Aliens Expanded is back with a new 2-disc Collector’s Edition featuring 14+ hours bonus content, including expanded interviews with James Cameron (Writer & Director), Gale Anne Hurd (Producer), Sigourney Weaver (Ripley), Michael Biehn (Hicks), Lance Henriksen (Bishop), Paul Reiser (Burke), and many more!

In addition to your bonus interviews, the second disc comes with a new theatrical cut of the documentary, a special filmmaker Q&A, a unique numbered collector’s card, and a 2-disc slipcase that will hold both Blu-rays.

Already own Aliens Expanded? Purchase the upgrade including 2-disc slipcover for just $64.99. New customer? Get a double-pack with the original critically-acclaimed Aliens Expanded documentary for $99! Only available until Midnight May 4th!

12+ Hours of Extended Interviews Take You Deeper

Now bigger than ever, watch more than twelve hours of unseen and extended interviews from the production of Aliens Expanded and discover the stories we weren’t able to include in the documentary.

Filled with insight, personality, and quirky details, each interview now serves as an extensive, stand-alone conversation and a chance to spend more time with your favorite characters and filmmakers.

Listen up for James Cameron on where he thinks Aliens ranks in his career; Gale Anne Hurd on the trials of staging scenes in Acton Power Station; Sigourney Weaver on Ripley’s new look; Michael Biehn on his early friendship with Cameron; William Hope on avoiding boot camp; Jenette Goldstein on pull ups; and much more…

Packed With Special Features

Your Special Features Disc includes:

The Extended Interviews

At the heart of the Aliens Expanded Collector’s Edition lie 12 hours of extended interviews. Edited only for sense and repetition, this is an unprecedented chance to listen to the interviews as they happened: ranging where the thought takes them, unmediated by film clips and directorial choices, often very funny and unexpected.

"It was a privilege to be in conversation with my heroes and I want to share that privilege with you. From James Cameron to Lance Henriksen, you will gain an unforgettable sense of the personalities who contributed so much to a classic."

- Ian Nathan, writer-director Aliens Expanded

Special Feature: Inside Aliens Expanded

A brand-new interview with writer-director Ian Nathan and executive producer Robin Block takes you inside Aliens Expanded and answers your questions. Watch out for our email after purchase where we’ll ask you to submit your questions… 

What was it like to interview James Cameron?
How did we land our interview with Sigourney Weaver? 
What aspect of Aliens requires even more depth than the documentary can give it? 

2-Disc Slipcase

Display your 2-disc Collector’s edition in style with our 2-disc slipcase. Comes with both the 2-disc complete version and the 1-disc upgrade!

New Collector’s Edition Booklet Takes You Into Production

Writer-director Ian Nathan relates his experiences making Aliens Expanded, taking you on his journey with Aliens, from the 16-year-old blown away at the Odeon Fulham Road in London to the 54-year-old sitting before James Cameron at Lightstorm in Los Angeles to find out how he did it. Also includes production diary and script pages and notes that reveal how the documentary evolved over time.

The Aliens Expanded Theatrical Cut

Experience the 100-minute version of Aliens Expanded, which has a surprisingly different feel to the original. Pacier and more direct, the Theatrical Cut sticks closer to the timeline of the film as it tells the story of Aliens and its enduring power, guided by the wonderful interview with James Cameron.

Ends May 4th: Order your 2-Disc Collector’s Set or 1-Disc Upgrade now to get your 12+ hours of extended interviews, theatrical cut, special feature, booklet, and 2-Disc slipcover!

Your Ultimate Companion to James Cameron’s Aliens

The original Rondo-nominated, critically acclaimed Aliens Expanded is included with your 2-disc Collector’s edition. Brimming with stories, insight, and wonderful personal detail, this four-hour documentary is the most passionate and sophisticated exploration of Aliens ever made; a love letter to the people who made it and the communities who adore it, reflecting and enhancing the incredible legacy of this beloved epic.

As we examine these elements, the crew, including Creature Effects Supervisors Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Skotak, Model Maker John Lee, and Graham Hartstone (Sound Department) add their own stories to those of the cast.

Along the way, we offer up a fresh and expanded take on the incredible story behind the film: the chance encounter that led to Cameron taking it on, the intense writing process, the intuitive casting of the marines, winning over Sigourney Weaver, finding Newt, the nightmare shoot, and the ultimate triumph. Famous tales are retold, but enriched with new perspectives.

But this isn’t just the story of Aliens - it’s also a story about how we relate to it. Together, we investigate the broader elements of the Aliens experience, examining how our love of Cameron’s film, then and now, has been influenced by a wide range of factors, including:

• The Merchandising, including the novelisation and James Horner’s atmospheric soundtrack.
• The Expanded Universe, including the books, comics, video games, film sequels, and cosplay.
• And the Fan Communities that enable us to continue to show our appreciation for the film all these years later

In these sections, Alan Dean Foster (Author, Aliens Novelization), Mark Verheiden (Author, Aliens Comics), V. Castro (Author, Vasquez), Charles de Lauzirika (Director, Superior Firepower: Making Aliens), and Derek Dafoe (Alien Theory) add their own insights to those of the cast and crew.

Across the four-hour runtime, we dive into innumerable stories that take you behind-the-scenes and under-the-skin - here are just a few of our favorites:

Winning Over Ripley: Director James Cameron and the cast recall what it took to persuade Sigourney Weaver to return after her contract had lapsed, including Cameron’s cunning plan to persuade the studio to make her the highest paid actress in Hollywood.

Remembering Bill Paxton: in a highly emotive segment, Jenette Goldstein (Vasquez), Mark Rolston (Drake), Cynthia Scott (Corporal Dietrich), Carrie Henn (Newt), and James Cameron recall working with Bill Paxton, and how he became the untameable, beloved, heartbeat of the production and a friend to everyone.

The Film that Never Ages: Alec Gillis (Creature Effects Coordinator, Aliens), Tom Woodruff Jr. (Creature Effects Coordinator, Aliens) and Matt Winston (Co-Founder, Stan Winston School) discuss how the sets, models, and complete lack of CGI give Aliens an authenticity that would be hard to beat with today’s technology.

The Battle with the British Crew: With great humor (in hindsight), James Cameron and his cast recall the culture clash with the dyed-in-the-wool British crew: the tensions, stand-offs, and the legendary confrontation between Cameron and a tea lady, and how the edginess on set fed into the tension within the movie.

All Hail the Queen: The cast & crew explore the creation of one of the greatest screen monsters of all time, the Alien Queen. From design concepts to the fabled “garbage bag” test to the giant, 14-foot puppet operated on set, to the amalgam of pigs, tigers, and other animals in her “vocalization,” this was a triumph of imagination realized at thrilling scale.

Order your 2-disc Collector’s Edition today for more than 18+ hours of entertainment. Only available until May 4th!

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Our Team

CREATORVC is an independent producer of community-powered entertainment: long-form factual content that is funded, inspired, and shaped by a dedicated community of fans. Our projects include the critically acclaimed In Search of Darkness trilogy, the ‘80s Sci-Fi documentary In Search of Tomorrow, and In Search of Darkness 90-94.

The team working on this project includes:

Ian Nathan (Writer & Director) - Ian Nathan is one of the UK’s best-known film writers and commentators. He is the author of numerous books, including Alien Vault and James Cameron: A Retrospective. He is also the former editor and executive editor of Empire, still one of the world’s biggest movie magazines, where he remains a contributing editor. 

David Weiner (Executive Producer) - David Weiner is the writer/director of the five-hour ’80s Sci-Fi documentary In Search of Tomorrow, and of the ’80s horror genre documentaries In Search of Darkness Parts I-III. David was previously editor-in-chief of the iconic Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, a writer for The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision, senior editor at Entertainment Tonight for 13 years, and is a multiple Rondo Award nominee and winner.

Robin Block (Executive Producer) - Founder/CEO of CREATORVC, the world’s leading crowdfunded factual entertainment company. Robin is also the creator and Exec Producer of the critically acclaimed In Search of Darkness ‘80s horror documentary series and the '80s Sci-Fi retrospective In Search of Tomorrow.

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Yes, the Blu-ray will be region free.

Does Aliens Expanded have subtitles?

The documentary has English and Spanish subtitles. The special features (disc 2) only have English subtitles.

Are the special features available digitally?

The special features are not available digitally and are exclusive to the Collector Edition Special Features Blu-ray.

Does the original Aliens Expanded slipcase fit inside the 2-disc slipcase?

No, the 2-disc slipcase is designed to fit two Blu-rays, not the original slipcase that came with the Aliens Expanded Blu-ray when it was first released.

What is your refund policy?

We offer a 14-day money-back guarantee from your date of purchase. In the event of a problem with shipping where ourselves or one of our partners is at fault (such as a damaged package) we will send out replacements.

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This is a made-to-order product and shipping will begin at the end of June (estimated). When your product is ready you will receive an email about paying for shipping: after you have paid for shipping (see below) your products will be sent immediately.

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Is there a DVD option?

We are not producing a DVD version of Aliens Expanded. Producing physical media is prohibitively expensive at lower volumes, and after surveying ALIENS fans, there wasn't enough demand to make the option viable.

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