Neill Blomkamp's ALIEN 5 Put on Hold Because of ALIEN: PARADISE LOST
It looks like Neil Blomkamp might not get to make Alien 5 after all, which is shame. His project has been put on hold in favor of Ridley Scott's Alien: Paradise Lost. According to Deadline, there's a chance that Blomkamp might not get to make the movie at all. A lot of people thought this might happen when Scott started pushing Alien: Paradise Lost. I was really hoping that wouldn't be the case, but unfortunately, it is. Blomkamp confirmed the news on Twitter and said that he will be moving on to other projects.
alien is kinda holding/ pending prometheus 2. So I shall be working on other things... as much as I love the xeno- and Lt ripley
— Иeill BlomkΛmp (@NeillBlomkamp) October 30, 2015I was actually excited to see Blomkamp's version of Alien. Hell, he just showed off an upgraded Pulse Rifle for the film! I wanted to see this way more than Scott's Prometheus sequel. Seeing Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn reprise their roles as Ellen Ripley and Corporal Hicks would have been freakin' amazing. They were both excited to do it, too!
There's still a chance that Alien 5 could happen, it's just no longer moving forward at the moment. What's crazy about all this is that more people were excited to see Ripley back in action than continue the whole Engineer story arc. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this decision. After all this is Fox we're talking about, and as you know they make lots of stupid decisions. In the end, I'm sure Scott had the final word in the matter. What a shame.
