QuoteSM
what ?? they refused to make a sequel because someone else was in charge ??
Happens all the time. New people come in and want to put their stamp on things rather than be tied to what the previous people did.
QuoteDEAR Lord
why did Alan Ladd Jnr leave fox ??
I've heard that he copped a lot of internal flak over the Star Wars sequel and licensing deal he cut with Lucas. Cost Fox a lot in future earnings. Don't know how true that is or whether it made his position untenable. Maybe he just wanted a change.
Quotewhy was the new regime interested again ??
The regime that wasn't interested in a sequel departed and whoever came in probably looked at their properties and saw what could be exploited.
Quoteis there a place where i can read up on this because really this is gold.
someone should write an article on the fox - brandywine - alien franchise relationship/history.
Brandywine, to the best of my knowledge, as an active production company comprising Giler, Hill and Carroll pretty much ended after Alien. Giler and Hill had their own thing after that called the Phoenix Company.
