The chances of seeing Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 are "slim" according to the would-be director/writer. Back in October of 2015, Neill Blomkamp confirmed to the world via Twitter that his upcoming Aliens sequel was on-hold pending Prometheus 2 (Alien: Covenant). Since then we've had the occasional comment from Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn and even James Cameron chipped ... [Read More]

Lance Henriksen talks Alien 5. In a short interview with IGN, Lance Henriksen makes a few comments regarding Neill Blomkamp's currently stalled Alien 5. While talking to the veteran Alien actor about his upcoming role in Legends of Tomorrow, IGN prompted a couple of comments from Henriksen about Alien 5: "You know they're going to ... [Read More]

Blomkamp's Alien 5 is "innovative, amazing, performs fan service." Having just spoken at the Aliens 30th anniversary panel at San Diego Comic Con, the topic of Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 inevitably came up. It seems to have been moved on from rather quickly as a man proposed to his girlfriend in the panel (they met watching the ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 38th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy podcast. In our latest episode, we discuss the recent news surrounding Alien: Covenant, Alien 5 and The Predator. Podcast regulars RidgeTop, Xenomorphine and I are joined by community guest (and one of the editors of Xenopedia) HuDaFuk, as we recap all the recent news ... [Read More]

Alien 5 will be delayed by the Avatar sequels and The Gone World according to new comments by Sigourney Weaver. Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly published an interview with Sigourney Weaver in the lead up to the 30th anniversary reunion at San Diego Comic Con. Most sites are focusing on the comments about giving Ripley an ending ("it’s ... [Read More]

Last weekend saw the majority of the cast of Aliens reunited at Comicpalooza in celebration of Aliens 30th anniversary this year. Comicpalooza also hosted a panel discussion with the cast and for whose who weren't able to attend the event themselves, Melelani Petersen uploaded the discussion to YouTube! The Comicpalooza 2016 Aliens 30th Anniversary Reunion panel is just under 40 minutes ... [Read More]

Following on from her recent update regarding Neill Blomkamp's on-hold Alien 5, Sigourney Weaver has stated that Alien 5 is the "most satisfying" end of the Alien story! As part of yesterday's Alien Day celebrations many cinemas were running showings of the films. One such showing, at The Town Hall in New York, had the pleasure of Sigourney Weaver's ... [Read More]

Blomkamp shares Newt concept art from Alien 5! Earlier this morning Neill Blomkamp posted a new piece of concept art for Alien 5 to his Instagram, this time giving us our first look at his adult Newt! This is the first piece of Alien 5 related content that Blomkamp has posted since announcing that the film was ... [Read More]

Sigourney Weaver updates on Blomkamp's Alien 5! Speaking at an event hosted by virtualization software developer, VMware, Sigourney Weaver talked about her various movie roles and when asked about the state of Neill Blomkamp's on-hold Alien 5 provided the following update: "Well, I *think* it is.  Ridley asked Neill NOT to make our Alien til after Prometheus 2.  He (Ridley) wanted his ... [Read More]

Alien 5 maybe postponed but it isn't stopping Michael Biehn dishing out a few more details. Whilst talking to Icons of Fright about his role in the upcoming mobster comedy series, 24 Hour Rental, Michael Biehn (Corporal Hicks from Aliens) talked a little about Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5: "They’re planning on bringing me and Newt back and at ... [Read More]

Back in August Bloody Disgusting reported that Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 (or 3.2) was being held back due to Ridley Scott's Prometheus sequel. Blomkamp took to Twitter a few days later and reported that wasn't quite true. However, according to the latest Tweet from Blomkamp Alien 5 is actually "kinda holding/ pending prometheus 2". alien is ... [Read More]

Neill Blomkamp has just posted a brand new picture on Instagram - this time instead of concept art from his new Alien movie, we get to see a prop of the Pulse Rifle! The M41A Pulse Rifle was, of course, the iconic weapon that the Colonial Marines used in James Cameron's Aliens so it's implied we'll be seeing lots more ... [Read More]

Ridley Scott and news about Alien: Paradise Lost is certainly stealing the spotlight at the minute! However, whilst talking to The Daily Beast, promoting his recently released science-fiction film The Martian (which you should go see!) and upcoming Prometheus sequel,  Ridley snuck in a little about the Neill Blomkamp Alien sequel that Scott is also producing: "We have Neill ... [Read More]