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More Concept Art from Neill Blomkamp’s Unmade ‘Aliens’ Sequel Spotlights Ripley’s Xenomorph Suit
Ellen Ripley famously strapped herself into a Power Loader to kick the Queen Alien’s ass in Aliens, and it seemed that Sigourney Weaver was going to take things to a whole new level in Neill Blomkamp‘s planned sequel to the film, which of course never ended up seeing the light of day. Various pieces of early concept art have suggested that Ripley was going to be wearing some sort of Xenomorph disguise in the unmade movie, and we’ve got another look at that Xenomorph suit courtesy of more concept art shared by Geoffroy Thoorens this week.
What we know of Blomkamp’s vision is that it would’ve brought Sigourney Weaver back as Ellen Ripley alongside Michael Biehn as Corporal Hicks, with previously unearthed concept art showing everything from Ripley and a scarred-up Hicks reuniting to Ripley wearing the aforementioned disguise. Apparently, there was even going to be a four-armed Xenomorph.
Newt, who was unceremoniously killed off between the events of Aliens and Alien 3, was also set to return in Blomkamp’s once-planned movie, at one point titled Alien: Red Harvest. The plan was to retcon all the films in the franchise beyond Aliens, but of course 20th Century Fox ultimately decided to give the franchise back to original director Ridley Scott instead.
Check out the latest batch of concept art below, which comes courtesy of Geoffroy Thoorens (@djahal) over on Instagram. In one of the drawings we’re presumably looking at Ripley taking the fight to a four-armed Xenomorph while wearing her own Xenomorph suit, while another shows a mysterious worm-like creature entering a man’s body through his stomach…
Thanks to the website AvP Galaxy for the heads up!
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Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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