Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Peter McGann, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This week, Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant.
The colony ship Covenant is on its way to a new home world when a freak accident knocks the ship off course. However, while conducting repairs, the crew pick up a strange distress call from an alien planet that seems too good to be true. Seeing a potential opportunity, the crew decide to explore this strange new world. There, they find horrors beyond imagining.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 22nd January 2025.
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- Trailer for Small Town, Big Story, January 2025.
- Christian Tobin at Digital Spy reports on Ridley Scott’s early plans for a sequel to Prometheus, June 2012.
- Damon Lindelof talks to Collider about his decision not to be involved with Ridley Scott’s early plans for a sequel to Prometheus, December 2012.
- Ben Child at The Guardian reports on Ridley Scott’s plans for multiple Prometheus sequels, September 2015.
- Andrew Pulver at The Guardian considers Ridley Scott’s cinematic influences and legacy, November 2014.
- Chelsea J. Carter and J.D. Cargill report for CNN on the suicide of Tony Scott, August 2012.
- Ridley Scott talks to The Telegraph about Tony Scott’s cancer diagnosis, November 2014.
- Ridley Scott talks to The New Yorker about receiving a call from Tony Scott shortly before Tony Scott took his own life, November 2023.
- Ridley Scott concludes an interview with The Hollywood Reporter by admitting “I miss my brother”, November 2024.
- Pamela McClintock and Tatiana Siegel report at The Hollywood Reporter on plans for a sequel to Prometheus focusing on Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender, August 2012.
- Ridley Scott talks to Yahoo! about his plans to move the Alien franchise away from the xenomorph and towards the androids, November 2014.
- Angie Han at /film reports on the decision to title the sequel to Prometheus as Alien: Paradise Lost, September 2015.
- Ridley Scott tells IndieWire that Alien: Paradise Lost has been retitled Alien: Covenant, November 2015.
- Justin Kroll at Variety reports on Michael Green’s early work on the film that would become Alien: Covenant, June 2013.
- John Logan talks to Creative Screenwriting about redrafting Alien: Covenant, May 2017.
- Ridley Scott talks to The Hollywood Reporter about his anxiety over Disney’s acquisition of Fox, January 2022.
- Ridley Scott confesses to The Hollywood Reporter his frustration at not being able to secure the rights to the Alien franchise, October 2024.
- Ridley Scott defends Disney’s marketing of The Last Duel on WTF with Marc Maron, November 2021.
- Ridley Scott talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the importance of Tom Rothman’s support in making Prometheus, May 2012.
- Kim Masters at The Hollywood Reporter considers Tom Rothman’s departure from Fox, September 2012.
- Elsa Keslassy at Variety reports on Ridley Scott’s praise for Tom Rothman’s support in the theatrical distribution of Napoleon, November 2023.
- Ridley Scott talks to Yahoo! about his decision to listen to the fans and pivot back to the classic xenomorph in Alien: Covenant, May 2017.
- Baz Bamigboye at The Daily Mail reports on the fact that Noomi Rapace would not be returning for Alien: Covenant, January 2016.
- Carlos Huante talks to HN Entertainment about the initial plans to include Noomi Rapace in Alien: Covenant, February 2019.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist writes about how Alien: Covenant is a movie about the creative conflicts that led to its creation, February 2020.
- Savannah Walsh at Vanity Fair reports on Katherine Waterston’s decision to come out as a vocal supporter of trans rights, July 2021.
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- Katherine Waterston talks to The Independent about her life and career, November 2024.
- Katherine Waterston talks to The Hollywood Reporter about working with Michael Fassbender and Billy Crudup in Alien: Covenant, September 2020.
- David Harper talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the role of James Franco in Alien: Covenant, May 2017.
- Darren Mooney writes at The Escapist about David as a different sort of manifestation of sexual violence within the Alien franchise, June 2020.
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