Recapping is starting to feel redundant with a new story breaking each and every day, but here we go…
Neill Blomkamp released Alien concept art a few months ago. It went viral. Fox hired him to develop the it. Ridley Scott is producing. Sigourney Weaver is returning. It will be the “final entry” and will take place after Aliens, but before Alien3. Michael Biehn could be in it (he claims to have been contacted), as shown in the concept art, and an unknown actor did makeup tests as Hicks in preparation.
Blomkamp’s Chappie opens in theaters tomorrow, and retimes him with Weaver. Both have been making a press tour, which is where all of this information is being gathered from. Variety has more, this time from Weaver, who tells them the next Alien will break new ground.
“I can’t think of a better director,” Weaver told the site at the New York City premiere of Blomkamp’s latest film, “Chappie.” “He’s a real fan. I think he’ll be true to the world and take it in unexpected directions. It’s got a lot of sinew in it. It will certainly stand up to the others and probably break a lot of new ground as well.”
Blomkamp expresses why he’s enamored with doing a new Alien, other than the first two films being his favorite films:
“I would love to make something in that world because the films use terror and dread and filmmaking techniques that are different than what I’ve dabbled in before,” he said.
Personally, I’m desperate for this Chappie tour to end because I both want to be surprised and don’t want to think about it as Blomkamp still has to write a script. It’s going to be a few years until this goes into production, assuming it’s even approved by Fox.
