Neill Blomkamp, director of District 9 and Elysium, has recently posted up a series of Alien 5 inspired concept art pieces that showcase his ideas for a potential Alien 5 movie starring Sigourney Weaver as Ripley and Michael Biehn as Corporal Dwayne Hicks. In 2013, the director first revealed his strong desire to direct Alien 5. Some of these new images would seem to date from spring 2014 and Blomkamp has now stated on his Instagram account that he’s no longer working on these ideas.
“This has nothing to do with the studio. I just feel like I might do something else instead. In which case why not show some work.” The director stated.
Thanks to Jenga for the news.
"There was a reason. I wanted to make that film. I still may make that film. [Laughs] It may happen. But I did it on my own time. Like when Chappie was winding down in post and I had available time, I started to work on it. It was also from talking to Sigourney [Weaver] during the making of this. I mean, I asked her about Alien all the time. Alien and Aliens are my favorite films. So I genuinely wanted to make that film, I came up with the story, I came up with way more art than I put out and I never officially spoke to Fox about it, but Fox wanted to make it. So, I kind of touched on it and I didn't know what to do, and I didn't know if I was just gonna go leave directing for a whole bunch of time and then I was like, 'I might as well put some art out.' But I may make it. I don't know. That's where it stands."
I don't want a HIX N NOOT story because I'd rather the survivors get to live the rest of their lives without having to face the aliens again. That also includes Ripley.
With a few changes, Prometheus could easily have been a sequel to Aliens and ultimately a much more satisfying experience than either Alien 3 or Prometheus actually were.
Next thing you know they'll be trying to bring back the original Star Wars trilogy cast.
As much as I love the Drone, we all know its killing streak was based on killing "truckers" not armed seasoned marines. My current favorite Alien is Drone(Sevastopol) and it has killed far more than the first alien ever did and some were armed civilians as well but put that creature against the marines and it will just have the same chance as the Warriors did.
Most of us loved Ripley (I think) but I doubt we all want her to return, so even if we love characters and care about them, it doesn't automatically mean we all want them to return, it would be better if they went off and lived their lives instead of getting caught into the same situation over and over again, hence why Hicks was meant to become the protagonist instead of Ripley in the early drafts of Alien 3.
Maybe I'd understand people still being desperate to have them back if the actors were still at a reasonable age to play them. But Weaver and Biehn are too old now. And do we really want the roles recast?
That one always confuses me too. Especially when they apparently suggest the Alien for the first film would've stood a better chance against heavily-armed Marines.
When the series finally makes another movie with characters we care about, we'll want to see those characters return.
Also, Aliens critics have been griping about Cameron's take on the xenomorph a good six years longer than Alien 3 critics have been griping about Hicks & Newt.
What was the high point of the series for many fans? I bet many of them would say Aliens.
Everything that has come since has been met with mixed reviews and even the positive reviews don't tend to elevate those films above the level of Aliens.
Therefore, it makes sense to me that fans want to go back to the series high point and "veer off" with a couple of characters that they became attached to.
It shouldn't be seen as an irritation, its just fans wanting to return to something familiar they care about in the hopes that they can recapture some of that excitement that made Aliens so great.
Consequently, if that's your standpoint, why bother commenting on these threads if you have no interest in "what ifs" and keep quoting the rulebook. But that's your cross to bear, I guess.
And I think 22 years is a slightly ridiculous amount of time to hold a grudge. Why do so many people still have a bee in their bonnet over specifically this? Why does no one consider the fact we could get a great Alien film without altering the ones we already have? It always seems to be WE WANT HIX N NOOT. Well ACM tried to do that, and the result was a lot worse than any of the films.
Although I guess maybe the truth is we haven't really had a quality Alien film in at least that long.
I just think you're being deliberately obtuse.
Sure. But they didn't survive.
I'll be honest, I really don't get people still complaining about this. It's been 22 years, and the one attempt at retconning things in that time turned out to be a laughably inept story in a video game. If the scenario in that is any indication of the kind of thing Fox is OK with regarding Hicks being resurrected, then good God would I rather have a flawed but occasionally powerful Alien 3.
Yeah, supposedly she wanted it to happen.
It was good. The death of the other two also fit - it was the execution (if you'll forgive the pun) that was flawed. That they all died was fine - we've discussed Hicks and Newt to death in this post: I don't think think anyone has an issue with their exit, just the handling of it. If they had survived (a la Blomkamp) then clearly a different universe would have evolved from that (likely similar to the original comic?)
I think that Sigourney Weaver was quite keen on killing herself off in the third one? I remember Cameron's flip "die, have sex with" comment from the Aliens commentary and she'd got to do all of the things she set out to do.
It kinda shows the reality of a gritty world where not even heroes win, the interesting part is that the nightmares that plagued her so long became a reality.....and only because she wanted to face her demons, if she didn't go to LV-426 then she would have lived.
And leave the Ripley Xeno merge out of it.
" Alien Resurrection" Redux ,with the extended end , I love the scene of the collapsed " Eiffel Tower . If game companies can do it , Then what is the problem with doing a bonafied movie sequel , No Prequel or AVP..
Best suggestion yet.
You'll be brought back to life by the ILM CGI Wizards Corporal, what more could you possibly desire?
Unless I'm bribed in some fashion.
That was Spielberg!
Also don't forget, they need to make sure that the impaled corpse in Alien 3 is positively identified as Turk. And put a CGI Hicks in at the end during Ripley's swan dive falling down on his knees and going NOOOOOOOOO!!!
I would like to see the fugger impregnate a Jaguar. Maybe Andrew's pet Jaguar. That is after all what Giger's original runner was based on.
And we should pester Charles incessantly for an Alien 3 Final Cut. I think the Corporal has his email address.
Yeah I thought thesame. Seriously thoug, the new edition could have facehugger digitally changed into super-facehugger. That would be dream come true along with extended edition with dog insted of ox.
Don't forget he needs to replace all the Pulse Rifles with walkie-talkies.
Yeah, this. As it is I just put it down to a goof and pretend the first one is the Super Hugger.
One was in the Sea of Sorrows novel, which kinda surprised me.
Pft. How could you even?
The shot of the original should have been removed for the assembly cut imho. Or at least changed, with a digital super-hugger instead.
How could I underestimate the nerdery on AvPG!
My theory is that it's the same facehugger. It just shed its cells and replaced them with armor, spikes and webbing to adapt to its hostile aquatic environment following the EEV's splashdown.
Go ahead, throw yours slings and arrows. I've endured it all before.
Fits perfectly with the rest of the movie.
You gotta feel sorry for the editor.
And Russ, that thread is 69 pages long.
I've been theorizing that since 1992, but I thought it was always only fanon (and only then for a select few). When did it finally gain common acceptance among fans? I weathered a lot flames over that because some people just couldn't abide the idea of a "royal facehugger" back then. It just didn't compute.
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv94%2Favpgalaxy%2Favpg%2Fforum%2Fbae62d1f.jpg&hash=d3165305b28e80188cd0e66aa376e077caed33fa
Originally it was supposed to be a "Super Facehugger" with a different design, capable of impregnating one host with a Queen and another with a regular Alien to act as her protector. That much kinda makes some logical sense. But the idea was dropped and they went with a regular Facehugger, presumably just hoping no one would notice.
The Super Facehugger is seen very briefly in the Assembly Cut.
One thing I'd never thought of was the double-dipping Facehugger. Even if we accept the deus ex of it (or its egg) being on the Sulaco, how does it impregnate Ripley AND the cow (or dog). I'm sure there's a fifty page thread on that in here somewhere...
Hicks was supposed to be the star of the third film long after Cameron walked away (I for one have never heard it suggested he was actually interested in directing a third one). It wasn't until Gibson's script was thrown out and Eric Red took over writing that Hicks bit the dust.
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/alien-3/33600/alien-3-the-story-ideas-that-never-made-it-to-the-screen
Seemingly, Cameron's departure was the nail in Hick's cryotube.