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‘Tron’ Writers Say Yes to ‘Ouija Board’

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For those of you still hoping for an interesting spin on the classic Ouija Board game, Universal has tapped Tron Legacy writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz to pen the board game-to-screen adaptation, which is being produced by Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form as well as Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro, writes the Hollywood Reporter. For the first time details are being teased: It is possible that certain rules of the game — never use it alone, never use it in a graveyard, always say good-bye — figure into the plot. The studio is looking at the project as a supernatural action-adventure movie. Ouija boards, also known as spirit or talking boards, have been used to communicate with the spirit world for more than 200 decades.

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New ‘Alien: Romulus’ Image Channels the Spirit of James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’

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Fede Alvarez’s (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) Alien: Romulus is set between the events of Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens, and Alvarez had explained to Total Film earlier this month that the film is something of a tonal fusion of the two classic Alien movies.

Alvarez teases, “The environments, and the pace of it as well – it’s more similar to Alien for quite a bit. And then gradually – you won’t even know – you feel like it’s more Aliens. It’s a natural progression, and it happens effortlessly.”

On that note, Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview brings us a brand new image from Alien: Romulus this morning, and you can certainly feel the Aliens vibes in this particular shot.

Check it out below and catch the franchise’s return in theaters August 16.

Here’s the full official plot synopsis for Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus:

“While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.”

Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) leads the cast alongside Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu.

Alien: Romulus takes place in between the first two films. It’s been described as “an original standalone feature,” one that “will focus on a group of young people on a distant world.” 

Fede Alvarez co-wrote the script with Rodo Sayagues (Evil Dead). Ridley Scott is on board as producer for the film, the first movie in the franchise to be released by Disney.

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