Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Alien’ Film Will Give Ripley An Ending
By Jack Giroux/July 13, 2016 3:30 pm EST
Below, get the latest Alien sequel update from Sigourney Weaver.
On Alien Day, Neill Blomkamp shared another piece of concept art from his Alien sequel — a glimpse at an all-grown-up Newt. His film is more of a direct sequel to the first two films in the franchise than a continuation of the events in Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, although Blomkamp says he isn’t undoing those stories.
The last time we saw Ripley, she was returning to Earth with Call (Winona Ryder) and Johner (Ron Perlman). The whole third act of Alien: Ressurection ended her story on an underwhelming note, but Weaver says Blomkamp’s film will give the iconic character the satisfying ending she deserves (Source: EW):
Weaver went on to say if it wasn’t for Alien: Covenant, Blomkamp would’ve made the sequel by now:
It’s a great story and it’s satisfying to me to give this woman an ending… The script itself has so much in it that’s so original, but also really satisfies the, I would say, the primal needs of the aliens. It’s a tribute to all of the great work that the other directors have done, in a way, but goes in a completely new direction. I hope we’ll do it.
