A reportedly finished Alien vs. Predator TV series will go unreleased by Disney, according to a recent report.
Is there an Alien vs. Predator TV series?
During a special Alien Day episode of the Perfect Organism Podcast last month (via Comic Book Movie), Joshua Izzo — the former licensing director at 20th Century Fox prior to Disney’s acquisition of the company — revealed that an anime TV series based on the 2004 film was not only in production, but completed. Izzo noted the show is ready to be released at any time.
“There is, sitting at Disney now, at 20th Studios, 10 episodes of a fully completed Alien vs. Predator anime series that I produced,” Izzo 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.”
Izzo went on to talk about how the project came to be. According to him, he initially pitched the idea of a direct-to-DVD Alien or Alien vs. Predator animated series. Izzo said the idea was made in order to not have to wait for theatrical movies based on the brands to come out.
“I said, ‘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. Let us be the masters of our own destiny rather than waiting for theatrical whenever a movie decides to come out.'”
The series was reportedly planned to be set after the events of Alien vs. Predator and Alien 4, with the episodes split up across three DVDs in its home release. The show reportedly was a mixture of 2D and CG animation.
Initial reports from Alien vs. Predator Galaxy suggested that director Shinji Aramaki (Starship Troopers, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina) was behind the series, which Aramaki would later confirm himself on Twitter. In a brief tweet, he said he had no clue why the project never released.
