Sigourney Weaver Reveals New Alien 5 Story & Ripley Return Updates

Weaver Talks "Aliens" Sequel Scrapping

For a while there, it looked as though “District 9” and “Elysium” helmer Neill Blomkamp was going to direct a film that would’ve served as a direct sequel to “Aliens” – one that would’ve ignored the events of David Fincher’s “Alien 3”. Blomkamp first revealed the project, complete with concept art, early in 2015. 20th Century Fox went so far as to greenlight the film, but by year’s end it was on hold and never came out. It has long been believed…

Sigourney Weaver: Alien 5 Was Killed by 'Possessive' Ridley Scott

Picture this: a monster hovers over a defenseless child. It has every ability to tear the child apart, to infect the child, and turn it into something new. Something hideous. But then, just before the monster lunges, the child’s caretaker arrives and commands, “Get away from her, you bitch!” Okay, that’s probably not how it went down when Ridley Scott put a stop to Neill Blomkamp‘s proposed Alien sequel. But it’s not too different, at least the …

Sigourney Weaver Reveals New Alien 5 Story & Ripley Return Updates

Sigourney Weaver reveals new story details about Alien 5 and an update on returning to the long-running sci-fi franchise as Ellen Ripley.

Sigourney Weaver Reveals Why Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Alien 5’ Was Cancelled

Sigourney Weaver finally sheds light on why Neill Blomkamp’s long-lost Alien sequel never made it off the ground. Sigourney Weaver Reveals Why Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Alien 5’ Was Cancelled Written by Jarrod Saunders for Fortress of Solitude

Sigourney Weaver says Walter Hill's Alien 5 script is something "very different"

A decade ago, Neill Blomkamp attempted to bring Sigourney Weaver back as Alien franchise heroine Ripley in an Alien 5 that would have been a follow-up to Aliens, setting Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection aside… but that project got scrapped while Ridley Scott worked on his divisive Alien: Covenant. Five years ago, franchise producer Walter Hill revealed that he and fellow producer David Giler had written a fifty page treatment for a new sequel tha…

Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Alien 5’ Was Canned Because Ridley Scott Got “Possessive,” Sigourney Weaver Says

If you remember, Neill Blomkamp came very close to shooting his “Alien” sequel a decade ago. There was even concept art shown to the public. People were very excited to see what he’d come up with, and this was only a few years after the filmmaker wowed critics and audiences with “District 9.”However, the “Alien” film completely fell apart, much like Blomkamp’s attempts at reviving “RoboCop” and “Halo.” No reasons were officially given. The studi…