The untitled
Neill Blomkamp “
Alien” film is set to feature the return of
Sigourney Weaver (Ripley) and
Michael Biehn (Cpl. Hicks). Even though the plot for the film is currently unknown, we have been provided with some awesome concept art that showcased a scarred Hicks, a battle ready Ripley, and an all grown up Newt. Earlier last year, it was revealed by Blomkamp that his new
Alien film will take place after
Aliens, and ignore the events of
Alien 3 and 4.
“My favorites are the first two movies, so I want to make a film that’s connected to Alien and Aliens. That’s my goal. I’m not trying to undo Alien 3 or Alien: Resurrection, I just want it to be connected to Alien 1 and 2.”
The
Aliens sequel was set to be released next year, however, the filming of Ridley Scott’s
Prometheus-sequel caused Fox to shelve Blomkamp’s project. The film is currently scheduled to start production sometime next year. Sigourney Weaver, while speaking to
Entertainment Weekly, had this to say about the delay,
“Well, we have a great script. Fox asked us to delay so Ridley Scott could shoot his [second] Prometheus movie. That was too bad because we would have already done it by now.” Weaver then added,
“Now that we’re waiting for that, I have a couple of Avatars to do and Neill has “The Gone World”. So we’ll have to see what happens when we get back, when those projects are over.”
After all the complications are over, Weaver says she’s still looking forward to capping off Ripley’s epic journey.
“It’s a great story and it’s satisfying to me to give this woman an ending.” The 66-year old actress then elaborated and revealed that Blomkamp’s film will also explore the Xenomorphs and their motives.
“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.”
Based on the details provided by Weaver, will this be Ripley’s final run? Will Blomkamp’s film see the end of the war between Xenomorphs and humans, or will it branch off into another story based on Newt? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!