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The cheeky youngster with an eyepatch and baseball cap trailed by a motley crew?
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In deep space, 805 million miles from Earth, in the year 2120, a motley crew of exhausted contractors is nearing the end of a 65-year mission for the Weyland-Yutani corporation, on a ship that contains dangerous cargo.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
To do so, Nemo audaciously steals a prototype submarine from the penal colony in which he is imprisoned, escaping into the ocean with a motley crew of fellow prisoners.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 July 2025
In said revenge mission, Nemo audaciously steals a prototype submarine from the penal colony in which he is imprisoned, escaping into the ocean with a motley crew of fellow prisoners.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 July 2025
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In deep space, 805 million miles from Earth, in the year 2120, a motley crew of exhausted contractors is nearing the end of a 65-year mission for the Weyland-Yutani corporation, on a ship that contains dangerous cargo.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
To do so, Nemo audaciously steals a prototype submarine from the penal colony in which he is imprisoned, escaping into the ocean with a motley crew of fellow prisoners.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 July 2025
In said revenge mission, Nemo audaciously steals a prototype submarine from the penal colony in which he is imprisoned, escaping into the ocean with a motley crew of fellow prisoners.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 July 2025
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“Motley crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motley%20crew. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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