The boxset will include all four feature films in the series as well as separate bonus disc for each movie loaded with extras. Wait, the movies are loaded with extras as well.
For about a hundred bucks you get:
Alien � original theatric version or new director�s cut.
Aliens � original theatric version or special director�s cut.
Alien 3 � includes over 30 minutes of new footage.
Alien Resurrection � with alternate ending and opening scenes.
In all the box set feature 45 hours of never-before-seen footage including the alternate cuts and the requisite bonus features including new director commentaries, original screen tests, a multi-angle look at the "Chestburster" sequence from Alien, Easter eggs, deleted scenes, featurettes on casting and creature design, plus production footage.
Here are all the details from the official press release:
"ALIEN"
* The original
1979 theatrical version of "Alien" and the 2003
Director's cut
* An introduction
by Director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Sigourney
Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt and more
* Brand
new commentary by Ridley Scott and the technical crew
* Nine
brand new documentaries: "Star Beast" -- On developing the
"Alien" story; "The Visualists" -- the direction and design of the
film; "Truckers In Space" -- Casting the movie; "Fear Of The Unknown"
-- Behind the scenes at Shepperton Studios in 1978; "The Darkest
Reaches" -- Developing the Nostromo and Alien planet; "The Eight
Passenger" -- Creating the Alien; "Future Tense" -- Focusing on the
music and editing of "Alien;" "Outward Bound" -- Peering into the
film's visual effects; "A Nightmare Fulfilled" -- Reaction to the
film's opening
* A Multi-Angle
Scene Study on the Chestburster sequence with optional
commentary by Ridley Scott and the production team
* Sigourney
Weaver's original screen test with optional commentary by
Ridley Scott
* Seven
deleted scenes with a deleted footage marker and deleted scene
index
* The first
draft of the screenplay by Dan O'Bannon
* Ridleygrams
-- Original thumbnails and sketches by Ridley Scott
* Storyboard
Archives
* The Art
of "Alien" including a cast portrait gallery, production
gallery, the sets of "Alien," H.R. Giger's Workshop, continuity
polaroids and VFX gallery
* The original
theatrical posters and stills from the premiere
"ALIENS"
* The original
theatrical version -- available for the first time ever
on DVD -- and James Cameron's special edition version of "Aliens"
* An introduction
by Director James Cameron
* Brand
new commentary by James Cameron, Michael Biehn, Jenette
Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Terry Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd,
Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan
Winston
* James
Cameron original treatment
* Nine
brand new featurettes: "57 Years Later" -- Continuing the saga;
"Building Better Worlds" -- From concept to construction; "Preparing
For Battle" -- Casting and characterization; "This Time It's War" --
A look back at Pinewood Studios, 1985; "The Risk Always Lives" --
Weapons and action; "Bug Hunt" -- Creature design; "Beauty And The
b*****" -- Power Loader vs. Queen Alien; "Two Orphans" -- Revisiting
Sigourney Weaver And Carrie Henn; and "Aliens Unleashed" -- Reaction
to the film
* The Art
of "Aliens" including conceptual art portfolio, cast
portraits, production gallery, continuity polaroids, Stan Winston's
workshop, VFX gallery and premiere stills
* Deleted
footage marker and deleted scene index
* Multi-angle
videomatics with optional commentary by Miniature Effect
Supervisor, Pat McClung
* An Easter
Egg
"ALIEN 3"
* The original
theatrical version and a restored pre-release version
with more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage
* Brand
new commentary by Cinematographer Alex Thompson, Editor Terry
Rawlings, VFX Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., Visual
Effects Producer Richard Edlund, and actors Paul McGann and Lance
Henriksen
* 11 new
featurettes: "Development" -- Concluding the story; "Tales Of
The Wooden Planet" -- Vincent Ward's vision; "Pre-Production III" --
The making of "Alien 3;" "Xeno-Erotic" -- H.R. Giger's redesign of the
Alien creature; "Production: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three" --
Behind-the-scenes on the production of the movie; "Adaptive Organism"
-- Creature design; "Optical Fury" -- Visual effects; "Music, Editing
And Sound"; and "Post-Mortem" -- A reaction to the film
* E.E.V.
Bio-Scan -- A multi-angle vignette with optional commentary by
Alex Gillis
* The Art
of "Alien 3" including conceptual art portfolio, production
gallery, and visual effects
* Furnace
construction time lapse
* Storyboard
archives
"ALIEN RESURRECTION"
* The original
theatrical version and an extended cut with alternate
opening and ending sequences
* An introduction
by Director Jean Pierre Jeunet
* Brand
new commentary by Director Jean Pierre Jeunet, Herve Schneid,
Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Despretz, Ron Perlman,
Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser
* First
draft of the screenplay by Joss Whedon
* 11 new
featurettes: "From The Ashes" -- Reviving the story; "French
Twist" -- Direction and design; "Under The Skin" -- Casting and
characters; "Death From Below" -- Underwater photography; "In The
Zone" -- Basketball scene; "Unnatural Mutation" -- Creature design,
"Genetic Mutation" -- Creature design; "Genetic Composition" -- A
listen to the music; "Virtual Alien" -- Computer generated imagery; "A
Matter Of Scale" -- Miniature photography; and "Critical Junction" --
A reaction to the film
* Multi-angle
rehearsal footage
* A Mike
Carro photo gallery, a conceptual art gallery, VFX gallery, a
promotional photo archive and continuity polaroids
* Storyboard
archives
* An Easter
Egg
BONUS DISC
* A brand
new Q&A with Ridley Scott
* "Experience
in Terror" -- A promotional featurette from 1979
* "Alien
Evolution" -- Channel 4 U.K. exclusive documentary on "Alien"
* A complete
laser disc archive of "Alien" and "Aliens"
* Original
theatrical trailers and TV spots from all four films
* "Aliens
In The Basement" -- Inside the Bob Burns "ALIEN" Collection
* Dark
Horse cover gallery -- Anthology of 11 issues of the "ALIEN"
comics
* DVD-ROM
feature -- Script to screen comparisons
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