Daniel Thomas O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 - December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director and visual effects supervisor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres.
O'Bannon wrote the screenplay for Alien, adapted from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett. He also wrote and directed the cult horror comedy The Return of the Living Dead. He contributed computer animation to Star Wars and worked on cult classics such as Dark Star, Heavy Metal, and Total Recall.
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MoreDaniel Thomas O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 - December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director and visual effects supervisor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres.
O'Bannon wrote the screenplay for Alien, adapted from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett. He also wrote and directed the cult horror comedy The Return of the Living Dead. He contributed computer animation to Star Wars and worked on cult classics such as Dark Star, Heavy Metal, and Total Recall.
- SDCC Guest in 1985
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En route to back to Earth, the crew of the starship Snark intercepts an alien transmission. Their investigation leads them to a desolate planetoid, a crashed alien spacecraft, and a pyramidic structure of unknown origin. Then the terror begins . . .
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En route to back to Earth, the crew of the starship Snark intercepts an alien transmission. Their investigation leads them to a desolate planetoid, a crashed alien spacecraft, and a pyramidic structure of unknown origin. Then the terror begins . . .
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The intercepted voice transmission has been interpreted--a dire warning . . . but is it too late? As the crew continues to survey the massive pyramid structure, they find an entrance. Who goes in, won't come out alone . . .
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The intercepted voice transmission has been interpreted--a dire warning . . . but is it too late? As the crew continues to survey the massive pyramid structure, they find an entrance. Who goes in, won't come out alone . . .
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The crew makes a shocking discovery about the artifacts found in the pyramid. Unaware of the danger they have brought aboard, the Snark departs the alien planetand within secure confines of the ship, a horror unknown to man will be unleashed.
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The crew makes a shocking discovery about the artifacts found in the pyramid. Unaware of the danger they have brought aboard, the Snark departs the alien planetand within secure confines of the ship, a horror unknown to man will be unleashed.
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The alien is loose aboard the ship, with every attempt at eradicating it proving more deadly. As the creature reveals its true form, the crew discovers a horrifying new development.
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The alien is loose aboard the ship, with every attempt at eradicating it proving more deadly. As the creature reveals its true form, the crew discovers a horrifying new development.
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The fight for survival! Sheer terror befalls the remaining crew members as the Alien claims the ship as its feeding ground. With retaliation proving futile, the only way out is to run.
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The fight for survival! Sheer terror befalls the remaining crew members as the Alien claims the ship as its feeding ground. With retaliation proving futile, the only way out is to run.
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In 1976, Twentieth Century Fox bought a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon entitled Star Beast. Three years later Alien was unleashed on unsuspecting filmgoers. Writer Cristiano Seixas and artist Guilherme Balbi have attempted to stay true to the characters, settings, and creaturesdescribed in O'Bannons original screenplay. A new experience, but still terrifying! Collects the five-issue miniseries.
Collects Aliens: Fast Track to Heaven HC (2011 Dark Horse), Aliens: Colonial Marines - No Man Left Behind (2012), Alien: Isolation (2014 Dark Horse/Sega), Aliens: Defiance (2016 Dark Horse) #1-12, Aliens: Dead Orbit (2017 Dark Horse) #1-4, Aliens: Dust to Dust (2018 Dark Horse) #1-4, Aliens: Resistance (2018 Dark Horse) #1-4, Aliens: Rescue (2019 Dark Horse) #1-4, Alien: The Original Screenplay (2020 Dark Horse) #1-5 and Alien 3 (2018 Dark Horse) #1-5, and material from Dark Horse Presents (2011 2nd Series) #12-17 and Serenity Featuring Hellboy and Aliens (2016 Dark Horse). Complete your ALIENS library with one final tome of terror! When Private Zula Hendricks goes AWOL to defend Earth from the xenomorphs, she faces demons from her past while fighting for her future! Engineering officer Wascylewski must use all available tools to survive an attack by the deadliest creature known to man! When their colony is evacuated, all 12-year-old Maxon and his mom have to do is make it to the spaceport - but between them and it are...Aliens! And Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda joins the resistance! Plus: more horrifying stories - including a twisted tale illustrated by returning ALIENS alumnus Sam Kieth!
Collects Aliens: Fast Track to Heaven HC (2011 Dark Horse), Aliens: Colonial Marines - No Man Left Behind (2012), Alien: Isolation (2014 Dark Horse/Sega), Aliens: Defiance (2016 Dark Horse) #1-12, Aliens: Dead Orbit (2017 Dark Horse) #1-4, Aliens: Dust to Dust (2018 Dark Horse) #1-4, Aliens: Resistance (2018 Dark Horse) #1-4, Aliens: Rescue (2019 Dark Horse) #1-4, Alien: The Original Screenplay (2020 Dark Horse) #1-5 and Alien 3 (2018 Dark Horse) #1-5, and material from Dark Horse Presents (2011 2nd Series) #12-17 and Serenity Featuring Hellboy and Aliens (2016 Dark Horse). Complete your ALIENS library with one final tome of terror! When Private Zula Hendricks goes AWOL to defend Earth from the xenomorphs, she faces demons from her past while fighting for her future! Engineering officer Wascylewski must use all available tools to survive an attack by the deadliest creature known to man! When their colony is evacuated, all 12-year-old Maxon and his mom have to do is make it to the spaceport - but between them and it are...Aliens! And Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda joins the resistance! Plus: more horrifying stories - including a twisted tale illustrated by returning ALIENS alumnus Sam Kieth!
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