Romulus is coming to VHS

First, data got here again into vogue, and now it may very well be (*checks notes*) VHS tapes. The final main film placed on VHS was A Historical past of Violence in 2006, however Alien: Romulus, this 12 months’s addition to the Alien franchise, is being launched as a restricted version VHS tape on December third, The Verge reports. Its director, Fede Alvarez, introduced the information at a Past Fest-partnered viewing.

The Alien: Romulus VHS tape celebrates the forty fifth anniversary of Alien, a cultural icon infamously described as “a film the place no person listens to the good girl, after which all of them die apart from the good girl and her cat.” The tape will present viewers Alien: Romulus in a 4:3 facet ratio and is available in a retro-looking case designed by artist Matt Ferguson.

Alien: Romulus premiered in August and has reportedly garnered $350 million worldwide — we have been followers, calling it “a beautiful and terrifying Alien story for a brand new era.” We’ll have to attend and see how a lot VHS gross sales add to this (severely, does anybody personal a VHS participant anymore?), however it would concurrently be launched on 4K-UHD, DVD and Blu-Ray in December. There is no phrase but on pricing or amount for the restricted version VHS tape.