“Simon and I thought ‘What are the nightmares that we had as kids? What scares us now?’ That was our starting point, but it took a year before we decided how we wanted these creatures to look and sound. Coming up with a unique alien design for Invasion, though, proved more problematic than initially predicted. No good alien invasion story is complete without its intimidating antagonists.
It was this incredible dance of collating ideas, which led to us spending two years building and refining Invasion’s story.” Menacing martians “But it turned into a seven-hour one! We pitched ideas back and forth, and talked about characters that we had in mind. “It was supposed to be an hour-long meeting,” Weil explains.
Instead, the duo were simultaneously working on separate alien invasion TV series – until Weil’s agent suggested that they should join forces and work on a combined project. Surprisingly, Weil and Kinberg both worked on CBS’ 2019 revival of The Twilight Zone, but it wasn't here that their paths crossed ahead of collaborating on Invasion. So I wanted to create a story that skirted reality and fiction, and that gave the same kind of experience to audiences that both individuals did for their time.” Wells’ novel, and then by Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play. In order to uncover the truth about her mother, Amanda is forced to confront the same terrifying thing that separated them.“I always wanted to adapt War of the Worlds,” Weil says. It all seems to be connected to an unknown menace, stalking and killing deep in the shadows. When the crew arrive at Sevastopol, they find something is desperately wrong. The temptation for her to finally understand what happened is too much to resist. Amanda never saw her again.įifteen years later, Amanda, now a Weyland-Yutani employee, hears that the flight recorder of her mother’s ship, the Nostromo, has been recovered at the remote trading station Sevastopol. Then she left Earth, Ellen Ripley promised her daughter Amanda she would return home for her 11th birthday. Encounter a rich cast of inhabitants in a world scarred by fear and mistrust. Will you evade your enemies, distract them or face them head on?Įxplore a world of mystery and betrayal – Immerse yourself in the detailed setting of Sevastopol, a decommissioned trading station on the fringes of space. Improvise to survive – Hack systems, scavenge for vital resources and craft items to deal with each situation. Overcome an ever-present deadly threat – Experience persistent fear as a truly dynamic and reactive Alien uses its senses to hunt you down and respond to your every move. Underpowered and underprepared, you must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission, but to simply stay alive.
Fifteen years after the events of Alien™, Ellen Ripley’s daughter, Amanda enters a desperate battle for survival, on a mission to unravel the truth behind her mother’s disappearance.Īs Amanda, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked, desperate population and an unpredictable, ruthless Alien. Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.