However, there was one scene in Romulus that had longtime fans feeling some kind of way: the scenes of the film where the likeness of late actor Ian Holm was used to create the android character ...

In Alien: Romulus, the late Alien star Ian Holm returns to the franchise not as Ash, but as the android Rook. This villainous character explains to the heroes that the lab they have stumbled upon ...

"Alien: Romulus" brings actor Ian Holm back to life in several scenes. He played a robot in the original film and his likeness is used for a new android in the 2024 movie.

Fede Álvarez has tweaked his Alien: Romulus for home release, but the problems with the Ian Holm scenes go way beyond shoddy special effects work.

Speaking to Empire recently, Alvarez agreed with criticisms of the scene, saying: “I wasn’t 100 per cent happy with some of the shots, where you could feel a bit more the CG intervention.

Director Fede Alvarez and producer Ridley Scott wanted to honor an actor from the original 1979 film using AI. We spoke to them about how — and why — they did it.

Ian Holm, right, with Sigourney Weaver and Yaphet Kotto in the original 1979 “Alien.” Holm’s likeness has been re-created via AI and animatronics for the new “Alien: Romulus.” ...

We found a head cast of Ian Holm from The Lord the Rings that he did. It is the only one that existed from 1999 that he did when he was starting to play Bilbo. Weta workshop had it, and that was ...

Ian Holm’s Ash is the Scariest Monster in Alien. Almost 50 years later, ... In the famous scene where Ripley realizes Mother and Ash have decided her life is forfeit, ...