MEDIA RELEASE: Thursday, April 27, 2017
ALIEN VS PREDATOR POP-UP
ALIEN VS PREDATOR POP-UP CHANNEL For the first time in Australia and only on Foxtel Featuring all 10 movies in both the Alien and Predator franchises From 6am AEST on Friday, May 12 to Monday, May 15 Also available On Demand or stream on Foxtel Play Click here to view promo
In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies presents ten movies in the iconic Alien and Predator franchises on a dedicated pop-up channel, available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers, from 6.00am on Friday, May 12 through to Monday, May 15.
The non-stop movie marathon will feature an incredible line-up of films in both smash-hit series, as the deadliest creatures from the scariest sci-fi movies on the planet face-off over four days, launching with the first Alien movie, through to Predator, AVP: Aliens vs. Predator and the most recent film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
The iconic Alien film, directed by Ridley Scott, received worldwide critical acclaim and huge box office success upon its release. Starring Sigourney Weaver in her career-defining role as Ripley, the film depicts an extra-terrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship.
Science fiction hit Predator stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite Special Forces team on a mission to rescue hostages from guerrilla territory in Central America, while a technologically advanced form of extra-terrestrial life is secretly hunting the group.
The success of both the Alien and Predator films spawned a series of sequels, before the crossover produced the hugely popular Alien vs Predator series.
The Alien vs Predator pop-up channel follows on from Foxtel Movies’ hugely successful series of pop-up channels, including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, X-Men and Arnie pop-ups.
The ten movies featured on the Alien vs Predator pop-up, running back-to-back and in order, are as follows:
Alien (1979) In a remote region of the galaxy, the United States space tug Nostromo are awakened from their hypersleep chambers when Mother, the on-board computer, monitors a strange transmission. According to company law, the crew must investigate any signal indicating possible intelligent life. What begins as a routine search mission quickly escalates into a nightmare of unimaginable terror when the crew discovers and brings aboard an extra- terrestrial life form.
Aliens (1986) Ripley is the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous alien. Her account of the alien and the fate of her crew are received with scepticism, until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 lead her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate. Alien 3 (1992) Officer Ripley finds herself stranded on a remote planet inhabited by vicious ex-convicts armed with only their wits to fight the deadly alien creature. Alien Resurrection (1997) An unholy combination of human and alien genetics is discovered, made possible by an alliance between a renegade band of smugglers and a zealous cadre of scientists and officials. Ripley is back, and all is not what it seems. To combat the alien menace, Ripley must team up with the smugglers, including an enigmatic mechanic named Call, who may be the instrument of Ripley's resurrection or the weapon of her destruction. Prometheus (2012) A thrilling journey to the farthest corners of the universe sees a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. Predator (1987) Major Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the leader of a military rescue unit looking for allies captured by guerrillas in the Latin American jungle. But when Schaefer attempts to lead his unit out, with a captured guerrilla in tow, something horrifying and inexplicable begins to happen: one-by-one the men are killed by a mysterious adversary - a predator from another world. Predator 2 (1990) This electrifying sequel unleashes the deadly predator in an urban jungle: Los Angeles. A police chief is tracking an alien who hunts humans for sport. Predators (2010) The film stars Oscar-winner Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've been brought together on an alien planet – as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – human predators who are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien predators AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) Arnie took on the Predator in the jungle and Sigourney fought the Alien in outer space. Now two of the most blood-thirsty species in movie history engage in the ultimate battle in frozen Antarctica. Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) After a horrifying Alien Crash landing near a small Colorado town, it’s an all-out battle to the death with no rules, no mercy and hundreds of innocent people caught in the crossfire.
The Alien vs Predator pop-up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events and is also available to stream on Foxtel Play.
Subscribers can also watch the Alien vs Predator pop-up movies when and where they want On Demand with an internet-connected iQ box – and viewers can also stream the movies On Demand on Foxtel Play.
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