Ridley Scott made one of the best science fiction films ever made with Alien. Seven years later, James Cameron followed suit and released his sequel Aliens in 1986 much more action-heavy and hardly less outstanding was.
The sci-fi hit, which runs on Nitro on Wednesday evening, was only smiled at. The later Avatar director was then able to realize it with a simple letter.
Sci-fi masterpiece Aliens was accepted with an S for the dollar sign
In the 2022 Empire interview, Cameron spoke about having lunch with a key Alien producer at the time and being sneered at for the idea of a sequel. As a “career destroyer”, the idea of the sci-fi sequel was hardly taken seriously and the director could only have failed.
Cameron then pulled out all the stops with his pitch with a simple trick:
I was in a meeting with the studio head and executive producers. I turned my script over and wrote the word ALIEN on the blank back. Then I put an S at the end and two dashes drawn through the S. So I showed them that.
The rest is history. With a budget of 18 million dollars at the time, the sequel has grossed 183 million dollars worldwide to date and with Aliens we got a masterful blockbuster, which, like Terminator 2 after Terminator, is in no way inferior to the first film.
When and where is Aliens on TV?
The sci-fi hit will be released on August 30, 2023 at 8:15 p.m. on Nitro Posted. As an alternative to the TV broadcast, you can stream Aliens on Disney+ as a subscription.*
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