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Sigourney Weaver talks Neill Blomkamp’s abandoned Alien film

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Last week we had the rumour that the Alien franchise could be hatching on a streaming service sometime in the near future, which one again prompted discussion about Neill Blomkamp’s abandoned Alien 5 retcon movie, which was shelved when Ridley Scott took control of the xenomorph for the divisive Alien: Covenant. Now, hot on the heels of […]

Unproduced Alien 3 screenplay is being adapted into a comic book series

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Dark Horse Comics has announced that it is dusting off legendary sci-fi author William Gibson’s unproduced original script for Alien 3 for a comic book adaptation from writer and artist Johnnie Christmas. “When your first contracted screenplay (or screenplay of any kind, in my case) isn’t produced, but the film is eventually made with a […]

Fox invites fans to produce their own short film to celebrate Alien’s 40th anniversary

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Next year marks the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi horror Alien, and 20th Century Fox is marking the occasion by inviting fans and budding filmmakers to produce their very own short film set within the Alien universe. In celebration of the upcoming 40th anniversary, @20thcenturyfox is inviting fans through the @tongal community to […]

Alien: Covenant star doesn’t know if a sequel will happen

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The lead actress in Alien: Covenant has said that she has “no idea” if a sequel will happen. Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise is in an uncertain spot right now. Alien: Covenant didn’t perform as expected at the box office, leading to reports that the franchise might not be moving forward at all. Scott has talked […]

Neill Blomkamp says his interest in an Alien movie has “come and gone”

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Before Ridley Scott decided to take another stab at the franchise with last year’s Alien: Covenant, District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp was looking to revive the series with a direct sequel to Aliens, which would have seen Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn reprising their roles from the 1986 movie as Ripley and Hicks. Unfortunately, the […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 1 – Alien (1979)

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Alien, 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo receives a distress signal from a nearby planet and while investigating, one of the crew is attacked by a parasite which implants an embryo […]

Cinema’s Damaged Heroine

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Sarah Myles on cinema’s damaged heroine… “Badass.” As a word, it has become synonymous with determined women in movies. Why? Because that is how critics routinely describe them. “Black Widow gets extra bad-ass in this Avengers 2 trailer,” said Rob Bricken of i09. In Atomic Blonde, Charlize Theron plays “a career badass who enjoys both […]

Neill Blomkamp has confirmed that he’s moved on from his Alien movie

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We now have confirmation from Neill Blomkamp that his proposed Alien movie is no longer a project that he is thinking about. When Ridley Scott brought back the Alien franchise with Prometheus a number of years ago there was indeed a lot of excitement about where the series could go, and Blomkamp was being lined […]