There’s an Alien vs. Predator anime, and there’s a possibility Disney will never let us see the series. A new report centers around this unreleased Alien vs. Predator anime, a follow-up to the cult classic film and its less-than-stellar sequel. The rumored ten-episode project was crafted before the polarizing Disney acquisition of 20th Century Fox and now allegedly sits on the shelves of Disney.
This information comes from Joshua Izzo, the former licensing director at 20th Century Fox before the Disney acquisition. He tells the “Perfect Organism Podcast” about this unreleased series, even going as far as saying it’s finished, but Disney is sitting on it.
Izzo reveals, “There is, sitting at Disney now, at 20th Studios, ten 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.”
Izzo recalls believing the project would live as a direct-to-video series of animated episodes. He recalls telling the studio, “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.'”
There’s no official word, but Izzo believed Shinji Aramaki of Halo Legends fame would’ve helmed the Alien vs. Predator anime.
The Alien franchise is still alive, as the two projects related to the iconic franchise are coming soon. First, there’s the untitled prequel film produced by Ridley Scott and Fede Álvarez’s Alien film. As for Predator, that franchise just saw a successful prequel hit on Hulu last year, with Prey as a surprise hit for the franchise.
