ALIEN Vs. PREDATOR Anime Series Is Complete But Disney Has No Plans On Releasing It
Disney owns tons of IPs (Intellectual Properties) now that they have Marvel and 20th Century Studios under their umbrella. Two major franchises in their grasp are the Alien and Predator franchises and at one time, a Alien vs. Predator anime was being discussed. News just broke that the series was indeed completed but Disney has done nothing with it.
In a recent interview with Josh Izzo, the man who championed the Alien and Predator crossover universe in the early 2010s and the main man behind the animated Alien vs Predator series that is still laying in a Disney vault somewhere. Our friends over at AVP Galaxy gave the lowdown on what happened and why.
“One thing that did not happen during Alien Day in 2016 was – there is sitting at Disney now, at 20th [Studios], 10 episodes of a fully completed Alien vs. Predator anime series that I produced. 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. Dave Bixler was head of Home Entertainment at the time – from a creative perspective – and he championed this for me.”
He goes on to detail how the animated series would be a re-telling of the original Dark Horse run of Alien Vs. Predator (which was amazing!) and would have really made and an amazing jumping on point for fans.
Speaking as to why Disney has not yet released the series, Josh was unable to answer. He suggested that perhaps like Fox’s mentality of frowning upon Alien vs. Predator, maybe Disney wanted to keep Alien and Predator separate. Josh did elaborate that he knows the people at Disney shepherding the franchises and confirmed they were very aware of the existence of the series.
Maybe the series will come to light someday but for now, it’s locked away and waiting.
You can read the full rundown of what happened with the AVP series at AVP Galaxy HERE.
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