Alien vs. Predator (film)

Alien vs. Predator (referred to as AvP for short) was first considered when screenwriter Peter Briggs (later to work on Judge Dredd, Freddy vs Jason, and Hellboy) sold his spec screenplay, springboarded from and drastically rewriting the Dark Horse Comic Book, to 20th Century Fox in 1991. The film was made in Barrandov Studios (Prague).

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Peter Briggs - Judge Dredd - Freddy vs Jason - Hellboy - Spec screenplay - 20th Century Fox - Barrandov Studios - Prague

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Released in theaters on August 13, 2004. It is a cross-over between the Alien and Predator movie franchises. The Aliens and Predators have appeared together in previous works in other media, but this movie marks their first combined cinematic appearance.

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August 13 - 2004 - Alien - Predator - Previous works

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In the movie, a satellite owned by the Weyland Corporation finds an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath Antarctica. The Corporation recruits several scientists/archaeologists to learn more about the pyramid. They soon find themselves in the middle of a brutal war between two alien species, the Xenomorphs (from the Alien movie series) and the Yautja (from the Predator series), thus giving the movie its tagline "No matter who wins, we lose" (also seen as "Whoever wins, we lose" in some situations).

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Satellite - Weyland Corporation - Pyramid - Scientist - Archaeologists - Xenomorphs - Yautja

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Afraid of bad press, the filmmakers and publisher 20th Century Fox decided not to let critics view the film in advance. Once critics were allowed to review the film they were, as expected, not very positive about it. Nonetheless, the film did reach the number one spot during the first weekend of its release.

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A sequel is rumored to be in the works.

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