Distributor(s)
- 20th century
Alvarez (Girl in the Spider's Web, Don't Breathe, Evil DeadHe continued, saying: “It had to be a little bit bigger to see more details, like the reproductive valves and the hands and all that. So, there were two different versions, but all the visual effects were done on camera. “I'm so proud of that.”
Director Fede Alvarez reveals, “We literally gave the set a vibrating vibe.”
Despite Alien: Romulus While the critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes is mixed, reflecting an 82%, at the time of this writing, it seems that most fans are very excited to return to the sci-fi horror franchise where no one can hear them scream in space. Director Fede Alvarez reveals details about the exciting scene featuring Ellen Wu. Alvarez went on to analyze the chaos that brought the scene to life during the same interview:
“The group was literally shaken.
The entire cockpit is built on a huge axis. So any moment the spacecraft hits the station, the entire axis shakes.
When the character falls, it's very violent.
We had to work with stunt doubles,
Obviously, it's better to do it safely.
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Alvarez, whose film was promoted by MovieWeb, Alien: Romulus It has been rated as “the best film in the franchise since James Cameron's” Foreigners,“I didn’t just sit and watch the famous chest explosion scene on the screens… quite the opposite,” the director explains during the same session.
“During the whole birth process and everything, the shaking was real.
It was the best ride at the amusement park.
We were all with them.
I was with my screen, trying to stay in place while people were shaking this thing so hard.
“It was great.”
Alvarez's apocalyptic sci-fi adventure opened in theaters with $6.5 million in preview screenings on Thursday, August 15 (according to The Numbers). Alien: Romulus The film is expected to gross between $35 million and $50 million domestically, and is expected to gross $80 million worldwide. The film's imaginary chest-bursting scene is sure to leave fans either wanting more or puking their popcorn.
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