I was perusing the full cast and crew list on imdb and did not find Giger. Should we be concerned by this? Do we have official confirmation from the studio that he worked on the film?
Hmm interesting...
I heard a rumour a while back that he was going to be 'pushed out' of the credits so other creature designers working on the film could take credit / receive any awards given. I don't have a source for this, I just remember reading it somewhere on the web.
Flashback to Alien 3...there were crediting disputes there. AD (Amalgamated Dynamics), the design studio working on the creature got full credits for the 'Dog Alien'.
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Yeah the Alien3 crediting mistake did not go well with Giger at all. He was furious if I remember correctly, and he severed ties/relations with studios. Though I would not be surprised of he kept lines of communication open with Ridley. Possibly he offered some help to Ridley, Ridley told the studio, studio accepted on the premis that Giger stays uncredited. But it still all boils down to there being a very unpleasant relationship between Giger and Fox.
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If he has worked on the film (and it does look like he has in some capacity from the stills and footage released) then I hope he receives proper credit. His treatment while working on Alien 3 was complete BS.
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I believe there is NO way this time that Ridley allows this to happen yet again.
He {Giger} had a massive law suit promptly settled out of court after Resurrection came out and he was not credited for the Alien design. I think it came close to happening the same way on Alien 3 for which he made thousands of drawings and paintings and designs for and for the dog alien creature and of which very very few were used because the studio...FOX...did not want to spend the money on to build the sets necessary for them.
