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Neill Blomkamp’s Alien movie officially moving ahead at Fox

February 19, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Last month, District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp posted a selection of concept artwork he’d commissioned for a potential Alien movie, which he’d started thinking about whilst working with Sigourney Weaver on his latest film Chappie.

Blomkamp was working on the project unofficially, but stated last week that 20th Century Fox would jump at the chance to make it if he committed to the project, and now it seems the studio has, as he has now announced it as his next movie…

Um… So I think it’s officially my next film. #alien

A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on Feb 18, 2015 at 3:55pm PST


According to Variety, the new film will take place years after Prometheus 2 (which goes without saying, really), and Ridley Scott will serve as executive producer. At this point it’s unclear whether Sigourney Weaver (Ripley) and Michael Biehn (Hicks) will be involved (both were depicted in the original concept art), although Weaver seemed keen when she spoke about the project over the weekend.

Are you looking forward to seeing Neill Blomkamp tackling an Alien movie? Let us know your thoughts…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QUX1lTmOqc&list=PL18yMRIfoszH_jfuJoo8HCG1-lGjvfH2F&feature=player_embedded

Originally published February 19, 2015. Updated January 18, 2020.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Neill Blomkamp, Sigourney Weaver

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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