Prometheus to Alien: The Evolution is a 2012 nine to five-disc (depending on the version) Blu-ray or DVD (also depending on the version) set containing the films Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien Resurrection and Prometheus.
Overview
The set is available in four different versions:
- Five-disc DVD set — containing the theatrical versions of the five films.
- Eight-disc Blu-ray set — containing the theatrical versions of the five films, plus the alternate cuts of the four Alien films (the Alien Director's Cut, the Aliens Special Edition, the Alien3 Assembly Cut and the Alien Resurrection Special Edition) and three discs of special features.
- Nine-disc Blu-ray set — containing the theatrical versions of the five films, the alternate cuts of the four Alien films and three discs of special features, plus the 3D version of Prometheus.
- Deluxe nine-disc Blu-ray set — containing all of the above, plus a host of other memorabilia including an art book and a t-shirt.
Apart from the memorabilia in the deluxe release, none of the material included in the set is new — the six Blu-ray discs dedicated to the Alien films and the MU-TH-UR Mode Viewer's Guide are essentially same as those previously released in the Alien Anthology box set, while the two/three Prometheus discs are taken from that film's individual releases.
Deluxe nine-disc edition
The deluxe edition 9-disc Blu-ray set released in the United Kingdom came packaged with a host of other exclusive merchandise packaged in a sturdy cardboard case, the front of which opens like a book and is secured closed by a magnet. As well as the Blu-ray discs, the set includes an exclusive Weyland Corp t-shirt, featuring a quote ("WE are the Gods now") from Peter Weyland on the front beneath the Weyland Corp logo, an A3-size poster for Prometheus, artcards featuring poster and concept artwork from the five films and an exclusive book extract from Prometheus: The Art of the Film.
Contents (Nine-Disc Blu-ray Release)
Disc 1: Prometheus 2D
- 2D version of Prometheus
- Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott
- Audio commentary with writers Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof
- 14 deleted and extended scenes
- 4 internet promo videos
Disc 2: Prometheus 3D
- 3D version of Prometheus
Disc 3: Prometheus bonus features
- The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
- Weyland Corp Archive
- HBO First look: Prometheus documentary
- TED 2023 short film
- Trailers and TV spots
- Further images and videos
Disc 4: Alien
- 1979 theatrical version
- 2003 Director's Cut with Ridley Scott introduction
- Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, writer Dan O'Bannon, executive producer Ronald Shusett, editor Terry Rawlings, and actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
- Alternate audio commentary with Ridley Scott (theatrical cut only)
- Final theatrical isolated score by Jerry Goldsmith (theatrical cut only)
- Composer's original isolated score (theatrical cut only)
- 7 deleted and extended scenes
- Deleted footage marker (Director's Cut only)
- MU-TH-UR Mode interactive experience with Weyland-Yutani datastream
Disc 5: Aliens
- 1986 theatrical version
- 1992 Special Edition with James Cameron introduction
- Audio commentary with director James Cameron, producer Gale Anne Hurd, Alien effects creator Stan Winston, visual effects supervisors Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak, miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung, and actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Christopher Henn
- Final theatrical isolated score by James Horner (theatrical cut only)
- Composer's original isolated score (theatrical cut only)
- 16 deleted and extended scenes
- Deleted footage marker (Special Edition only)
- MU-TH-UR Mode interactive experience with Weyland-Yutani datastream
Disc 6: Alien3
- 1992 theatrical version
- 2003 Assembly Cut (restored version)
- Audio Commentary with cinematographer Alex Thomson, B.S.C., editor Terry Rawlings, Alien effects designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., visual effects producer Richard Edlund, A.S.C., and actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
- Final theatrical isolated score by Elliot Goldenthal (theatrical cut only)
- 31 deleted and extended scenes
- Deleted footage marker (Assembly Cut only)
- MU-TH-UR Mode interactive experience with Weyland-Yutani datastream
Disc 7: Alien Resurrection
- 1997 theatrical version
- 2003 Special Edition with Jean-Pierre Jeunet introduction
- Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, editor Hervé Schneid, A.C.E., Alien effects creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., visual effects supervisor Pitof, conceptual artist Sylvain Despretz, and actors Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser
- Final theatrical isolated score by John Frizzell (theatrical cut only)
- 11 deleted and extended scenes
- Deleted footage marker (Special Edition only)
- MU-TH-UR Mode interactive experience with Weyland-Yutani datastream
Disc 8: Making the Anthology
- The Beast Within: Making Alien
- Superior Firepower: Making Aliens
- Wreckage and Rage: Making Alien3 (restored version)
- One Step Beyond: Making Alien Resurrection
- Enhancement Pods
- MU-TH-UR Mode interactive experience to access and control Enhancement Pods
Disc 9: The Anthology Archives
- Alien
- First draft screenplay by Dan O'Bannon
- Additional deleted scenes
- Sigourney Weaver screen tests
- The Alien Legacy documentary
- Experience in Terror documentary
- Trailers and TV spots
- Further images and videos
- Aliens
- Original treatment by James Cameron
- Additional deleted scenes
- Trailers and TV spots
- Further images and videos
- Alien3
- The Making of Alien3 documentary
- Trailers and TV spots
- Further images and videos
- Alien Resurrection
- First draft screenplay by Joss Whedon
- HBO First look: The Making of Alien Resurrection documentary
- Trailers and TV spots
- Further images and videos
- Anthology
- Alien Evolution documentary (2001 original TV version)
- Alien Evolution documentary (2003 Alien re-edit)
- The Alien Saga documentary
- Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection documentary
- Further images and videos
Other contents
- Prometheus digital copy
- MU-TH-UR Mode Viewer's Guide