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Sigourney Weaver says she “can’t think of a better director” for Alien 5

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Alien 5 was announced a few weeks ago, with director Neill Blomkamp convincing Sigourney Weaver to reprise the role of Ripley, and now the actress has praised the filmmaker during a promotional interview for their new sci-fi Chappie. “I can’t think of a better director for [Alien],” Weaver tells Variety. “He’s a real fan. I […]

Alien with graphic designer Pete Hambling | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #63

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, graphic designer Pete Hambling discusses the acidic blood of sci-fi horror classic Alien… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, graphic designer Pete Hambling reveals that Ridley Scott’s 70s […]

Blu-ray Review – Aliens: 30th Anniversary Edition

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Aliens: 30th Anniversary Edition Written and Directed by James Cameron. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Ricco Ross, Al Matthews, Jenette Goldstein. SYNOPSIS: Aliens sees its forty-second release on home video (I’m only exaggerating a little) with this edition, which is a repackage of the Blu-ray […]

Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 will ignore Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection; says series “deserves a proper ending”

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Based on the leaked concept art for Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5, which featured Michael Biehn’s Hicks, it was assumed that this new movie would take place in a continuity where only the first two Alien films would not exist due to Hicks being killed off in the opening moments of Alien 3. Well, now that’s been […]

Neill Blomkamp’s Alien movie officially moving ahead at Fox

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

Sigourney Weaver on The Defenders’ Alexandra: “She’s a heroine”

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The Defenders is only a few weeks away, but there is still a lot of mystery surrounding the series’ main antagonist Alexandra. Netflix, and Sigourney Weaver herself, have offered up clues as to who she is. Is she connected to the Hand? In the trailer released at Comic-Con, we see her with Elektra. Some fans […]

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

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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 […]

Ridley Scott may use CGI to add Ellen Ripley into his Alien prequels

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Although the disappointing box office returns for Alien: Covenant may have harmed Ridley Scott’s hopes of a further four entries in his Alien saga. However, it seems he still intends on at least one more instalment to bring the franchise full circle, and during a recent Q&A he has now suggested using CGI to bring Sigourney […]