Earthbound: A Proposed Storyline for ALIEN 4


NOTE: Corona Productions presents this information solely as of interest to any ALIEN fans. The opinions expressed by Mr. Hazeldine do not necessarily reflect Corona Productions. The idea and premise for Earthbound is registered and owned by Stuart Hazeldine (c)1996 .

Writer: Stuart Hazeldine

Credits: Screenwriter, Underground ($30 mil action/ thriller to be produced in '96/'97); Screenwriter, Episode of BUGS (BBC TV action show).

The Story Behind the Story: British screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine is a fan of the ALIEN movies. So it seemed like a good idea to sit down and try to come up with a story he could pitch to 20th Century Fox, the owners of the ALIEN trilogy, and see if it could take a run for the story of ALIEN 4. Hazeldine sat down, wrote a few proposals, and submitted them to 20th Century Fox via his agent, only to find out that screenwriter Joss Whedon had already received clearance to work on a full screenplay proposal for Fox. However, knowing that a movie may go through many different scripts and storylines before audiences see the finished result, and as mentioned, a huge fan of the series, Hazeldine is still hoping that the owners of the ALIEN franchise can take a look at his material. It still may be possible - screenwriter Peter Briggs wrote a spec screenplay called ALIENS VS. PREDATOR without Fox's knowledge (which also borrowed heavily from the Dark Horse Comics Aliens vs. Predator mini-series) and eventually sold the script to Fox.

Does Stuart Hazeldine's script proposal fit the requirements for the next ALIEN movie? Is Whedon's script - which may already be greenlighted - better suited? Should Fox instead do a complete 180-degree reversal and turn the series into an animated musical??? In this arena, no one really knows save ticketgoers on opening weekend.

Premise of his Treatment:

Stuart Hazeldine speaks about his proposed storyline:

Hazeldine's script treatment missed the deadline before it was common knowledge that Joss Whedon got the official assigment to write a script for 20th Century Fox. Hazeldine's agent has approached 20th Century about his client's eagerness to take a whack at pitching them a proposal, but due to legal reasons cannot:

He includes this appeal to anyone interested in his proposal being considered:

Updates:

March, 1997... With Alien Resurrection greenlighted and scheduled for release this coming summer, the Earthbound concept must be dead, right? Right now Hazeldine is considering several options: two of which include either releasing his screenplay to be downloaded by interested Internet readers, or re-tooling the concept and proposing it as an Alien 5 storyline.

February, 1996... Hazeldine has completed the screenplay of EARTHBOUND and is working with his agent to properly submit it to 20th Century Fox.



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