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Beast Mode

SCI-FACT a fan of the Star Beast title, O’Bannon eventually settled on Alien because the word appeared several times in the screenplay.

FOLLOWING ITS ADAPTATION OF WILLIAM Gibson’s original script for – published in 2018 – Dark Horse is now turning the late Dan O’Bannon’s original 1976 screenplay into a five-issue mini-series, by writer Cristiano, it features many familiar elements from Ridley Scott’s seminal 1979 film, although there are also many intriguing differences.

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