I'm surprised no-one has posted this up yet: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/06/aliens-30th-anniversary-comic-con-event
QuoteTo commemorate the release of the 1986 action/sci-fi classic, EW can reveal that San Diego's Comic-Con will host an Aliens reunion on Saturday, July 23. Both Cameron and Weaver will participate in the Q&A in the 6,500-seat Hall H, along with producer Gale Anne Hurd, Bill "Game Over" Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Michael Biehn, and the all-grown-up Carrie Henn.
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There will be much to discuss at Comic-Con, since not only is it a look back at a sci-fi classic, but Weaver is working with District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to create a new Aliens sequel, one that picks up where Cameron's film left off and somewhat de-canonizes David Fincher's Alien 3 (1992) and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien: Resurrection (1997). "It's just as if, you know, the path forks and one direction goes off to three and four and another direction goes off to Neill's movie," Weaver says.
Quote"It's just as if, you know, the path forks and one direction goes off to three and four and another direction goes off to Neill's movie," Weaver says.
Well, that makes it pretty clear that this is indeed an alternate timeline as most of us has assumed.
The movie is in limbo and no one has any clue when production is actually going to start yet Weaver and co keep yammering on like it's already front and centre of the cameras already.
They should just STFU and get on with making the Godammned movie.
-or-
Just STFU and stop pulling everyone's dicks about shit that aint happening.
This is getting stale very fast.
-Windebieste
If this film does get made it'll probably turn out sh$t like the last one did if Siggy gets her way.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jul 06, 2016, 09:38:34 PM
Quote"It's just as if, you know, the path forks and one direction goes off to three and four and another direction goes off to Neill's movie," Weaver says.
Well, that makes it pretty clear that this is indeed an alternate timeline as most of us has assumed.
I'm pretty sure she explicitly said this already.
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2016/04/27/alien-5-satisfying-end-alien-story/
QuoteWeaver also talked about Alien 3 and Resurrection and how Blomkamp's sequel relates to them, stating that the new film wouldn't "wipe out" those films but "run parallel" to them.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 07, 2016, 07:28:50 AM
QuoteWeaver also talked about Alien 3 and Resurrection and how Blomkamp's sequel relates to them, stating that the new film wouldn't "wipe out" those films but "run parallel" to them.
Yeah, but some people on here were still trying to re-interpret that to mean Blomkamp won't ignore 3 and 4.
I haven't seen the "path forking" statement from Weaver before.
Quote from: windebieste on Jul 07, 2016, 06:39:29 AM
The movie is in limbo and no one has any clue when production is actually going to start yet Weaver and co keep yammering on like it's already front and centre of the cameras already.
Just STFU and stop pulling everyone's dicks about shit that aint happening.
This is getting stale very fast.
They're trying to keep this project alive. They're effectively trying to force Fox's hand. And it's working because it's getting a lot of positve press coverage.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jul 07, 2016, 05:09:34 PM
Yeah, but some people on here were still trying to re-interpret that to mean Blomkamp won't ignore 3 and 4.
There is no other way of interpreting that to me. :laugh:
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jul 07, 2016, 05:09:34 PM
They're trying to keep this project alive. They're effectively trying to force Fox's hand. And it's working because it's getting a lot of positve press coverage.
Just like how it got green-lit in the first place.
This'll be the weirdest timeline ever. Covenant, 3.2, Covenant sequel, Covenant sequel.
Blomkamp's current movie proposal is the very definition and epitome of overblown expectations that can never be met.
-Windebieste.
So we're officially getting an alternate continuity then? I know I asked this in another thread but... I just need to know.
Quote from: windebieste on Jul 07, 2016, 10:54:34 PM
Blomkamp's current movie proposal is the very definition and epitome of overblown expectations that can never be met.
-Windebieste.
Sure it can't be any worse than Alien 3 though...
So on the latest Perfect Organism podcast they stated that whilst they can't reveal their source, strong rumour is production on Alien5 will start very soon.
Hmmm.
As much as I don't want to see 3 & 4 simply dismissed the idea we can get to see Hicks/Newt/Ripley together on screen again is very welcome.
BWAHAHAAAAAA!!!! What makes you so sure? This is the version I want to see:
After being in hypersleep our 3 indomitable heroes emerge from their hypersleep, mysteriously aged 30 years for some strange reason. Ripley gets out of bed and immediately straps a pulse rifle to one side of her zimmer frame. A flame thrower is then gaffer taped to the other. She's ready for action. One slow step at a time. In the meantime, the younger, albeit scar faced Hicks takes a single sideling glance at her and says 'Nah. I aint gonna hit that.'
He turns and in the next hypersleep pod he watches Rebecca Jordan emerge. She's in her mid 30's now and dirty old man Hicks finds himself drooling longingly at her slender form. "Yeah." That's more like it." He says under his breath. "30... and still a virgin! "
*GUFFAWS!!1!!*
Yeah... right. Can't be any worse.
-Windebieste.
If it comes to that, Hicks will do em both.
Has anyone heard anything - If it does happen if Newt is in it and if so whether Carrie Henn is interested in it?
Quote from: Kelgaard on Jul 08, 2016, 02:25:47 AM
If it comes to that, Hicks will do em both.
BWAHAHAHAAA!!! Of course. You're right.
But seriously, I do want to see Blomkamp make an 'ALIEN 5' movie. I believe he's a good choice for a Director. I just don't believe this proposal is the best way to go. Ditch the idea of bringing back deceased characters and make a fresh start with new marines squaring off against xenos. This is what's really needed. We don't need to have half the series retconned (or 'soft retconned') for a return to form to happen.
There's so many other characters and stories that Blomkamp could bring to the screen here instead. Fans would love just as much. Sadly, no. Blomkamp is playing the nostalgia card; but it's old and faded.
I just can't get behind this proposal at all.
So many possibilities are here and the worst kind of fan service is given priority.
-Windebieste.
Quote from: windebieste on Jul 08, 2016, 02:08:53 AM
BWAHAHAAAAAA!!!! What makes you so sure? This is the version I want to see:
After being in hypersleep our 3 indomitable heroes emerge from their hypersleep, mysteriously aged 30 years for some strange reason. Ripley gets out of bed and immediately straps a pulse rifle to one side of her zimmer frame. A flame thrower is then gaffer taped to the other. She's ready for action. One slow step at a time. In the meantime, the younger, albeit scar faced Hicks takes a single sideling glance at her and says 'Nah. I aint gonna hit that.'
He turns and in the next hypersleep pod he watches Rebecca Jordan emerge. She's in her mid 30's now and dirty old man Hicks finds himself drooling longingly at her slender form. "Yeah." That's more like it." He says under his breath. "30... and still a virgin! "
*GUFFAWS!!1!!*
Yeah... right. Can't be any worse.
-Windebieste.
Sounds like a video I saw on a certain ... um ... adult website the other night ;-)
Quote from: windebieste on Jul 08, 2016, 02:45:58 AM
Quote from: Kelgaard on Jul 08, 2016, 02:25:47 AM
If it comes to that, Hicks will do em both.
BWAHAHAHAAA!!! Of course. You're right.
But seriously, I do want to see Blomkamp make an 'ALIEN 5' movie. I believe he's a good choice for a Director. I just don't believe this proposal is the best way to go. Ditch the idea of bringing back deceased characters and make a fresh start with new marines squaring off against xenos. This is what's really needed. We don't need to have half the series retconned (or 'soft retconned') for a return to form to happen.
There's so many other characters and stories that Blomkamp could bring to the screen here instead. Fans would love just as much. Sadly, no. Blomkamp is playing the nostalgia card; but it's old and faded.
I just can't get behind this proposal at all.
So many possibilities are here and the worst kind of fan service is given priority.
-Windebieste.
Actually I see it the other way.
A lot of people were disappointed with where Alien 3 and Resurrection took the characters - especially the killing off of Hicks and Newt in the manner they were.
I see this as a kinda Rocky Balboa moment - I thought Rocky Balboa brought the character of Rocky back in good stead after what Rocky V did to it.
Quote from: windebieste on Jul 07, 2016, 10:54:34 PM
Blomkamp's current movie proposal is the very definition and epitome of overblown expectations that can never be met.
Absolutely! People are wishing the potential further demise of the series on the very small chance that this might be good. Not only will this create a horrible timeline cluster, it also has a high chance of actually retrospectively ruining Aliens. Just like Prometheus kind of did with Alien. You just can't watch the Derelict scene in Alien the same way anymore.
There's other concerns such supporters of this proposal will have to accept but haven't considered yet. Over the decades, the 'ALIENS' moniker has been reduced to a series of comics, toys and video games to the point where it's kid friendly. The next thing to happen is a PG rated 'ALIENS' movie.
Don't say it won't happen to this film if it goes ahead as proposed. It's little more than Saturday morning cartoon material as it is.
-Windebieste.
Quote from: Rankles75 on Jul 08, 2016, 01:17:07 AM
Quote from: windebieste on Jul 07, 2016, 10:54:34 PM
Blomkamp's current movie proposal is the very definition and epitome of overblown expectations that can never be met.
-Windebieste.
Sure it can't be any worse than Alien 3 though...
That's the real benchmark, I think. It maybe an alternate continuity but in reality, it's a replacement. It needs to be better than Alien 3.
Quote from: RakaiThwei on Jul 07, 2016, 11:03:26 PM
So we're officially getting an alternate continuity then? I know I asked this in another thread but... I just need to know.
Yep. As Weaver said back in April.
Quote from: Prez on Jul 08, 2016, 02:01:50 AM
So on the latest Perfect Organism podcast they stated that whilst they can't reveal their source, strong rumour is production on Alien5 will start very soon.
Curious. I've not listened to the newest one yet.
Quote from: stephen on Jul 08, 2016, 02:31:59 AM
Has anyone heard anything - If it does happen if Newt is in it and if so whether Carrie Henn is interested in it?
Apparently she was asked at at London Film and Comic Con last year and said she'd be appearing in a video call.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 08, 2016, 07:49:30 AM
Yep. As Weaver said back in April.
Then this officially changes the way canon should be looked at. I knew that statement she said in April wasn't just hoopla. This can be viewed as an alternate timeline, alternate universe or just simply for what it is... an alternate canon. I'm okay with this. I'm practically okay with this because it shows that canon was NEVER LINEAR as we all thought it to be in the grand-scheme of the franchises.
So I guess the timeline charts which Norm and I collaborated on are... presumably, more or less...accurate in a simplified manner.
I'm at peace with this. I'm quite content with this... I can let things just go as they are now. Whatever anger I had... it's gone. This is wonderful. As fans, we have a choice. We've always had a choice, but we were so busy in-fighting with each other about what's canon, what's not that we never really realized that we've always had this choice.
Everything can now have a place.. an assigned spot.. I'm glad.
Quote from: windebieste on Jul 08, 2016, 02:08:53 AM
BWAHAHAAAAAA!!!! What makes you so sure? This is the version I want to see:
After being in hypersleep our 3 indomitable heroes emerge from their hypersleep, mysteriously aged 30 years for some strange reason. Ripley gets out of bed and immediately straps a pulse rifle to one side of her zimmer frame. A flame thrower is then gaffer taped to the other. She's ready for action. One slow step at a time. In the meantime, the younger, albeit scar faced Hicks takes a single sideling glance at her and says 'Nah. I aint gonna hit that.'
He turns and in the next hypersleep pod he watches Rebecca Jordan emerge. She's in her mid 30's now and dirty old man Hicks finds himself drooling longingly at her slender form. "Yeah." That's more like it." He says under his breath. "30... and still a virgin! "
*GUFFAWS!!1!!*
Yeah... right. Can't be any worse.
-Windebieste.
Meh.
If it is worse, we can all just refuse to acknowledge it's existence, the way most of us do A3 and Resurrection. If Blomkamp doesn't give us a Pulse Rifle packing CGI Jones, I'll probably give it a miss anyway... ;)
Put up; or shut up. I take it, that is the general theme of this thread. :P
Quote from: windebieste on Jul 08, 2016, 07:09:02 AM
Don't say it won't happen to this film if it goes ahead as proposed. It's little more than Saturday morning cartoon material as it is.
Exactly. This is why the series needs to go back to the psycho-sexual subtext of
Alien and return the creature from the 'fun' extraterrestrial velociraptor it has become and back to the space-rapist it started off as. We want adult films with deep, adult themes.
Quote from: irn on Jul 08, 2016, 04:19:48 PM
Exactly. This is why the series needs to go back to the psycho-sexual subtext of Alien and return the creature from the 'fun' extraterrestrial velociraptor it has become and back to the space-rapist it started off as. We want adult films with deep, adult themes.
Which is
exactly what Blomkamp said he wanted to do.
Why does everyone assume the movie will begin with them waking from hypersleep? Lol.
Quote from: Prez on Jul 08, 2016, 02:01:50 AM
So on the latest Perfect Organism podcast they stated that whilst they can't reveal their source, strong rumour is production on Alien5 will start very soon.
Hmmm.
As much as I don't want to see 3 & 4 simply dismissed the idea we can get to see Hicks/Newt/Ripley together on screen again is very welcome.
What's the Perfect Organism podcast and how are they legitimate? And where can one listen to it?
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jul 08, 2016, 09:55:21 PM
Quote from: irn on Jul 08, 2016, 04:19:48 PM
Exactly. This is why the series needs to go back to the psycho-sexual subtext of Alien and return the creature from the 'fun' extraterrestrial velociraptor it has become and back to the space-rapist it started off as. We want adult films with deep, adult themes.
Which is exactly what Blomkamp said he wanted to do.
Nobody likes to give Blomkamp credit. Or they cherry pick what he says. Or they assume.
@bishopShouldGo Here you go https://www.facebook.com/perfectorganism/
Quote from: Kelgaard on Jul 08, 2016, 02:25:47 AM
If it comes to that, Hicks will do em both.
Thank you for that and the tea that just came out of my nose in the office.
Well played, Kel, well played...
Quote from: Rankles75 on Jul 08, 2016, 01:17:07 AMSure it can't be any worse than Alien 3 though...
Have you seen literally any of the films they've made since then?
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jul 08, 2016, 09:55:21 PM
Which is exactly what Blomkamp said he wanted to do.
It'd be excellent if he pulls that off.
Quotecomes to that, Hicks will do em both.
HAHA
"Let me introduce you to a close personal friend of mine."
[drops pants]
"Feel the weight."
QuoteHas anyone heard anything - If it does happen if Newt is in it and if so whether Carrie Henn is interested in it?
Somebody posted a good interview here recently with Biehn and his wife, and I think he's mentioned this sporadically over the past year saying that he thinks they will cast some Hollywood "it" girl in the role and they will be the next big thing. Something like a passing of the torch thing?
I could be interpreting that wrong though, and also Biehn said he was just speculating.
Hopefully someone will ask Cameron what he thinks of Neill's movie.
Quote from: Denton Smalls on Jul 11, 2016, 03:21:00 PM
Somebody posted a good interview here recently with Biehn and his wife, and I think he's mentioned this sporadically over the past year saying that he thinks they will cast some Hollywood "it" girl in the role and they will be the next big thing. Something like a passing of the torch thing?
I could be interpreting that wrong though, and also Biehn said he was just speculating.
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2015/11/20/michael-biehn-on-alien-5-passing-of-the-torch-to-newt/
However, recently Biehn's wife was sharing that original interview on Twitter so who knows. We've also heard that Henn said she would be appearing in the film just through a video chat. Though we've also seen artwork from Callum West which looked exactly like Henn. This is all subject to change though. Who knows what has happened to the concept while they were working on it.
Quote from: BishopShouldGo on Jul 11, 2016, 03:58:29 PM
Hopefully someone will ask Cameron what he thinks of Neill's movie.
I really hope someone does. I bet Cameron would be quite happy at the prospect.