In our first video of our coverage for Alien 3 we explore the jumbled genesis of the film from 1986 - 1990. We cover the scripts, drama and evolution of the project.
2 things to note. The first is that there has been a lot of comments about my pronunciation of David Twohey's name and it's fair. I would explain where this mispronounce came from, but I don't think it matters. Please forgive this error as well as the three audio tracks from Vincent Ward and Renny Harlin interviews as the sound levels didn't upload well.
For part 2 click here: https://youtu.be/Z43hctTrf7o
For our analysis of the film click here: https://youtu.be/YsLn41WBRQQ
Chapters
0:00 Where do we go from here?
2:42 William Gibson's 1st draft
7:33 William Gibson's 2nd draft
9:18 Enter Renny Harlin, exit William Gibson
9:59 Audiences don't want to see that
10:54 Eric Reds screenplay
20:45 Enter David Twohey, exit Renny Harlin
23:00 David Twohey's first draft
26:40 More changes and Ripley returns
28:06 Producers throwing wrenches into the works
28:50 Enter Vincent Ward, exit David Twohey
31:52 John Fasano/Vincent Ward script
36:30 A backwards process
39:01 The sordid exit of Vincent Ward
41:52 Writer Greg Pruss and the David Fincher connection
43:13 David Fincher's enthusiasm
43:49 Another writer snuck in
45:27 The Larry Fergusen disaster
47:40 Incompetant producers take over writing