"alien: covenant," the second of ridley scott's "alien" prequel films, is projected to bring in between0 million dollars in its opening weekend, according to variety. that may be enough to knock "guardians of the galaxy volume two" from the top spot at the box office."if there's one thing i've learned from my years of being a kid, is that you have zero control over your life.""diary of a wimpy kid: the long haul" is the fourth movie in the "wimpy kid" franchise, based on the popular book series by jeff kinney. variety's pundits predict the kid-friendly flick will open in the 10-million dollar range, while the l-a times says it could open as high as twelve-million."dear mom, i know staying in this house keeps me alive, but this isn't living."the third wide- release this weekend is "everything, everything," based on the young adult novel by nicola yoon. "hunger games" actress amandla stenberg takes on the lead role as a teen with an autoimmune disease, who seeks to have a life outside her home. variety reports "this" book-to-film adaptation could open anywhere between eight and 10-million

the latest film in the alien series stars michael fa55bender and is directed by ridley scott, who isself. i think the term or mac is very primordial, disturbing, and it has got no eyes. —— the alien itself is very. the original alien had eyes in the design. we were staring at it and weep at a plastic bit over its head, and then hr giger said, no eyes, very good. so we have an aspect forehead. for meters above you. how far do you go back with the alien story, michael? did you watch it when you were younger?” alien story, michael? did you watch it when you were younger? i guess i was around ten, i think. ten years old! i think so. you was around ten, i think. ten years old! ithink so. you must was around ten, i think. ten years old! i think so. you must have was around ten, i think. ten years old! ithink so. you must have been very frightened. i was, i old! ithink so. you must have been very frightened. iwas, i remember not moving very much. just being transfixed. maybe i was a bit older. ijust remember transfixed. maybe i was a bit older. i just remember that feeling transfixed. maybe

i was at the alien covenant premier, i saw a ridley scott. it has been a geeky week for me. is all that? where are you? >> i am in the lobby of an expensive hotel. i have gone into this hotel to get a good wi-fi connection. one downstairs, to watch a presentation for the new movie murder on the orient express. >> i love guardians of the galaxy volume 1, volume 2, what is your rating? >> chris pratt huge star, james gunn directed the first guardians of the galaxy, massive success, $773 million, when i sat down with chris pratt all i wanted to do was nerd out with a really cool thing*lord's character those when he hits the side of his face and this awesome helmet forms, how he messed up so many expensive shots by forgetting to tap the side of his face. >> you hit the side and it goes -- when you shoot are you hitting an exact spot? you to wear that mask. you sit there all day and do that? >> behind my ear i have this little piece, that is the one thing i forget to do so i have blown some massive shots by not doing this before i do a run and fly off. the camera pans $100,000 wa

see ya. >> ridley scott's sixth "alien" movie is drawing high praise from critics who is giving it certified form for both scott and the series. a hard r horror movie. but edgar douglas warns it is a sci-fi thrill ride, not for the squeamish or faint of heart. >>> let's go over to the reboot of "the diary of a wimpy kid." the series is back with the fourth installment in the franchise. mom alicia silverstone decides to road trip it to mima's 90th birthday. but there is a catch. >> this is an unplugged road trip. no phones, no ipads, no internet. everyone, hand over your devices. >> you tricked us. >> this is totally not cool. >> you want me to read? i'm reading texts. what's the difference? >> without devices, there's absolutely nothing to do. >> look at the scenery. read a book. >> read a book? it's summer vacation. >> estimated time on road, 47 hours and 1 minute. >> critics are as about excited for the movie as the kids were to take the trip. they're giving it a 25% splat on rotten tomatoes. the adults acting is crude and clo clownish and the gags are slap stick. an amiable fast-paced ent

this is the original film directed by sir ridley scott the alien fail m maker as w well.filmmaker here hose not made a bad movie yet. 30 years after events of first blade runner film. jarrett is playing the villan. i'm looking forward are to it. >> do you know when the first blade runner was set what year it was supposed to be. >> 2017. >> very close. >> 2018. >> 20 19. >> there you go. >> almost modern day now. >> fortunately it's not looking like that. >> different. >> cool though. >> there are some things that happened just not flying cars. so lip sync battle this show. a new video gone viralle. >> amazing. >> amazing. >> we only have a snippet of it. tom holland you know him as new "spiderman" channeling rhianna. >> amazing. >> watch this. >> ridiculous. >> super powers. >> under my umbrella♪ ♪ >> so there you also see zindae the new costar in the film they battled it out lip sync battle they aired it before the mtv movie awards and the full video was uploaded. if you have not seen it watch it. >> he's really cool that's why he won the role he can do flips. >> broadwa

after he launched the franchise and quite frankly discovered a whole new way to scare us, director ridley scott is back with alien coveted. so how does this prequell stack up to what's come before? >> wtop entertainment editor jason fraley has the answers. do we want to invest the two hours to check this out? >> hey, guys, i gotta say it might depend what you thought of prometheus, which was the previous one, the first prequell that vidly scott famous alien trilogy. that came out in 2012, got mixed reviews. a lot of people dinged it as being too heady in trying to explore mankind's origins. i was probably one of the few who liked that one a little bit. but this one almost reacted to the backlash by swinging in the other direction. it's really a lot of body horror here. it's almost like a friday the 13th, jason in space. like a slasher flick in how bloody and grotesque. i like it's scarier the less of the alien you see, maybe a glimpse down a dark corridor. this one throws too much in your face for me. but i can't believe i actually am saying this, but my favorite alien movie of the year, wasn't

ridley scott made this movie in 1979 very movie that was really stood the test of time.re incredible we can't show you what happens there, but the way that scene was done is so funny and so comedic you would never know that the horror behind that moment in the film real life. >> that's all i can remember. >> i also spoke to michael fast bender in the new movie alien covenant it comes out next week michael fast bender plays two androids in the film walter and david. and they have scenes together so i wanted to know when you shoot scenes with yourself how does that work but also he has to kiss himself in a scene. >> kiss hisself. >> how do you kiss yourself. watch this? >> the face hugger thing is always stood the test of time. that thing looks incredible john hurt moment looks amazing i wondering for you as a film maker how that's changed. has the face hugger been the annie month tron nick movement the up? and out. >> the first movie everything was physical there was a guy and side doing that. >> are you kidding me? >> the thing coming out of his chest was a guy lying und

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michael fastbender who returns in a dual role as an android and was excited to work with director ridley scott again. >> i guess what the first thing is, you know, fun, you know, we laugh a lot. and very sort every mischievous element. very youthful sort of essence to ridley, and that goes with reservoirs of energy. you know, just huge amounts of energy. he's very imaginative. so, for these kind of films, usually, they tends to move very slowly. but set up, what not, ridley shoots four, five cameras, he knows where to put them. >> where is it? >> for entertainment tonight, i'm kevin frazier, now, back to you in the studio. >> well, how about this? a special honor for one of our own, at the 2017 celebration of the black arts legacy award. "eyewitness news" at the university of arts in philadelphia, the awards honor outstanding contributions and contributors to black art, literature, music and media. our own ukee washington received a chuck stone award for excellence in journalism. cbs-3 vice president and news director margaret cronin presented ukee with the well deserved honor. congrats to uke

. >> jimmy: ridley scott is back. i mean this is a big movie. [ cheers and applause ] space movie. and you did the last "alien" right? >> i did "prometheus" yeah. and for sure, he's gone back in this one to that sort of thriller/horror element of the, you know, the very first "alien." but, it's got a lot of that scope that he was exploring in "prometheus." >> jimmy: and you play two -- two roles. >> i played two robots or, you know, a.i.s. >> jimmy: yeah, so you act opposite yourself. >> it was marvelous. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: did you get along with yourself? >> just about. we had some issues. i was like, "i've got to talk to that other guy." >> jimmy: i don't like his -- >> upstaging me all the time. >> jimmy: he's a scene stealer, yeah. but basically what you're doing is, "covenant" is the name of the ship. >> that's right. >> jimmy: and you're go to a -- find a new planet to -- >> yeah, basically covenant is a new ship with colonists. so, you know, i think it's like 3,000 colonists are heading out to origae-6. and there's a technical difficulty in space. they get woken out of c

the ridley scott commercial for the mcintosh. >> it depicted a scary 1984 leader on a big screen.y little company, apple, is going to destroy the reigning power. >> we shall -- >> on january 24, apple computer will introduce mcintosh. [ applause ] >> personal computer war heated up today. apple computer officially unveiled its new mcintosh. >> i'll let my mcintosh speak for itself. >> hello, i'm mcintosh. >> the introduction to mac was an event. steve jobs really did think of the mac as a thing that would change the world. >> apple is betting $100 million and admittedly, its future to make inroads against ibm. >> apple felt like a rock band. they had the same kind of spirit. they seemed to be going up against the man in ibm. >> it is aimed at a largely untapped market of managers, professionals and students. less than 5% now use computers, mostly because of their complexity. mcintosh is designed for simplicity. using a palm-sized unit called a mouse. >> it was the first time that a machine was versatile. it was simple. it was friendly. >> it took the computer out of the exclusive

"alien: covenant," the second of ridley scott's "alien" prequel films, is projected to bring in betweenllars in its opening weekend, according to variety. that may be enough to knock "guardians of the galaxy volume two" from the top spot at the box office."if there's one thing i've learned from my years of being a kid, is that you have zero control over your life.""diary of a wimpy kid: the long haul" is the fourth movie in the "wimpy kid" franchise, based on the popular book series by jeff kinney. variety's pundits predict the kid-friendly flick will open in the 10-million dollar range, while the l-a times says it could open as high as twelve-million."dear mom, i know staying in this house keeps me alive, but this isn't living."the third wide- release this weekend is "everything, everything," based on the young adult novel by nicola yoon. "hunger games" actress amandla stenberg takes on the lead role as a teen with an autoimmune disease, who seeks to have a life outside her home. variety reports "this" book-to-film adaptation could open anywhere between eight and 10-million dollars. in

new installment in ridley scott's science-fiction aliens series snatched the top spot, toppling guardiansits debut with sales of $36 million according to an estimate. -- guardians of the galaxy came in second. falling that is everything, everything, and diary of a wimpy kid, the long haul. pan,ng the dice and jim gambling giants ready to raise the stakes and local governments criticizing the bidding process. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am haidi lun in sydney. casino operators prepare to gamble on japan, some parts of the country might he out of luck , rural areas and smaller japanese cities that could be overlooked by investors. latest the filament plans, and is at the fact that they are only interested in the major cities? latest plans, the newest guidelines released by the government about the bidding process to obtain a license to operate casinos in japan say international casino operators must partner up with the city government and submitted this is proposal to the central government to receive a license to operate. some of these loc

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there is no question that ridley scott is a visual stylist, but he's only ever as good as his script.ted it to be the name of the rose in space. this is the da vinci code in space. and, as someone who loved alien because it was ruthless, because it was stripped down, and loved aliens because it's a war movie, this is very much like a massive amount of pontificating and holding forth and also it makes no sense whatsoever. i know people don't necessarily go to alien movies for it to tie up all loose ends, but there were moments in it... there was one moment in it where a character says so little that makes any sense i laughed out loud. you've made me laugh! that's the only laugh you'll ever get from me about alien, i suspect. i'm a little more hopeful about your third choice this week, jawbone. jawbone, written by and starring johnny harrison. i have to say, i know nothing about boxing, other than what i know from the movies. this is the tale of a washed—up boxer who is struggling with alcoholism and we meet him at the beginning of the film. he's on, i think, the south bank, in london,

ridley scott returns for alien covenant.ship filled with couples sent toinize a new planet, but there's terror in space and they have to fight to escape. it's rated r. >> amanda steinberg is on lockdown in everything everything. the actress who gained fame in the hunger games portrayed a teen with a grave illness. she'll die if she leaves her house, but the boy next door has her testing outboundries. >> if you're looking for something kid friendly, check out diary of a wimpy kid, the long haul. it's the latest chapter featuring an all-star cast making a family road trip. it's rated pg. >> does that look familiar? >> that's my life. >> get the devices out. treats, snacks. >> stop moving around. >> usually they're telling me to stop singing. >> they did that. it will be a weekend for road trips because you'll wand to drive to find the kind of weather you like because it vary greatly across the bay area. let's look at san francisco. it looks like a beautiful start to this friday morning. nice cool temperatures. it's 53 degrees

ridley scott back with the new alien movie. >> kevin mccarthy joins us live at, what, 3:52 in the morningey, kev, what are you doing on the west coast today. >> steve and allison by the way, steve, i got to say one thing i know this is a little inside baseball but you interviewed the lead singer of afi yesterday. i. freaking out. awesome. >> so, you know, true story kev the only reason i knew you weren't here is because you didn't come running up to say hi and i knew if you were here you would have done that because i know you're a big fan. >> oh, no, that interview was awesome. if people haven't seen it, they're called -- what are they called dream car. >> dream car, yeah dream car. i posted what he had to say about chris cornell on twitter as well if anybody wants to go there and check it out. >> so cool. they were on good day d.c. yesterday a mixture of no doubt and afi. allison i'm in l.a. for a bunch of this. actors this weekend. last night i just saw pirates of the caribbean dead men tell no tales. i'll be sitting down with the cast today including halfier bardem. jeffrey rush and a

sir ridley scott was there. michael fassbender was there.ast. i'm super excited about that. i've seen alien covenant and i'll have my reflew a couple of -- review in a couple weeks. it's a special trip especially to be at a premiere in london experiencing that's very cool. >> please kevin you run through everybody's bucket list in one week. >> it's been insane. i mean, being on that orient express train and then now i'm going to see footage -- i value really cool side note. i rode the actual train and interviewed josh gad there but when they filmed the movie they actually did it in studio so they put this like train thing on a gimble. when the actors actually acted the scenes out they put hdtv screens as the windows to make it look like they were actually going past scenery. in cool. >> not to get tood into weeds this was josh gad's first time on the actual train too like for the actors their first time on the train. >> yeah, it was awesome. so cool. >> so cool. >> so, "guardians of the galaxy vol. 2" is opening up today. >> i can't wait. >>

ridley scott is a visual stylist, no question, but he is only ever as good as his script.t is very weak. when they were going to do... this is the da vinci code in space. as someone who loved alien because it was ruthless, and loved aliens because it's a war movie, it is very much like a massive amount of pontificating and holding forth and also it makes no sense what the weather! i know people don't necessarily go to alien movies to tie up all loose ends but there were moments in it... there was one where the characters as so little that make sense that i laughed out loud. —— character said so little.|j make sense that i laughed out loud. -- character said so little. i am a little more hopeful about your third choice this week. jawbone, written and starring john harrison. —— written by. i do nothing about boxing. a washed—up boxers struggling with alcoholism we meet him at the beginning of the film and he is drunk. he lives in a flat which used to be his mother is flat, he is in danger of being as it had. life is in a mess. he turns up at his oldjim run by ray life is in

there is no question that ridley scott is a visual stylist, but he's only ever as good as his script.k. there's a famous story that when vincent ward was going to do alien iii, he wanted it to be the name of the rose in space. this is the da vinci code in space. and, as someone who loved alien because it was ruthless, because it was stripped down, and loved aliens because it's a war movie, this is very much like a massive amount of pontificating and holding forth and also it makes no sense whatsoever! i know people don't necessarily go to alien movies to tie up all loose ends, but there were moments in it... there was one moment in it where a character says so little that makes any sense i laughed out loud. you've made me laugh! that's the only laugh you'll ever get from me about alien, i suspect. i'm a little more hopeful about your third choice this week, jawbone. jawbone, written by and starring johnny harrison. i have to say, i know nothing about boxing, other than what i know from the movies. this is the tale of a washed—up boxer who is struggling with alcoholism and we meet him

. >> ridley scott, of course.to say it didn't end up the in the film but on the floor and wasn't that good. >> we have everybody else from the cast coming out in a minute. mick mulvaney michael, thanks for being here. "alien: covenant" opens stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind... and cleaner energy like natural gas. an

it's a prequell to the 1979 classic featuring the return of director ridley scott and the film is inake a look. >> i was reading the story and i'm sure you've been asked this a lot about the hair. obviously you were working on fantastic beast but i'm actually genuinely curious how the pitch went to ridley. like how did you call him? did you text him? did you do it in person? how did that work. >> yeah, well, i -- it was at the end of fantastic beast and i saw they had made some wigs of ezras are hair in case we had to do pickups later his hair changed and i said can i just try that on? it was the end of the day and i was in the makeup trailer and i took some pictures really initially for myself to see what, i never had short hair just to see what it looked like and then, yeah, i couldn't -- once i got that idea in my head i couldn't kind of get it out of my head and i didn't know how ridley would feel about it but when i got down to sydney i asked him -- >> did you show him the photo or took the wig with you. >> yeah, ridley is funny when he likes something he's very obviously esthet

losing my voice i'm trying to drink hot tea i'm going to see alien covenant the premier tonight sir ridley scott but tomorrow i'm going to be sitting in panels all day with daisy ridley, judy den much, kenneth bran in a, matthew vaughn it's insane to have a movie fan to have all this contents. >> let that all marinate. we unfortunately we have back to news right now. enjoy it for the rest of us. living the dream my friend and we're so happy for you all of your travels. >> take lots of pictures. >> i will. >> kev, we got to go. >> i'm sorry buddy we got to go. we have news we have to get to right now. >> ♪ >> it's breaking news more on that escaped convict as you see them coming to the podium officials now offering more information about where he was captured and how. let's listen in. >>> good morning. thank you all for joining us this morning. so that we can share with you our good news from overnight. it has been, um, a challenging six days but we are happy to report that we have concluded our search for the prisoner who escaped in howard county on friday. i'm going turn the microphone over to

. >> ridley scott, of course. >> yes.in the scene. needless to say it didn't end up in the film but on the floor and wasn't that good. >> we have everybody else from the cast coming out in a minute. mick mulvaney michael, thanks for being here. "alien: covenant" opens nationwide friday. the rest of the co-stars are coming out. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. @@v you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helping you master what's now and what's next. [ cheers and applause ] >>> so, happy to be back with michael fassbender and cast of "alien: covenant." we'll chat in just a moment, first an exclusive never before seen clip of the movie, take a look. >>> source of transmission, located. >> planet number four. >> planet number four is square in the habitable zone. beyond

if it's lit up i can look in the light and right down my i want to ask michael bast fender or ridley scott >> i'm praying for him. >> recovering. so the alien movie came on the screen. and my dad looks up and he goes i want to see that. >> yeah. nice. >> bring him to the screening. >> oh my gosh. next week. >> i want to meet him. >> give him some more time. >> i want to meet your movie. >> let's pray he feels better by then. >> that's our goal. >> i love it. >> we'll bring it to to him somehow. >> last night mtv. >> i've been trying to figure out how to pronounce this gentleman's last name. adam devine. adam says levine. devine. this is the host of the show for mtv that. v and movie awards. here's the introduction he did with beauty and beast them. watch this. >> ♪ >> adam, it's logan. why didou >> it's a rhyming thing, okay, i don't want to have to explain broadway to you, josh gad. you know what, whatever, moving on. >> i need a bell. >> coming. >> oh, haley seinfeld and she's wearing a bell dress. [ applause ] >> what a coincidence. ladies and gentlemen, revolution as mrs. pots. [ appla

(darya) "alient: covenant" is the second of ridley scott's alien prequel films.n 40 and 50 million dollars in it's opening weekend... and that could be enough to knock guardians of the galaxy from their top spot at the box office. it's rated "r". (mark) and if you're looking for something for the family... "diary of a wimpy kid: the long haul" is opening today. it's the 4th movie in the wimpy kid franchise... and based off the popular book series. it's rated "p-g". (darya) and lastly... "everything everything" is based on a young adult novel. it's about a teen with an autoimmune disease who wants to have a life outside of her home. this movie is rated "p-g-13". (darya) and the kron4 morning news wants to send you and a guest to see hamilton! earlier this morning we gave the secret word of the day. it was "washington" now you can go to kron4.com and enter the word for a chance to win a pair of tickets. keep watching every day next week for a new word and another opportunity to win! (mark) ahead at eight on the kron 4 morning news... four people are injured after t