Disney Holds Highly-Anticipated ‘Alien’ Project Hostage

Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has been a very busy man since he returned from retirement to supposedly fix the mistakes of the now-former Disney CEO Bob Chapek — and one area where Iger has been particularly busy involves Disney’s filmmaking process!

Iger has mercilessly cut back on Disney, Marvel, or Star Wars endeavors that involve spending lots of money on new films or TV shows that might not pan out in theaters or on Disney+.

Iger’s Cutbacks Create Another Casualty

Disney+ itself is being trimmed down as we speak, to the detriment of many cult-favorite movies or series, and now we have learned that Disney is essentially holding one never-before-seen show hostage!

In a recent episode of the Perfect Organism Podcast, it was revealed (by Joshua Izzo, 20th Century Fox’s former licensing director) that Disney is holding onto a completely-finished Alien vs. Predator series.

Alien vs. Predator obviously was not a Disney property when the hit series first came into being, but the action-packed thrillers (which are mainly about battles between the alien life from Sigourney Weaver’s nightmares and the extraterrestrial humanoid trophy hunters that challenge them) have apparently been under the Disney umbrella for a while now.

Disney is evidently refusing to actually release the new series, which includes 10 episodes and is filmed in an anime style.

“There is, sitting at Disney now, at 20th Studios, 10 episodes of a fully completed Alien vs. Predator anime series that I produced,” Izzo declared on the podcast. “It’s done. It’s in the can. It’s mixed; it’s finished. It was produced and story cracked by Eric Calderon and Dave Baker, two unbelievably crazy talented guys.”

Happy #AlienDay2023 from the guy who created it! Hope everyone is having a Xeno-tastic day!#alienday #alienday426 #alien #aliens #xenomorph pic.twitter.com/PzmYZAXqLy

— Joshua Izzo (@joshua_izzo) April 26, 2023

Will Audiences Ever See This Series?

The fact that Disney is “sitting” on this Alien vs Predator series speaks volumes about both the series’ potential and the current mindset of Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger.

Iger has been vocal lately about Disney’s need for a re-emphasized “quality over quantity” mentality, which is why so many previously-planned projects have been halted or scrapped; clearly, Alien vs Predator was either well-done but unnecessary, or too poorly done to fit Iger’s standards.

If Disney ever decides to actually let audiences watch this show, would you want to see an anime version of the intense clashes between aliens and predators?