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Jason Momoa Joins the Fast & Furious Franchise, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering new titles such as Batgirl, Fast and Furious 10, and Masters of the Universe. This WEEK’S TOP STORY JASON MOMOA JOINS THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Ten movies in (including Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), the Fast & Furious franchise has featured a revolving door of action stars that has included Idris Elba, Jason Statham, Charlize Theron, and perhaps most controversially at this point, Dwayne Johnson. Instead of returning for any future Fast & Furious projects, Johnson is focusing on the DC Comics movie Black Adam (7/29/2022) and his…
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Artist H. R. Giger Felt He Never Got the Credit He Deserved for His Role in the ‘Alien’ Franchise. A New Show Gives Him His Due
“You nevertheless never realize what you are dealing with, do you?” That is the well-known problem posed by Ash (Ian Holm) in just one of the numerous tense scenes of Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien. Ash goes on: “Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility… Unclouded by conscience, regret, or delusions of morality.” Holms’s character is describing the darkish creature at the heart of Scott’s masterpiece, an extraterrestrial dubbed the xenomorph. This unforgettably terrifying alien set a new bar for cinematic angst about deep space and existential dream—one that, some argue, has not been matched in the additional than 40 years given that the film’s launch. The otherworldly development has…