Alien: Romulus caused considerable controversy by resurrecting a dead actor — so the film's director tinkered with the character some more. Fede Álvarez reflected on his dissatisfaction with Rook, the ...

Fede Alvarez, the director of Alien: Romulus, has revealed that he has fixed the appearance of Rook after backlash about the the character, based on the late Ian Holm. For the recreation, which ...

The late Ian Holm — who played the role of android Ash, an antagonist in 1979’s “Alien” — has generated plenty of attention with his return in Disney and 20th Century’s “Alien: Romulus,” which over ...

Alien: Romulus sees David Jonsson's android Andy interfacing with the villainous Rook (Ian Holm), but did the latter fully take him over?

“Alien: Romulus” director Fede Álvarez said in an interview with Empire magazine that he understands why some viewers reacted negatively to the appearance of late actor Ian Holm in the film ...

We are, of course, talking about the late Ian Holm, whose likeness appeared as Rook — an android who shares the same face and functionalities as the actor’s Alien character, Ash.

For fans of “Alien: Romulus” looking to watch from home, the controversial Ian Holm CGI has been corrected for folks awaiting the home entertainment release, director Fede Álvarez assured.

Alien: Romulus cast actor Daniel Betts to impersonate Ian Holm and record Rook’s dialogue, and then that audio was programmed in coordination with facial movement: ...

Álvarez revealed that he corrected Rook's visual appearance for the "Alien: Romulus" home release on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD and digital, explaining: "We fixed it. We made it better for the release ...

Since Holm died in 2020 and Rook was hidden from Romulus ' marketing, the synthetic character's appearance in the film was a major surprise — one that both fans and critics (including ...