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NECA Unveils the “Royal Facehugger” Figure
Yesterday was National Hug Day, a day that brings people closer together as we put aside our differences and conflicts, choosing instead to embrace one another to show that we can all get along, that we can overcome hatred.
Or we can see it as a day where a Facehugger latches onto your face, jams its euphemized phallic tentacle down your throat, and proceeds to impregnate your torso with a xenomorph. Y’know, just those little romantic things that keep a relationship going.
To celebrate National Hug Day, NECA has unveiled a new toy that I think is really incredible. It’s for a “Royal Facehugger”, which is a specific type of arachnid-esque critter that bears the egg of a Queen Alien. We saw one very briefly in the director’s cut of Alien3, which stands apart thanks to the webbing between its legs as well as the overall larger size.
Below are photos of the toy, which looks absolutely fantastic, as per anything NECA does! They really show immense care for their products and I think that’s why they’re considered one of the very best at their craft.
[H/T Figures.com]
Fede Alvarez’s (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) Alien: Romulus will be unleashed in theaters nationwide on August 16, and Entertainment Weekly brings us two new images today.
The first image you’ll find below gives us another fresh look at the film’s Xenomorph, with Alvarez promising the outlet that it’s the most H.R. Giger-faithful Xenomorph of them all.
Entertainment Weekly writes, “… Alvarez promises [the Xenomorph’s design] is closer to H.R. Giger’s original creation than any other iteration.” The late H.R. Giger was of course integral to Ridley Scott’s Alien, designing the iconic monster the franchise is centered on.
The other image you’ll find below gives us a look at two of the human characters from Alien: Romulus, Archie Renaux’s Tyler and Cailee Spaeny’s heroine Rain Carradine.
Head over to Entertainment Weekly for their full preview of the upcoming film.
Here’s the full official plot synopsis for Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, which comes in the wake of Disney reviving the Predator franchise in spectacular fashion with last year’s Prey…
“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.
Xenomorph in ‘Alien: Romulus’. 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS
(L-R): Archie Renaux as Tyler and Cailee Spaeny as Rain Carradine in ‘Alien: Romulus.’. 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS
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