It was rejected by producer John Davis as he wanted the film to take place on Earth. In 2002, another Aliens vs Predator treatment was written byÂ James DeMonaco and Kevin Fox which followed the storyline of the comic series, AvP: Eternal. Both games were quite well-received by critics and fans alike. In 1999, a game called Aliens vs Predator was released for PC followed by its sequel Aliens vs Predator 2 in 2001.

You can read more about this part of the film’s history in T he Hunt Begins: The Early Days of Peter Briggsâ€™ Alien vs. Screenwriter Peter Briggs wrote an AvP screenplay based on the comic books in the early 90s and submitted it to 20th Century Fox who were cautious to move forward with the project. We then got a glimpse of an alien skull in the trophy room inÂ Predator 2 in 1990 which fuelled rumours of a crossover film. DevelopmentĪliens vs Predator first appeared in comic book form in 1989 and was quite successful in the 90s. They also find out that these aliens might be still alive somewhere in the pyramid ruins but unknown to them, there’s also another species of alien exploring there – the Predators. When the group reaches one of the pyramids in Antarctica, they discover human skeletons and the fossilized remains of Facehuggers and Chestbursters. These ruins are deep under the ice surface which were built by the Predators and were formed much earlier than the pyramid ruins in Egypt. The film is set in the present time at the beginning of the 21st century and a group of scientists and archaeologists travel to Antarctica and discover ancient pyramid ruins. If they survive the battle against the aliens, they earn their “warrior status”. The Predators use Earth for their rituals and every 1000 years, they drop five teenage predators off at a pyramid and they have to fight for their survival.

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