Fans of the
Alien franchise were disappointed when it was announced that Neil Blomkamp's new
Alien film would be replaced by Ridley Scott's
Prometheus sequel,
Alien: Covenant. No release date was given for Blomkamp's planned film, and it looked like it might be stuck in development hell. It looks like all hope isn't lost, however; Sigourney Weaver, who portrayed Ellen Ripley in all four
Alien films, has confirmed the film is still happening, and that Scott just wanted to make his film first.
Speaking at VMWare , Weaver said
"Ridley asked Neill NOT to make our Alien til after Prometheus 2. He (Ridley) wanted his movie to shoot and be released first. But it’s an AMAZING script, and Neill and I are REALLY excited about doing it. We’re doing other things until we can get going on that," she admitted.
"I’d be really surprised if we DIDN’T do it, because it’s such a great script, and we love working together."
This is great news for fans, who were anxious to see the return of Ripley and Michael Biehn's Corporal Hicks. The film plans to be a direct continuation from
Aliens, disregarding the events of
Alien 3 and
Alien: Resurrection.
Alien: Covenant will hit theaters on August 4, 2017. Are you excited for "Alien 5"?
“Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the ‘synthetic’ David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.”