The ALF Movie

The ALF Movie is a film based on the 80s TV show ALF. The film, is a reboot of the film Project: ALF. The film was released on June 20th 2014.
Plot Summary
After escaping from the laboratory, ALF convinces the Tanners to help him get his spaceship that's in another lab far away and get to new Melmac.
Production
On January 4th 2003, Paul Fusco, talked about plans for an ALF TV-series reboot. On March 13th 2003, Paul Fusco said that the reboot's first few episodes would be on Melmac, to give us an idea of ALF's life, and that the rest of the planned 17 episodes of the first season would consist of ALF getting used to living with the Tanners. On June 25th 2003, Paul Fusco said that the reboot was in very active development, and that it was planned for the reboot to release sometime in 2005, on December 1st 2003, an ALF reboot promotional Christmas poster was released. On April 16th 2004, it was revealed that the ALF TV-series reboot had been shelved and that a continuation of the last episode was being pitched, originally meant as a TV-special, rebooting the Project: ALF movie. On June 26th 2004, Paul Fusco claimed that he wanted the Special to be the darkest entry in the ALF franchise yet, with plans of a group of aliens in Area 51. On August 6th 2004, Paul Fusco announced the special's plot to be 'ALF has a hard time in the lab, filled to the brim with threatening aliens and horrifying tests, even though the things ALF is experiencing are really depressing, ALF tries to make the most of his miserable life, meanwhile the Tanners try to break him out' On September 29th 2004, Paul Fusco planned the special to be released in 2006 or if possible late 2005. On January 7th 2005, Fusco revealed more stuff on the development of the film, with even a potential villian role. On April 5th 2005, Fusco revealed the at the time release date to be June 9th 2006. On September 8th 2005, the release date was pushed to July 7th 2007. On December 23rd 2005, the ALF TV-Special idea was changed to a feature-length theatrical movie, Fusco later claimed 'As of now, every idea from the ALF TV-Special will be in the theatrical ALF movie, so the film is not scrapped, just made to be a feature length film. On January 20th 2006, Fusco said 'I want this movie to be the definitive conclusion to the ALF franchise. Project: ALF was a failure to both fans and critics, and I want this film to not be. It will include the Tanners, and it will be as close to the TV-Show as possible.' On June 21st 2006, Paul Fusco claimed that the film will most likely come out in early-mid 2009, he also claimed that the film is in active development, and that many scripts have been disapproved by him to make the fans as happy as they can be, to make the ALF movie be the definitive conclusion. On October 6th 2006, Fusco revealed that the plot was changed, the script was supposed to be like this, 'After ALF's escape from the lab, he would once again contact his alien friends to go to new Melmac, but however the Tanners accidently see ALF and they too go to new Melmac, ALF must then protect the Tanners from any danger, including the cat'. On February 16th 2007, Fusco had scrapped the plans for the revealed plot, stating 'While it's a breath of fresh air for ALF, the script doesn't feel like a part two to the finale at all. It might work for a sequel IF I decide to make one.' On May 7th 2007, the release date was revealed to be February 9th 2010. On June 28th 2008, the ALF movie had been at the time scrapped, but however 2 years later the film was un-cancelled and continued production, with a changed storyline and script. On December 25th 2010, the first poster for the film was leaked, showing ALF on a white background, with the title being 'ALF Returns'. On June 18th 2011, the title was revealed to be 'The ALF Movie'. On Comic-Con 2011, the first teaser for the film was shown. On February 1st 2012, the cast had been announced. On June 26th 2013, the first teaser trailer was shown.
Reception
The film earned $204 million on a budget of $53 million, making it a box office success. 
The film got generally favorable reviews from critics and audiences.
The film holds a 7.1/10 on IMDb, a 66% on Metacritic, a 86% and 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 3.8/5 rating on Lettrboxd.