Michael Biehn Will Reprise His Role of Corporal Hicks in ALIEN III Audio Drama
After Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens wowed audiences, David Fincher’s Alien 3 came along and ended up falling flat with audiences. I wasn’t a big fan of Alien 3, there was a chance that it could’ve been a really good film, though!
There was a script for the film that was written by William Gibson that the studio didn’t want to use, and over the years it has gained cult status. Well, that script is now being turned into an audio drama for Audible and Michael Biehn is set to reprise his role of Corporal Hicks in it!
Here’s are some details on the project that were shared:
"Audible is bringing William Gibson’s lost Alien III script to life in audio for the first time, to mark the 40th Anniversary of the birth of the Alien Franchise. Alongside a full cast Michael Biehn reprises his iconic role as Corporal Hicks from the 1986 film Aliens. Father of cyberpunk, William Gibson’s original script for Alien III, written in 1987 as a sequel to Aliens, never made it to our screens, although it went on to achieve cult status among fans as the third installment that might have been after being leaked online.
"This terrifying, cinematic multicast dramatization - directed by the multi award-winning Dirk Maggs, is the chance to experience William Gibson’s untold story and its terrifying, claustrophobic and dark encounters between humans and aliens, as a completely immersive audio experience.
"The story begins with the Sulaco on its return journey from LV-426. On board the military ship are the cryogenically frozen skeleton crew of that film’s survivors: Ripley, Hicks, Newt and Bishop. We travel aboard and hear an alarm blare. Our heroes are no longer alone...."
The rest of the voice cast includes Tom Alexander, Barbara Barnes, Cliff Chapman, Samantha Coughlan, Ben Cura, Dar Dash, Harry Ditson, Mairead Doherty, Graham Hoadly, Lorelei King, Laurel Lefkow, Martin McDougall, Sarah Pitard, Michael Roberts, David Seddon, Andrew James Spooner, Siri Steinmo, Dai Tabuchi, Keith Wickham, and Rebecca Yeo.
The Alien III audio drama will be released on May 30th.