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Likely boils down (among other reasons) to 4 quadrant CGI tentpole PG13 franchises vs 1-2 quadrant R rated franchises.
If APES films could be made for $65-75 million with audiences buying people in ape costumes again, they probably would go Hulu too. But now that they've been established as photorealistic CGI apes, probably no going back.
Sneider HOTMIC Scoop from yesterday: ALIEN 5 is currently titled ALIEN: ROMULUS Nov 18, 12:14
Would be funny if it's xenomorphs running around the the dawn of Ancient Rome or weirder, Romulus, Michigan. Nov 18, 12:24
or influenced by the mythology (Romulus kills his twin brother in a power struggle) {nm} Nov 18, 12:32
20th's Div President made it seem like it it was a "risky/edgy" idea which seems to at least point to it not be in a ship Nov 18, 12:42
THR and Sneider said it's Hulu {nm} Nov 18, 12:40
Likely boils down (among other reasons) to 4 quadrant CGI tentpole PG13 franchises vs 1-2 quadrant R rated franchises. Nov 18, 13:51
but genre/horror has been the consistent theatrical overperformer post-COVID. Prey would have cleaned up in September Nov 18, 14:02
do the Prey thing where it's one-on-one in a setting we haven't seen in any of the previous Alien movies {nm} Nov 18, 14:31
give the alien some stakes...which I don't think we've seen (I think) since the Queen and her eggs in Aliens {nm} Nov 18, 16:16