Post by thechase on May 20, 2023 11:47:10 GMT -5
...But they won't release it.
www.cbr.com/disney-aliens-vs-predator-anime-wont-release/
According to former 20th Century Fox licensing director Joshua Izzo, The Walt Disney Company has been sitting on a "fully completed" Alien vs. Predator anime since its acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019.
Last month, Izzo appeared on the Perfect Organism podcast for Alien Day (which he founded in 2016). "There is, sitting at Disney now, at 20th Studios, 10 episodes of a fully completed Alien vs. Predator anime series that I produced," he said. "It's done. It's in the can. It's mixed; it's finished. It was produced and story cracked by Eric Calderon and Dave Baker, two unbelievably crazy talented guys." Apparently, the anime is set sometime after the events of Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Alien Resurrection (1997).
Izzo, who worked at Fox prior to the Disney buyout, originally pitched the project as an animated series. "I said [to head of consumer products Jeffrey Godsick], 'Hey listen, I want to pitch this idea of a direct-to-DVD Alien and/or Alien/Predator and/or Predator animation that we, the consumer products division, can sell against," he explained. "Let us be the masters of our own destiny rather than waiting for theatrical whenever a movie decides to come out,'" Izzo explained. At the time, Fox had yet to announce 2018's The Predator, while 2017's Alien: Covenant was only just starting development.
After getting the go-ahead from Godsick, Izzo presented storyboards and a complete idea for the series to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The project morphed into an anime when an unnamed director was brought on board and presented an all-new story for the series. According to Izzo, said director previously worked on Halo Legends and Harlock: Space Pirate. (With that in mind, unconfirmed rumors suggest that the director was none other than Blade Runner: Black Lotus' Shinji Aramaki.) The plan was for the 10-episode Alien vs. Predator anime to air on television in Japan and be released across three DVDs in western markets.
Last month, Izzo appeared on the Perfect Organism podcast for Alien Day (which he founded in 2016). "There is, sitting at Disney now, at 20th Studios, 10 episodes of a fully completed Alien vs. Predator anime series that I produced," he said. "It's done. It's in the can. It's mixed; it's finished. It was produced and story cracked by Eric Calderon and Dave Baker, two unbelievably crazy talented guys." Apparently, the anime is set sometime after the events of Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Alien Resurrection (1997).
Izzo, who worked at Fox prior to the Disney buyout, originally pitched the project as an animated series. "I said [to head of consumer products Jeffrey Godsick], 'Hey listen, I want to pitch this idea of a direct-to-DVD Alien and/or Alien/Predator and/or Predator animation that we, the consumer products division, can sell against," he explained. "Let us be the masters of our own destiny rather than waiting for theatrical whenever a movie decides to come out,'" Izzo explained. At the time, Fox had yet to announce 2018's The Predator, while 2017's Alien: Covenant was only just starting development.
After getting the go-ahead from Godsick, Izzo presented storyboards and a complete idea for the series to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The project morphed into an anime when an unnamed director was brought on board and presented an all-new story for the series. According to Izzo, said director previously worked on Halo Legends and Harlock: Space Pirate. (With that in mind, unconfirmed rumors suggest that the director was none other than Blade Runner: Black Lotus' Shinji Aramaki.) The plan was for the 10-episode Alien vs. Predator anime to air on television in Japan and be released across three DVDs in western markets.
www.cbr.com/disney-aliens-vs-predator-anime-wont-release/
