The Making of Star Wars by J.W. Rinzler5/27/2023 First, he undertook a book on Revenge of the Sith, which was in production at the time, but eventually, he pitched George Lucas on doing one on A New Hope. The author spoke to IGN recently about the process of writing The Making of Aliens, and the challenges Cameron and Hurd faced while bringing their vision to the screen.įrom Star Wars to AlienRinzler began working at Lucasfilm in 2001 and was hired as the nonfiction editor, which is what led to his penning what would become the acclaimed Making of books on the Original Trilogy. Rinzler is well known among fans of behind-the-scenes filmmaking tomes, having authored the definitive making of books on the original Star Wars films as well as a variety of other works on iconic movies like Planet of the Apes, the Indiana Jones series, and Alien. And now the detailed story of how Aliens was created, including the many ups and downs Cameron and his producer Gale Anne Hurd faced, has been told in Titan Books’ The Making of Aliens by J.W. Of course, 34 years later Aliens is a bona fide classic itself, a worthy successor to the original Alien that not only continued the story of Sigourney’s Weaver’s Ellen Ripley, giving her an emotional arc that she was lacking in the first film, but which also fleshed out the world of the Xenomorphs in way that ensured that Alien would become a franchise for decades to come.
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