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==Cast==
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*[[Alexa Woods]] .... [[Sanaa Lathan]]
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[[File:Aliens_vs_predator_movie_desktop_1024x768_wallpaper-121107.jpg|thumb]]==Writing==
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{{Seealso|Aliens vs. Predator (Peter Briggs)}}
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The concept of ''Alien vs. Predator'' originated with the first ''[[Aliens vs. Predator (series 1)|Aliens vs. Predator]]'' comic book, published in 1989 by [[Dark Horse Comics]]. The following year, the idea of [[Xenomorph XX121 (Alien)|Aliens]] and [[Yautja (Predator)|Predators]] fighting each other was first hinted at on-screen in {{P2}}, when a Xenomorph skull appeared in a trophy case aboard a Predator ship.<ref name="briggs">''Cinescape Presents v3 #9'', ''Movie Aliens''</ref> Based on the success of the comic book series, in 1991 [[20th Century Fox]] commissioned Peter Briggs to write a screenplay for a movie adaptation.<ref name="briggs" /> While Briggs' script was ultimately not produced, the studio returned to the concept of an ''Alien vs. Predator'' film in 2002. A new script draft was penned by James DeMonaco and Kevin Fox, who hoped to give the film an original approach by setting it on [[Earth]].<ref name="Alien vs. Predator Still Seeking a Script">{{cite web|title=''Alien vs. Predator'' Still Seeking a Script|author=Davidson, Paul|publisher=IGN|date=[[2002-03-07]]|url=http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/355/355096p1.html|accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref> However, their script was rejected by producer [[John Davis]].
The concept of ''Alien vs. Predator'' originated with the first ''[[Aliens vs. Predator (series 1)|Aliens vs. Predator]]'' comic book, published in 1989 by [[Dark Horse Comics]]. The following year, the idea of [[Xenomorph XX121 (Alien)|Aliens]] and [[Yautja (Predator)|Predators]] fighting each other was first hinted at on-screen in {{P2}}, when a Xenomorph skull appeared in a trophy case aboard a Predator ship.<ref name="briggs">''Cinescape Presents v3 #9'', ''Movie Aliens''</ref> Based on the success of the comic book series, in 1991 [[20th Century Fox]] commissioned Peter Briggs to write a screenplay for a movie adaptation.<ref name="briggs" /> While Briggs' script was ultimately not produced, the studio returned to the concept of an ''Alien vs. Predator'' film in 2002. A new script draft was penned by James DeMonaco and Kevin Fox, who hoped to give the film an original approach by setting it on [[Earth]].<ref name="Alien vs. Predator Still Seeking a Script">{{cite web|title=''Alien vs. Predator'' Still Seeking a Script|author=Davidson, Paul|publisher=IGN|date=[[2002-03-07]]|url=http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/355/355096p1.html|accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref> However, their script was rejected by producer [[John Davis]].
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Anderson reported in an interview that California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] was willing to reprise his role as Major [[Alan "Dutch" Schaefer]] from {{P1}} in a short cameo appearance, on the conditions that he lose the recall election and that the filming take place at his residence.<ref name="Exclusive: Paul Anderson on AvP">{{cite web|title=Exclusive: Paul Anderson on ''AvP''|author=Utichi, Joe|publisher=filmfocus.co.uk|date=[[2004-10-04]]|url=http://www.filmfocus.co.uk/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=248|accessdate=2008-01-16}}</ref> Schwarzenegger, however, won the election with 48.58% of the votes and was unavailable to participate in filming. Actress [[Sigourney Weaver]], who starred as Ripley in the ''Alien'' series, said she was happy not to be in the film, as a possible crossover was "the reason I wanted my character to die in the first place", and thought the concept "sounded awful".<ref name="Sigourney Weaver: Loving the alien">{{cite web|title=Sigourney Weaver: Loving the alien|author=Rose, Tiffany|publisher=arts.independent.co.uk|date=[[2004-08-20]] |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/sigourney-weaver-loving-the-alien-557218.html|accessdate=2008-01-16}}</ref><ref name="From The Ashes">''From The Ashes - Reviving The Story'', ''Alien Quadrilogy'', 2003, 20th Century Fox</ref>
Anderson reported in an interview that California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] was willing to reprise his role as Major [[Alan "Dutch" Schaefer]] from {{P1}} in a short cameo appearance, on the conditions that he lose the recall election and that the filming take place at his residence.<ref name="Exclusive: Paul Anderson on AvP">{{cite web|title=Exclusive: Paul Anderson on ''AvP''|author=Utichi, Joe|publisher=filmfocus.co.uk|date=[[2004-10-04]]|url=http://www.filmfocus.co.uk/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=248|accessdate=2008-01-16}}</ref> Schwarzenegger, however, won the election with 48.58% of the votes and was unavailable to participate in filming. Actress [[Sigourney Weaver]], who starred as Ripley in the ''Alien'' series, said she was happy not to be in the film, as a possible crossover was "the reason I wanted my character to die in the first place", and thought the concept "sounded awful".<ref name="Sigourney Weaver: Loving the alien">{{cite web|title=Sigourney Weaver: Loving the alien|author=Rose, Tiffany|publisher=arts.independent.co.uk|date=[[2004-08-20]] |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/sigourney-weaver-loving-the-alien-557218.html|accessdate=2008-01-16}}</ref><ref name="From The Ashes">''From The Ashes - Reviving The Story'', ''Alien Quadrilogy'', 2003, 20th Century Fox</ref>
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[[File:Avpttemple.jpg|thumb|The first look at the underground temple]]==Set Design and Filming==
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[[File:Avpttemple.jpg|thumb|The first look at the underground pyramid.]]
Production began in late 2003 at Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic, where most of the filming took place. Production designer Richard Bridgland was in charge of sets, props and vehicles, based on early concept art Anderson had created to give a broad direction of how things would look. 25 to 30 life-sized sets were constructed at Barrandov Studios, many of which were interiors of the pyramid. The pyramid's carvings, sculptures, and hieroglyphs were influenced by Egyptian, Cambodian, and Aztec civilizations, while the regular shifting of the pyramid's rooms was meant to evoke a sense of claustrophobia similar to the original ''Alien'' film.<ref name="AVP new world vision">{{cite web
Production began in late 2003 at Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic, where most of the filming took place. Production designer Richard Bridgland was in charge of sets, props and vehicles, based on early concept art Anderson had created to give a broad direction of how things would look. 25 to 30 life-sized sets were constructed at Barrandov Studios, many of which were interiors of the pyramid. The pyramid's carvings, sculptures, and hieroglyphs were influenced by Egyptian, Cambodian, and Aztec civilizations, while the regular shifting of the pyramid's rooms was meant to evoke a sense of claustrophobia similar to the original ''Alien'' film.<ref name="AVP new world vision">{{cite web
|title=''Alien vs. Predator'' A New World Vision
|title=''Alien vs. Predator'' A New World Vision