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James Cameron Hints That He’s “Working On” Doing Something With the ‘Alien’ Franchise
At this point in time, we really have no idea what the future of the Alien franchise looks like, but Disney has been assuring that they’ll still allow rated “R” films under the Fox banner once the deal goes through for them to acquire the studio’s assets. So then, will they continue Ridley Scott’s prequel franchise or “reboot” the whole thing? We’re thinking the latter.
As you surely recall, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp had at one point been developing a direct sequel to Aliens, a project that was ultimately killed off by Scott’s vision for the franchise. As far as we’ve been told, Blomkamp’s vision was scrapped and would never be seeing the light of day, but maybe, just maybe, James Cameron is bringing it back to life?
In a chat with IGN on the red carpet for Alita: Battle Angel, Cameron was asked about giving Blomkamp “a call about Aliens,” to which he replied: “I’m working on that, yeah.”
Granted, this isn’t much of anything right now, but it’s certainly interesting to hear Cameron express an interest in partnering with Blomkamp to bring his Aliens sequel back into the conversation. Cameron just returned to the Terminator franchise, it’s worth noting, to produce a sequel to T2 being directed by Tim Miller, so it’d make logical sense for Aliens to be next.
Hey, ya never know…
Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) is getting back to his roots with A24‘s Onslaught, and many fans have been wondering if the events of the upcoming film connect in any way to one of Wingard’s previous movies, The Guest. After all, they do seem to be cut from a similar cloth, with some speculating that they might take place in the same universe.
But is there any truth to that speculation? In a new interview out of San Diego Comic-Con this week, Adam Wingard has revealed that the fans are definitely onto something!
Wingard explains, “I look at this as a cap in the trilogy between The Guest and You’re Next. It’s not like a direct sequel, in the sense that it’s a continuation of those characters, but it takes place in the same town as The Guest. The idea is that the secret programs we’re seeing going on here are other little aspects of the same thing David’s character came from in The Guest.”
“So you could actually technically call this a sequel,” Wingard admits. “It’s in the same universe.”
‘The Guest’
Releasing in theaters on September 4, Adam Wingard’s Onslaught is Rated ‘R’ for “Strong bloody violence, some gore, sexual material/nudity, and language.”
Watch the previously released Onslaught trailer below.
The duo behind The Guest, director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett, are re-teaming for the upcoming Onslaught, which stars Adria Arjona in the leading role.
Here’s the synopsis: “When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.”
Rebecca Hall (The Night House, Godzilla x Kong) and Dan Stevens (The Guest) also star in Adam Wingard’s upcoming new movie Onslaught alongside Michael Biehn, Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, Drew Starkey, and Alex “Poatan” Pereira.
Dan Stevens starred alongside Maika Monroe in 2014 action-thriller The Guest. He played a mysterious ex-soldier with a secret agenda who wreaks havoc on a small town.
‘Onslaught’
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