Horror-Theatrical Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 - In theaters TBA (cancelled)
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Was at Aliens screening last night (surprise from wife) and Sigourney does seem pretty excited about it, woot!
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Shame... his idea genuinely sounded more interesting to me than Scott's.
I suspect once the fans become vocal about this idea not going forward to Fox they will change their minds.
Let's start a petition to get this off the ground.... If we make it clear to Fox we want the film they might relent
Let's start a petition to get this off the ground.... If we make it clear to Fox we want the film they might relent
To be fair, it seems that 20th CENTURY FOX more than Scott put the kibosh on this.
Their history over the last 20 years has been horrendous. (No True Lies, Abyss Blu rays - Speed and Die Hard have not been remastered yet...the list goes on)
Their history over the last 20 years has been horrendous. (No True Lies, Abyss Blu rays - Speed and Die Hard have not been remastered yet...the list goes on)
I think Fox need to be told how much fans would want to see basically Aliens 2.....
it would certainly bring in some needed money and you'd get my arse on a cinema seat for that one.....
it would certainly bring in some needed money and you'd get my arse on a cinema seat for that one.....
bad news — that Alien 5 is not happening — isn’t a huge surprise considering Ridley Scott has taken back ownership of the sci-fi horror franchise with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant (and if he has his way, he won’t be relinquishing it any time soon). He told The Verge:
I think it’s totally dead, yes. That would be an accurate assumption at this point. It’s sad. I spent a long time working on that, and I feel like it was really pretty awesome. But politically, the way it’s gone now, and the way that it all is — it’s just not going to live.
Blomkamp clarified what he meant by “politically,” saying that Ridley’s latest Alien films set the franchise down a different path than Blomkamp had expected, and he wanted to be “respectful and not go stamping around in this world that he created.” You may remember that Blomkamp’s idea was a direct sequel to James Cameron’s Aliens that ignored the events of the controversial Alien 3, a choice that left fans of the series divided.
I think it’s totally dead, yes. That would be an accurate assumption at this point. It’s sad. I spent a long time working on that, and I feel like it was really pretty awesome. But politically, the way it’s gone now, and the way that it all is — it’s just not going to live.
Blomkamp clarified what he meant by “politically,” saying that Ridley’s latest Alien films set the franchise down a different path than Blomkamp had expected, and he wanted to be “respectful and not go stamping around in this world that he created.” You may remember that Blomkamp’s idea was a direct sequel to James Cameron’s Aliens that ignored the events of the controversial Alien 3, a choice that left fans of the series divided.
Shame, as Blomkamp's version sounded like it was going back to the roots and actually got me excited about Alien again. But oh well, at least it has a silver lining since he's now concentrating on a District 9 sequel! 
Shame, as Blomkamp's version sounded like it was going back to the roots and actually got me excited about Alien again. But oh well, at least it has a silver lining since he's now concentrating on a District 9 sequel!
Agreed. This would have been much more interesting than Alien Covenant was.
Shame, as Blomkamp's version sounded like it was going back to the roots and actually got me excited about Alien again. But oh well, at least it has a silver lining since he's now concentrating on a District 9 sequel!
Is he really working on district 10? (Assuming that's what it's called after they are moved on to the other camp)
Wonder if Christopher comes back?!
"With District 9, I plan on making another film in that world. To go back and work with WETA, and make the film would be cool, but anything that pre-exists like that may not be the best fit for whatever we’re trying here."
So sounds like it might not be a direct sequel, but just another film that take takes place in the District 9 Universe.
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