Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Alien’ Movie Is Still On, Says Sigourney Weaver: “It’ll Be Worth The Wait”
By Angie Han/April 22, 2016 1:30 pm EST
Aggressive Comix (via The Playlist) has a quote from Weaver’s recent appearance at a VMware event. Asked for a status update on Blomkamp’s Alien movie, the actress replied:
Originally, the plan was for Scott to produce Blomkamp’s Alien movie, which would have been a sequel, as opposed to Scott’s Prometheus films, which serve as a prequel. In November, actor Michael Biehn, who was set to reprise his role as Hicks, revealed that “the basic idea” is for Blomkamp’s movie to ignore Alien 3 and 4, with Weaver’s Ripley returning to pass on the torch to a now-grown Newt. “It would keep the franchise alive and the studios would make money, because that’s what the bottom line is now: money,” he said.
Whether we want Blomkamp’s movie to get un-paused is another question, though. On the one hand, all that concept art sure did look cool. On the other hand, have you seen Elysium? Or Chappie? I’d probably be more excited about the prospect of Blomkamp directing a new Alien movie if he weren’t also planning to write it. What do you think? Are you looking forward to Blomkamp’s Alien, or hoping it stays on ice forever?
In the meantime, Scott’s Alien: Covenant arrives August 4, 2017.
