In a new interview on The Guardian, Neill Blomkamp said, "It's possible Ridley Scott watched Chappie and was like: this guy can't do Alien"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/21/neill-blomkamp-interview-demonic-chappie-alien
The article covers many of Blomkamp's films and includes discussion of the Alien 5 project. People still bring it up, I guess.
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