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Cannabis plants from Nimbin will be onboard the spaceship in the latest Alien movie.<br />
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<b>By Darren Coyne</b><br />
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Cannabis plants from the Nimbin area are set to be featured in the latest Alien film being directed by Ridley Scott.<br />
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The plants, which have been delivered to Fox Studios in Sydney, are to be used as props in Alien 4: The Covenant.<br />
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The film is a sequel to the 2012 film Prometheus, and will take place roughly ten years later.<br />
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The story will follow the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, where the crew discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, inhabited solely by the android David, survivor of the ill-fated Prometheus expedition.<br />
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However, the planet is soon revealed to be far more dangerous than they expected.<br />
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But how will the crew survive during their long periods in outer space, dealing with illness and trauma? Medicinal cannabis of course.<br />
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That’s where the Nimbin connection comes in.<br />
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Dr Andrew Kavasilas, a campaiger for medical cannabis and hemp products. (image northernrivershemp.org)<br />
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Hemp grower and medicinal cannabis advocate Andrew Kavasilas, has told Echonetdaily that he has supplied plants for the movie.<br />
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“I’ve got some at Fox Studios that are being used for Alien 4: The Covenant,’ Mr Kavasilas said.<br />
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‘Ridley Scott specified that he wanted live cannabis for the movie.’<br />
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Mr Kavasilas said the cannabis used in the movie would be grown in pods on the spaceship to be used by the astronauts as they travel through space.<br />
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‘They partake in the cannabis to treat things like post traumatic stress disorder and other medical conditions,’ he said.<br />
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‘There are well over a hundred plants down there now.’<br />
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The film is scheduled to be released on 4 August, 2017.<br />
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The ‘starring’ role for the local cannabis plants coincides with Mr Kavasilas organising another batch of plants that will be on display at a major hemp and medical cannabis symposium being held in Sydney this weekend.</div>
