Alien 5 isn't happening, says Ridley Scott
Simon Brew May 2, 2017
Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 looks like becoming the lost Alien film...
If you’ve not been following this particular story so far, a recap. At the beginning of last year, director Neill Blomkamp posted online concept art from a project that became known as Alien 5. Intriguingly, this would be a sequel that apparently picked things up following Aliens, as if Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection hadn’t happened (although Blomkamp did play that angle down). Fan interest, it would be fair to say, was very high, with Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn both involved.
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Ridley Scott’s interest wasn’t as high, though. He’d directed the first of his now-many planned Alien prequels, Prometheus, and the latest arrives...
Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 looks like becoming the lost Alien film...
If you’ve not been following this particular story so far, a recap. At the beginning of last year, director Neill Blomkamp posted online concept art from a project that became known as Alien 5. Intriguingly, this would be a sequel that apparently picked things up following Aliens, as if Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection hadn’t happened (although Blomkamp did play that angle down). Fan interest, it would be fair to say, was very high, with Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn both involved.
See related Jessica Jones season 2: Janet McTeer nabs mystery role Iron Fist: Rosario Dawson pops up in new clip The Punisher: Rosario Dawson will not appear
Ridley Scott’s interest wasn’t as high, though. He’d directed the first of his now-many planned Alien prequels, Prometheus, and the latest arrives...
- 5/2/2017
- Den of Geek
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