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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 […]

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

Sigourney Weaver on Neill Blomkamp’s potential Alien movie: “We’ll see what happens”

February 14, 2015 by Gary Collinson

A couple of days ago Chappie director Neill Blomkamp offered up some insight into his potential Alien movie, stating that Fox would “make it tomorrow” if he decided to go ahead with his plans for another instalment in the sci-fi franchise. Well, Cinemablend caught up with Blomkamp’s Chappie star Sigourney Weaver, and it seems she’s […]

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

Neill Blomkamp discusses his Alien movie, says “there’s a high degree of chance” that he’ll try to get it made

February 11, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Last month, Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) shared some concept art that he’d commissioned for an Alien film that he was quietly developing, which included shots of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and Hicks (Michael Biehn) – the latter of whom (rather disappointingly) never managed to make it to the opening scene of Alien 3 alive. Little […]

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

Ridley Scott to receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award

November 25, 2014 by admin

While J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) will be lauded with the VES Visionary Award, British filmmaker-producer Ridley Scott will be receiving the VES Lifetime Achievement Award for a career that includes Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Prometheus (2012) and the forthcoming Biblical epic Exodus: Gods & Kings (2014). “Ridley Scott […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Blade Runner, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Gladiator, J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey A. Okun, Kingdom of Heaven, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Visual Effects Society

Dark Horse announces Alien: The Original Screenplay comic book adaptation

January 18, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Dark Horse Comics has announced the upcoming release of Alien: The Original Screenplay, a comic book adaptation of Dan O’Bannon’s original draft of the script that would become the Ridley Scott-directed classic sci-fi horror movie. Written by Cristiano Seixas with art from Guilherme Balbi, the five-issue Alien: The Original Screenplay presents an alternate line of […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, alien: the original screenplay, Dark Horse

Ridley Scott is game to make future Alien films for Disney: “It’s crazy not to do something with it”

January 10, 2018 by Jordan Jones

Director Ridley Scott wants to make more films in the Aliens franchise, regardless of the fact that Disney has made a deal to acquire 21st Century Fox.  Speaking to Digital Spy, the Alien: Covenant director had this to say: “It looks to me that the Fox deal is certainly going to go ahead with Disney, […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott to start production on Alien: Covenant sequel “within 14 months”

May 10, 2017 by Jordan Jones

It looks like Ridley Scott wasn’t kidding when he said that the Alien franchise is going to have at least four more installments, and it seems that the first sequel to the new sci-fi/ horror Alien: Covenant is going into production sooner than you may think. Very soon, in fact. Speaking to IGN UK, the director […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott

Future Alien prequels could feature a ‘de-aged’ Sigourney Weaver

April 17, 2017 by Jordan Jones

Ridley Scott has recently confirmed that he is working on a series of prequels that will lead up to the first Alien film. This begs the question: what about Ellen Ripley? The latest issue of Empire magazine features a slew of information about Alien: Covenant, and also includes a very interesting response to a question about […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver

Exclusive Interview – Await Further Instructions director Johnny Kevorkian on his biggest horror influences

December 20, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Flickering Myth chats with Await Further Instructions director Johnny Kevorkian about his biggest horror influences… From acclaimed director Johnny Kevorkian (The Disappeared) and BAFTA-nominated producer Jack Tarling (God’s Own Country), British sci-fi horror Await Further Instructions has been a hit at film festivals around the world and highly praised as an original and inventive festive […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Alien, Await Further Instructions, Hellraiser, Johnny Kevorkian, Poltergeist, The Birds, The Fly, The Thing, The Twilight Zone

Rumour: Fox developing an Alien TV series

July 7, 2018 by Gary Collinson

With Ridley Scott’s Alien sequel plans seemingly on hold following the underperformance of Alien: Covenant and the “ship having sailed” on Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5, the future of the sci-fi/horror/action franchise appears to be up in the air at the moment. Well, if a new rumour from Omega Underground is to be believed, we may […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Alien

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