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According to a new interview with Famous Monsters, James Cameron is unlikely to return for another Alien film. I know it probably goes without saying at this point but I’m sure it’s something that a lot of fans would still be eager to see. Cameron made the comment in a new interview with Famous Monsters as part of the various 30th anniversary (today!) celebrations.

The 286th issue of the magazine features a brand new interview conducted with James Cameron. A half hour segment of that interview with editor David Weiner was released as their 12th podcast and you can hear Cameron making the remark at around 28 minute mark.

While talking about how Aliens stands up today and how he’d have approached it differently with today’s technology, Cameron said: “would I want to make another Alien film tomorrow? No, I don’t think so.” He then teases a small possibility but then shortly rules it out completely: “unless someone could come with up with a spectacularly new concept.”

Weiner asks Cameron, straight to the point, if he wouldn’t rule out returning to the Alien franchise, if there was a compelling enough story. Cameron remarks that it is unlikely to happen as he’s got his hands full with the Avatar series: “Well, look…I’ve got my own kind of Alien world that I’m enslaved to now with the Avatar films, so I can pretty much rule that out.”

With another 3 Avatar films planned, Cameron’s slate looks to be occupied by the science-fiction series for some time to come.

The last time Cameron was seriously involved in returning to an Alien film was back in the early 00’s when both he and Ridley Scott had been working on a concept for Alien 5. Cameron ultimately dropped work on the project when he found out Fox were moving forward with Paul Anderson’s Alien vs. Predator. Thanks to Omega Underground for the news.

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This news makes me frown a bit but I can totally understand it. James Cameron knows that he simply cannot out do Aliens. So instead he rather do films about other aliens... that he invented. ha the bugger went George Lucas on us.

It's still so crazy how much Fox shot themselves in the foot in the early 90's. They DIDN'T want to develop an Alien movie with Ridley and Cameron. WTF!!!!!!! Who was the crazy person running the studio then?

If he's guaranteeing he won't ever be interested, there wouldn't be much harm in him spilling the details on the idea he had been working on.

he'd rather wastes his time making 3 sequels the audience doesn't care about

I would love to hear details of the story him and Ridley were working on before Fox started riddling the franchise with Bullets.

Wonder if any of the details ended up in Prometheus and Covenant

Disappointing, but not surprising. Also f**k AvP, as always. Cmon Blomkamp.....

Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Jul 18, 2016, 12:51:43 PM
I would love to hear details of the story him and Ridley were working on before Fox started riddling the franchise with Bullets.

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/ridley-scott-and-james-camerons-alien-5/

:)

That's pretty much all there is to find.

I considered that obvious.
I'm fine with that. No need to overdo it. Ridley Scott should take note.

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Xan21 - I very much care about the 'Avatar' sequels. And it's 4 not 3.
That's a really really great universe (the most creative one I can think of in ages) that the first film set up with a simple story. I really look forward to see where James Cameron takes it with this very ambitious project of shooting 4 films simultaneously.

Quote from: Valaquen on Jul 18, 2016, 02:42:05 PM

Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Jul 18, 2016, 12:51:43 PM
I would love to hear details of the story him and Ridley were working on before Fox started riddling the franchise with Bullets.

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/ridley-scott-and-james-camerons-alien-5/

:)

That's pretty much all there is to find.

Thanks Valaqueen. Some interesting tidbits there. Definitely a case of Ridley wanted to explore the Aliens origins and Cameron wanted Earth War

Cameron and Scott should've fought harder for Alien 5 back then.

Quote from: BishopShouldGo on Jul 18, 2016, 03:53:25 PM
Cameron and Scott should've fought harder for Alien 5 back then.

Not much they can do without the go ahead from Fox.

Fox wanted AvP and that was a deal breaker for both directors.

What fools Fox were.

"From the directors of Alien, Aliens, Titanic and Gladiator."

Throw Arnold in there like James said.

Gangbusters.

Him describing the limitations of technology aloud them to focus on story and character rather than over expose the creatures, that hwy the early films hold up so well.

Its a shame James Cameron isn't doing smaller scaled practical effects movies, he's caught up in the Avatar world, that film had alot of hype around it for its renovating effects and 3D experience and it sure made a name for itself breaking 2 billion at the box office, however many movie goers dismiss it for the story being  your basic native American vs white invaders Dances with Wolves set in a space epic.

Though seeing the Avatar aftermath and lack of enthusiasm has you wondering how well the sequels will do. Cameron pulled off two of the greatest sequels of all time Aliens and Terminator 2. He may have some gimmick at hand that will give in an advantage to renewal that enthusiasm for Avatar and blow us away becoming another great hit. Or not.  :-

If only the FOX suits had let Ridley & Cameron do their joint version FIRST, and then greenlit their AvP project afterwards.  The fools.

I've always wondered what we could have ended up with between the two of them collaborating.

Valaquen:
" Ripley realizes her dreams have played a role in what's happening she evacuates and confines herself to a cell, but inevitably she will meet her nemesis face to face again."

Than Ripley 8 was a chosen one in the A5 draft? She can control events by dreaming?
What if she dream about turn back in time and save Hicks and Newt in some kind of Interstellar way? Maybe that power she will achive in A.Covenant from her mother.

:o

i hoghly recommend everyone to pick up this issue, its great, and the cover is just amazing

I don't like it when good directors dedicate themselves to a single franchise for long periods of time. George Lucas did this with Star Wars and Peter Jackson did this with The Lord of the Rings.  And both of those franchises felt redundant to me after awhile. :/

Avatar...zzzzzz  zxzzzzz

Thank God we have a director like Ridley Scott wanting and making 2-3 more Alien movies...

Quote from: StrangeShape on Jul 19, 2016, 02:03:25 AM
i hoghly recommend everyone to pick up this issue, its great, and the cover is just amazing

I ordered mine after posting this.

I wasn't a fan of Avatar. It looked pretty enough but I find it overly long and boring. It's been a few years since I rewatched it though. Might give it another try.

Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Jul 18, 2016, 03:21:18 PM

Quote from: Valaquen on Jul 18, 2016, 02:42:05 PM

Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Jul 18, 2016, 12:51:43 PM
I would love to hear details of the story him and Ridley were working on before Fox started riddling the franchise with Bullets.

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/ridley-scott-and-james-camerons-alien-5/

:)

That's pretty much all there is to find.

Thanks Valaquen. Some interesting tidbits there. Definitely a case of Ridley wanted to explore the Aliens origins and Cameron wanted Earth War

FTFY  :laugh:

Quote from: Valaquen on Jul 19, 2016, 02:59:04 PM

Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Jul 18, 2016, 03:21:18 PM

Quote from: Valaquen on Jul 18, 2016, 02:42:05 PM

Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Jul 18, 2016, 12:51:43 PM
I would love to hear details of the story him and Ridley were working on before Fox started riddling the franchise with Bullets.

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/ridley-scott-and-james-camerons-alien-5/

:)

That's pretty much all there is to find.

Thanks Valaquen. Some interesting tidbits there. Definitely a case of Ridley wanted to explore the Aliens origins and Cameron wanted Earth War

FTFY  :laugh:

LOL Whiskey's type gave me a good chuckle.  :laugh:

Quote from: The Alien Predator on Jul 19, 2016, 03:20:36 PM
LOL Whiskey's type gave me a good chuckle.  :laugh:

Oh, I get Valaqueen a lot  :laugh:

I'd correct their name to 'Whiskybrewer' as well, but maybe they're Irish  :P

Not really a big surprise. Why would he make another Alien - a film that would have a hell of a lot to live up to - when he's laughing all the way to the bank with his pet Avatar project?

Hahahahaha, i so didnt realise i'd done that lol

truly Fabulous information

Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Jul 19, 2016, 09:47:38 PM
Hahahahaha, i so didnt realise i'd done that lol

truly Fabulous information

You must've had too much whiskey, mate.  :laugh:

Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jul 19, 2016, 03:49:48 PM
Not really a big surprise. Why would he make another Alien - a film that would have a hell of a lot to live up to - when he's laughing all the way to the bank with his pet Avatar project?

I have to wonder how successful those sequels are actually going to be. Yeah, Avatar was massively successful but I very rarely see people with positive stuff to say about it now-a-days.

Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Jul 19, 2016, 09:47:38 PMHahahahaha, i so didnt realise i'd done that lol

The Irish spell it with an 'e', just get an Irish passport and you'll be fine.

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 20, 2016, 07:44:26 AM

Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jul 19, 2016, 03:49:48 PM
Not really a big surprise. Why would he make another Alien - a film that would have a hell of a lot to live up to - when he's laughing all the way to the bank with his pet Avatar project?

I have to wonder how successful those sequels are actually going to be. Yeah, Avatar was massively successful but I very rarely see people with positive stuff to say about it now-a-days.

One also has to consider the foreign exchange rate. Back when avatar was released the us dollar was weak, thus over seas tickets sales had much more monetary power when converted to USD. Today overseas ticket sale receipts are simply worth less money and 3D is not that big of a deal so getting people to pay more will be hard. Avatar likely can not beat a movie like The Force Awakens today.

Quote from: BringbackJonesy! on Jul 18, 2016, 10:36:29 PM
If only the FOX suits had let Ridley & Cameron do their joint version FIRST, and then greenlit their AvP project afterwards.  The fools.

I've always wondered what we could have ended up with between the two of them collaborating.

Fox had no idea the pair were working on a project - and Cameron mentioned in an interview, one time, that Scott never bothered to get back in contact with him about it. Seems like Cameron was the one who was mainly trying to get it done, but that he didn't notify Fox about it.

There was no indication that Fox would have refused simultaneously filming it, however. Cameron only ever said he decided to stop writing and then, later, regretted doing so, because the AVP project wasn't nearly like he thought it was going to be. From that, it seems like he had never read the initial comic (which is ironic, as the likeness of one of the characters was based upon him), because, before that, he used to say he thought it could only ever turn into a messy 'Godzilla'-style enterprise.

This makes me think that, had he been aware the AVP concept was aimed at being on a far smaller scale than he assumed, he might have simply continued with what he had been writing.

How it could and should of been:
1. Alien 1979 (theatrical cut)
2. Aliens 1986 (Director's Cut in Theatres)
3. Predator 1987 (minus few technical goofs & scenes with old creature design)
4. Alien 3 1992 (set on Earth with Xenomorph infestation and ends movie series)
5. Aliens vs Predator 1994 (follows the "just" of the comic story, practical effects instead of CGI, and Rated R)
6. Alien Prequel 2001 (Cameron and Ridley making it, Sigourney is an Executive Producer, H.R. Giver and Stan Winston do the design and effects, story sets up the events of Alien 1979, scary & self contained like Alien 1979 and less action than Aliens 1986 and Alien 3 2001)

It's not rocket science! why on Earth didn't this happen!

I agree with your list and order! But not necessarily the content.

I'm happy with the way history has turned out. 

I would like for the future, though:

2017 - Alien:  Covenant/Prometheus 2
2018 - The Predator
2019 - Alien 5
2020 - Alien:  Covenant 2/Prometheus 3
2021 - The Predator 2
2022 - Alien 6
2023 - Alien:  Covenant 3/Prometheus 4
2024 - AVP 3

Series went into shit though post 1997 all because of Fox, which including Predator Which went years without a Release (Thank god) But Alien series Fox Destroyed by mishandling it. And only caring about making $$$ over getting a good script. Seriously? Resurrection? What a terrible movie name. Fox went from Numbering the movies in logical Sense. Alien, alien(s) And Alien 3, all 3 titles make sense. Then Alien 4? Nope. Alien (Resurrection) What's alien 5 gonna be called? Alien Insurrection? ahha.

I think everyone here agrees that even with the differen't directors handling the movies post Cameron and Ripley 1979-1992 was the best Era

---- The Classics ----
       1979-1992         

Alien (1979)
  Aliens (1986)
      Predator (1987)
         Predator 2 (1990)
                 Alien 3 (1992)

             ----- The Shitty Era ----
                       1993-2007

                       Alien: Resurrection (1997)
                             AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
                                 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

                                              ----- Both Series getting back on Track Era ----
                                                                       2007-Onward

                                                                      Predators (2010)
                                                                         Prometheus (2012)
                                                                           Alien: Covenant (2017)
                                                                                    The Predator (2018)
                                                                                                Alien 5 (2019?)

Personally, I'd say 1979-1987 (maybe 1990, Predator 2 has it's moments)...

Quote from: Rankles75 on Sep 21, 2016, 02:09:30 PM
Personally, I'd say 1979-1987 (maybe 1990, Predator 2 has it's moments)...

1979-1987 + 2012 onwards

Quote from: Nostromo on Sep 21, 2016, 02:20:13 PM

Quote from: Rankles75 on Sep 21, 2016, 02:09:30 PM
Personally, I'd say 1979-1987 (maybe 1990, Predator 2 has it's moments)...

1979-1987 + 2012 onwards

Hopefully that turns out to be the case, Prometheus was a huge disappointment though (to me)...

Can see Scott & Cameron as producers for Alien 5.

Jim, come home.

I love Aliens but I would rather see Cameron return to The Terminator universe first.  :P Anyhow won't he be pissed that they killed off Hicks and Newt? Well in a perfect world James would write the Script and Ridley would Direct the film. Dam if only A5 happened with them behind it.  :(

Quote from: Kimo on Dec 30, 2016, 02:26:00 AM
I love Aliens but I would rather see Cameron return to The Terminator universe first.  :P Anyhow won't he be pissed that they killed off Hicks and Newt? Well in a perfect world James would write the Script and Ridley would Direct the film. Dam if only A5 happened with them behind it.  :(

He wasn't particularly happy about it, neither was Michael Biehn, and as some have suggested it may have contributed to his alcoholism.


I honestly don't think JC should return to either franchise. He was praising Terminator Genysis and that only tells me he's suffering from some kind of delusion.

Quote from: OpenMaw on Dec 31, 2016, 09:15:09 PM

Quote from: Kimo on Dec 30, 2016, 02:26:00 AM
I love Aliens but I would rather see Cameron return to The Terminator universe first.  :P Anyhow won't he be pissed that they killed off Hicks and Newt? Well in a perfect world James would write the Script and Ridley would Direct the film. Dam if only A5 happened with them behind it.  :(

He wasn't particularly happy about it, neither was Michael Biehn, and as some have suggested it may have contributed to his alcoholism.


I honestly don't think JC should return to either franchise. He was praising Terminator Genysis and that only tells me he's suffering from some kind of delusion.

To be fair he was in an awkward situation. It was his buddy's (hoped for) comeback, these guys were really nice to him, they showed him the movie and recorded him on the spot. It wouldve been kinda dick to slam the movie in front of people who were so gracious to you and record you commenting on it

As for Biehn, he already had problems earlier. He even overslept and forgot he was shooting on the set of T2

Cameron is responsible for half of what I love about this franchise, but I don't feel like he would return to the dark tone these movies demand.

It always amazes me that the guy who made Terminator & Aliens also did Titanic & Avatar. Yuck!

Quote from: OpenMaw on Dec 31, 2016, 09:15:09 PM

Quote from: Kimo on Dec 30, 2016, 02:26:00 AM
I love Aliens but I would rather see Cameron return to The Terminator universe first.  :P Anyhow won't he be pissed that they killed off Hicks and Newt? Well in a perfect world James would write the Script and Ridley would Direct the film. Dam if only A5 happened with them behind it.  :(

He wasn't particularly happy about it, neither was Michael Biehn, and as some have suggested it may have contributed to his alcoholism.


I honestly don't think JC should return to either franchise. He was praising Terminator Genysis and that only tells me he's suffering from some kind of delusion.

I'm gonna take a wild guess..

That always bugged me about Terminator Genesis were Cameron was praising it, in that YouTube clip. I think it's all blown out of proportion on what he said... I think, at the time Cameron never seen the full film ( probably still hasn't to this day) and he only seen the clips that were remakes of his first Terminator film that were in Genysis. He probably liked most of what he seen, and give them the thumbs up and the rest was made to promote the film... I mean Genesis was a pile of shit, but them shots of Cameron's first Terminator film that were in Genesis were pretty solid and a great not to Cameron. So to me either Cameron can't be that stupid or some serious money crossed his palm for him to praise that pile of shit terminator genesis.

Ive heard of Cameron liking AVP or its one of his guilty pleasure's. But I can see why, because he must hate Alien3 for killing Hicks and Newt off and Alien Resurrection for treating his Queen as canon fodder. Obviously having his Queen in AVP was a great little nod to Cameron since that over size queen looked f**king cool and was probably the only decent thing that came from AVP.

Anyhow Cameron is known for doing an AMA on Reddit every once in a while, and I can imagine him doing another AMA in the near future. So I bet he will answer this question of why he praise Genesis if anyone brings it up. Obviously that's if he can legally talk about it.

I haven't heard Cameron's remarks on Genysis, but that movie wasn't half as bad as everyone says it is, so he was probably being fair.

I'm kinda surprised Kathryn Bigelow (http://people.com/movies/5-things-to-know-about-kathryn-bigelow/) was never tapped for an Alien movie.  Tony Scott too, before he died.

Quote from: Guts on Sep 21, 2016, 08:15:35 AM
Series went into shit though post 1997 all because of Fox, which including Predator Which went years without a Release (Thank god) But Alien series Fox Destroyed by mishandling it. And only caring about making $$$ over getting a good script. Seriously? Resurrection? What a terrible movie name. Fox went from Numbering the movies in logical Sense. Alien, alien(s) And Alien 3, all 3 titles make sense. Then Alien 4? Nope. Alien (Resurrection) What's alien 5 gonna be called? Alien Insurrection? ahha.

I think everyone here agrees that even with the differen't directors handling the movies post Cameron and Ripley 1979-1992 was the best Era

---- The Classics ----
       1979-1992         

Alien (1979)
  Aliens (1986)
      Predator (1987)
         Predator 2 (1990)
                 Alien 3 (1992)

             ----- The Shitty Era ----
                       1993-2007

                       Alien: Resurrection (1997)
                             AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
                                 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

                                              ----- Both Series getting back on Track Era ----
                                                                       2007-Onward

                                                                      Predators (2010)
                                                                         Prometheus (2012)
                                                                           Alien: Covenant (2017)
                                                                                    The Predator (2018)
                                                                                                Alien 5 (2019?)

Spot on

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 20, 2016, 07:44:26 AM

Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jul 19, 2016, 03:49:48 PM
Not really a big surprise. Why would he make another Alien - a film that would have a hell of a lot to live up to - when he's laughing all the way to the bank with his pet Avatar project?

I have to wonder how successful those sequels are actually going to be. Yeah, Avatar was massively successful but I very rarely see people with positive stuff to say about it now-a-days.

I'm thinking the same thing. I can see why the first Avatar was very popular with people back in 2009. But how the hell are these sequels gunna top the first Avatar film? I'm sure Cameron can pen a good story into his next few Avatar films. But 3D and CGI world's have been done to death at this moment in time... Me and my friends only went out to see the first Avatar film because it was Cameron's first film since Titanic, and the push for 3D being something new and exciting back then with Cameron making advancements on new 3D camera technology. it's going to take something special for people like myself to get excited to see another Avatar film on the big screen if they have nothing new to sell other then more blue cat people on Pandora fighting humans or some other race.