What was the Plot of Blomkamp's Alien 5?

Niell Blomkamp's Alien 5 has long been cancelled, but recently revealed concept art from Geoffroy Thoorens has reignited fan interest. Does this newly released art hold clues to the plot of the film? I take a look at the pieces and make some speculations.
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[@benmcdonnell85]

I met Michael Biehn a couple years back at a scifi con. Naturally we asked him about the Alien project and he went off so excitedly about it! And started to tell us the basic premise of it, nothing we didn’t kinda know but he did say it was 20years after the events of Aliens. It was really cool to talk to him about it. He’s obviously a fan of it as much as he is a part of it.

[@nelikozak]

That's awesome that you got to talk to him! God I'd love to see this movie realized. Did he sound like there were still any hopes that it could be made?

[@benmcdonnell85]

@@nelikozak When I spoke with him was when the film was going ahead, or in its development stage.

[@jasonfennessey6941]

If your talking about Aliens it was 57 years after the events of the 1st film

[@bughuntwilson5937]

@@benmcdonnell85 did he said anything else regarding the story

[@benmcdonnell85]

@@jasonfennessey6941 no, talking about the alternative aliens sequel that now isn’t going to happen.

[@CaptainBlaine]

The cancellation of this project was so disheartening. Having Ripley’s arc be truly complete would have been so gratifying.

[@mbogucki1]

I can guarantee she would have been either a clone or, like in the comics, an advance android. I am sure they would have done some hand waving for Hicks escaping similar to Colonial Marines game. I honestly don't think Alien 3 should be erased. The Alien 3 Assembly Cut may have been flawed but I liked Ripleys ending in it.

[@CaptainBlaine]

@@mbogucki1 you can “guarantee”? Huh? And no, I feel like it would be more likely that this would have been the real Ripley and the other two would have either been a dream or clones.

[@mbogucki1]

@@CaptainBlaine Ok, I can't guarantee.😅 I am just thinking they would go the Earth War route like the novels. I am not sure how you make the Alien 3 Ripley anything but the original. Making it a dream would just be...annoying.🤔

[@MrCostaC]

@@mbogucki1 - you could make Alien3 an experiment by the company. They sent clones to fury. Not hard to explain it away with some thinking. I’m not sure why it ever comes up but you don’t need to explain away resurrection, it’s a standalone story.

[@yetanotherretroreview4476]

She had an ending and it was Alien 3.

[@tsoliot5913]

I don't understand why Blomkamp's stuff just never seems to take off. All of his short, speculative films are pretty awesome.

[@DoomGhost001]

I actually like Blomkamp's visionary style. Loved District 9, liked Chappie, wasn't overly impressed with Elysium, but it was watchable. Think he'd have been perfect for a direct Aliens sequel!

[@Ignitionite]

This was apparently James Cameron's call. Blomkamp said it's his IP, he can decide whatever he wants. (edit: My bad, Ridley Scott, not James Cameron) As for his other stuff, District 9 was fantastic, Elysium was decent, I hated Chappie, didn't even finish it. His horror outing Demonic got dismal reviews, I didn't bother watching it.

[@DoomGhost001]

@@Ignitionite Actually it was Ridley Scott that killed it. Cameron was onboard to possibly Executive Produce and co-write the screenplay at the point it was put on "temporary hold' at the request of Scott until he had completed his 'Prometheus' trilogy, as he didn't want "concepts to clash". And look what happened with Alien: Covenant.

[@Ignitionite]

@@DoomGhost001 Thanks, I got my names mixed around. I've been cursing and badmouthing James Cameron all this time, when I meant to be cursing Ridley Scott.

[@DoomGhost001]

@@Ignitionite Cursing Cameron seems to be a trend lately, lol. And no worries buddy. I'm a massive fan of the Alienverse and the Xenomorph. Aliens is still my favorite movie of all-time, and Alien is 7th on the list. I've done a lot of research on the Blomkamp project since I first saw all that cool concept art. Now, you can't rely on stuff on the internet as being 100% gospel, but from most accounts it's Ridley to blame for why we never got to see it. Not that I have anything against Scott, love the majority of his movies.

[@theadamtron]

That concept art of Hicks wearing an eyepatch with Ripley looking on has me hooked. Looks badass!

[@jimbowlan5804]

Only thing that art has me say was the acid in aliens never hit his face it was full on hit is armor only thing I can accept is he got some burns from the heat of the acid burning thru his armor

[@astrids1203]

@@jimbowlan5804 It did hit his face, but not much, just next to the eye, way less than the art suggests. He even puts a bit of bandage against it in the shuttle.

[@bakfixx]

The Art is so impressive that I would be happy watching an animated version of this movie....

[@RM-pf3wd]

I agree! This concept art really gives the franchise so much potential! Id happily accept this as an animated movie for the fans if hopes for a live action movie remain dead. So frustrating that studios ignore great talent.

[@te9591]

Get Peter Chung to have done an animated movie.

[@DemonDavis_vevo]

Would make a good animation series

[@scratchy996]

I think that a CGI film would probably not offend Ridley Scott's ego and has a greater chance of bein made.

[@yospidey0078]

I think a Star Wars visions or Animatrix would work for the Alien franchise.

[@eliglor9863]

I want to see this story in ANY format. As long as we get the full story. Love the idea of a comic.

[@justanormalhttydfan9804]

Ripley wearing an exo-suit armor made of a Xenomorph, fighting a Xenomorph Queen? Why did this have to get cancelled? I would very much like to see this.

[@BeyondTheAverageFilm]

See I think thats a little too campy, I am conflicted because I like the premise of this film taking place at a corporate headquarters but I wouldn't want the whole flick to be non-stop action either.

[@D33Lux]

Idiots like Ridley Scott and most likely production studio's greed and need to have to put input into the plot of the movie. This movie would have been epic. The whole concept of Aliens 3 and Resurrection being a dream would have worked, considering Ripley survived 57 years in hyper sleep when she was found by the salvage team in the beginning of Aliens. I'm shocked the production of this Alien project was cancelled, it would have broke box office sales records.

[@nathanielmcneal5835]

Cuz disney sucks and ripley also sucks.

[@MiaogisTeas]

I was ambivalent up until that point. Knowing Blomkamp and his past films, this was the part that sold it for me.

[@ryanholmes8587]

I'm glad that this project was canceled. District 9, Chappie and Elysium are all great films in their own right. Personally I don't want to see his tropes in the Alien franchise.

[@mandalorion]

Ripley taking on Weyland Yutani would have been the perfect "third act" such a shame it hasn't happened.

[@Protonoto1]

would have loved to have seen that in a bladerunner esque type world

[@keithklassen5320]

That really wouldn't fit in the universe of the previous films tho. The themes of the first two showed more realistic people, pushed around by powers far larger than themselves, an embellished version of how most of us live.

[@jeffreym.8957]

@@timothywilliams1991 You can't send a person through hell, have them save people we care about (well written thoughtful characters) and then kill them all. Why bother going to the cinema? I'll just drive off a cliff.

[@jeffreym.8957]

@@ZXSPEX Alien 3 and The Last Jedi should be hermetically-sealed spaceship and shot to the moon.

[@jeffreym.8957]

@@ZXSPEX Not everyone in this world is a scumbag, self-loathing person. There are real heroes in this world. We don't need to see despair in every thing we do. We have the news for that. Or straight up horror movies. I love the ending to The Blair Witch project or Race With The Devil. I don't like Hollywood endings, either. Most of us were surprised that the Titanic still sunk! But it doesn't give you the right to piss all over the greatest characters that have ever been created just to "subvert our expectations". It isn't clever. It's childish. And Aliens 2 is both a war movie/revenge film. You can't let the main star of a revenge film lose everything and not get his revenge. Ripley got hers. But then "Surprise! No she didn't! Everyone dies! See, I'm such a hip screenwriter!" A3 sucked. I tend to ignore it's existence except KZbin keeps bringing me back in!

[@carsbykris]

This concept art got me so hyped. It feels so authentically 'Aliens' and like it would have been a true sequel to Aliens. Love the idea of an illustrated screenplay or treatment at the very least. It's too good to just let it fade into obscurity.

[@carsbykris]

@@zogwort1522 I'll admit that part of it was a bit iffy for me, but there was a lot of good world building in the concept art too.

[@ioannad1857]

right!!! id love to just know the plot and see the characters interact a little again

[@BonusEggs4Sale]

It's the most cringe fanboy idea of a sequel to Aliens.

[@EdmundLoh]

When I see actors like Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn age, I feel sad because of all these missed opportunities to shoot these sequel films. :( The next best opportunity is de-aging or deepfake technology but it's super exp.

[@EdmundLoh]

@Leonidas Poledouris oh I saw that too, I admit I felt a bit sad watching it even for just that minute :( maybe because I've 'immortalized' him in his youth as the stoic Kyle Reese and Hicks.

[@opscontaylor8195]

@Leonidas Poledouris AT?

[@thedonttouchthatdialguy]

Deepfakes are free, if you have the capacity to run it.

[@danec2572]

u can only do this with ANIMATION

[@Tores444]

@Leonidas Poledouris he was good in The Mandalorian, although not very recognizable in it

[@nathaniellinden8925]

Blomkamp's Alien 5 would have been effin' awesome.

[@jimbowlan5804]

Wasn’t gonna retcon it it was gonna make them hyper sleep dreams

[@pinkacid]

That's a retcon..the laziest of all retcons.

[@jimbowlan5804]

I like 3 but I like the assembly cut if they would have released the assembly cut in theaters instead of the theatrical cut I think the movie would have done better at the us box office I remember seeing 3 in theaters I begged to see it opening night I was 5 when I saw it in theaters and I remember I was pissed and when I left theaters mom and dad asked me what I thought and I said fuck this movie

[@jeffreym.8957]

@@jimbowlan5804 3 was terrible. Even the effects were crappy. Killed off Cinema's best character "of all time" and for what? Everyone she saved is dead at the start of the movie. Why bother watching? Might as well just bang my head against the wall and get a concussion - about as pleasureable. Send the makers of 3, along with Rian Johnson and send them to the far reaches of the galaxy... I love dark movies - but not killing off our greatest heroes just to mess with our expectations. We're worried about 5 screwing up 3 & 4? Why did 3 not care about 2? The greatest movie of all time?

[@joerutzer2704]

@Kimmich The Warrior yes we fucking can, alien 3 sucked ass, 😂

[@brandonspain12345]

Of all the unmade movies over the years, this one is hands down the most heartbreaking to me. The concept arts are amazing visuals and they had so many original and new ideas never explored in any of the prior movies. And it would've ignored the shittier Alien movies as noncanon. It would've been a resurrection than Resurrection was. You can tell Neil Blompkamp was really passionate about the project and is a talented filmmaker. His story was so good, it made Sigourney Weaver want to return (after years of her saying she didn't wanna return since Resurrection left a bad taste in her mouth) which would seem impossible to pull off. He even wanted to make a Robocop sequel and it too sounded awesome. Why is Hollywood f*cking over this guy's talent by not producing his ideas!?! F*cking assholes. F*cking idiots!

[@PhillysHobbyHouse]

I have been doing research and I am lead to believe there will still be an alien 5 with a release date of 2024, personally I kinda feel I want it to be true and am hoping the sites I got this information from aren’t just scammer sites, please if anyone else knows anything about alien 5 and if it is true that it will still be produced please let us all know!!

[@naturazpolski9213]

Yeah. Hollywood only can into bad shit like Mulan, Little Mermaid who nobodo asked for

[@faz1483]

@@PhillysHobbyHouse We are getting a new Alien film from Fede Alvarez called Alien: Romulus. But this has nothing to do with Bloomkamp's proposed Alien 5. There is no Ripley or Hicks. While I was very disappointed we didn't get Bloomkamp's film, I have to say his films have been a disaster since District 9. After Chappie I have serious doubts he could deliver the film we all expected. I think Alvarez is a much more talented director. Hopefully he does the franchise justice.

[@PhillysHobbyHouse]

@@faz1483 true he is way more talented, probably would be a bit weird if they just brought back characters that were killed off in previous films! But in saying that they could of used the films futuristic technology to kind of explain why and how they are back! But still at least there will be another alien film can’t wait👌

[@faz1483]

@@PhillysHobbyHouse I would have loved it as well. As time went by I simply had more concerns about Bloomkamp. But I was absolutely ready to give it a chance!

[@bracero27]

Watching alien as a child I always wanted NEWT to continue the story!

[@snazzautojazz0048]

Seeing Hicks again would have been awesome. Hicks was my favorite and knowing that he "died" in Alien 3 was so heartbreaking but when I played Alien Colonial Marines and seeing Hicks again have me joy. Canon or not I will always believe that Hicks survived and is helping Winter, O'Neal, Reid and Bishop take down Weyland-Yutani

[@mpjstuff]

Aliens 3 immediately kills the characters that Aliens spent most of the movie building up. Then introduced a bunch of people I never learned to care about.

[@JohnnyDominion]

You should read the comics continuation of Aliens it gives a much better alternate storyline for Newt, Hicks and Ripley.

[@IW3527]

@@JohnnyDominion I absolutely agree, the comics are excellent! I love the expanded aliens universe, so many good storylines to enjoy.

[@seanm4095]

For me I hate the way Newt and Hicks died. They were both Bad asses in there own right yes Newt included, so to did by drowning its not a fittimg way for Hicks or Newt to die!

[@ConradRDakarn]

Apparently Aliens: Colonial Marines is canon. Signed off by Fox.

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

This is exactly what I've been hoping for or thinking about for ever! I think of Alien and Aliens as one complete film. Till this day, there is Nothing that can rival it! Alien 3 was a real let down! This project "Alien 5" or it should be "The Real Alien 3!", should absolutely be made! Who the hell decides these things?? If you were to actually talk to the real fans (hundreds of millions) you'd make the project happen and spare no expense! Bring back Ridley's psychological, nightmarish torment with Cameron's vision and insane real props (No CGI) Then use all of it to finally make a film that the fans deserve.

[@blitzmotorscooters1635]

Im deeply jealous/envious of that artist's skills. Look how he nails the faces so well, beyond other attributes.

[@derekrwatson346]

No shit. How can you paint a picture of a face from the side wearing an eye patch and still be able to tell its an older Michael Biehn?

[@af1762]

@@derekrwatson346 This is digital art. So you take picture of him in that angle, overlay it with art and add some scars and a patch. Digital art - Easy.

[@theShoop]

@@af1762 no, it's not, you dum-dum.

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

Agreed ive always been kinda jealous of amazing artists like this too Ive always been in such awe with artists who can draw high quality art and it''s so fascinating and downright bewildering how someone can be so naturally good at It And unfortunately If there's any one person who has ZERO artistic ability it's definitely me lol

[@SM-ce1uy]

@@af1762 it's callled concept art and from these storyboards I can tell they were done from scratch. source: I used to date one such CA

[@Kiyosuki]

There was so much buzz around this some years ago and it was so exciting, it's such a damn shame that things seem to have fallen through. Personally I think Blomkamp was just being tactful. "I don't want to undo Alien 3 and Resurrection per se...but I just want the movie to be the continuation of the first two." is basically politeness code in my mind for "Look, if you like those films...they're still there, but I want to make the followup to Aliens that I always wanted to see." It's space, so its easy to just handwave 3 and Resurrection as an alternate universe...but in this new branch of the timeline, something went different that changed the course of history. I don't know what they would have gone with, but all of it was so exciting to even speculate about so it's just so saddening that it didn't happen. In this day and age I feel like a lot of projects that were thought dead are getting second winds thanks to the new generation of film distributors so who knows...maybe there's still hope, but Weaver and Biehn aren't getting any younger... As for the art and what it suggests, I definitely get the impression that Ripley and Hicks together with a mercenary group were going to bomb Weyland Yutani's headquarters. I like to think that Ripley and Hicks were forced to live on the outskirts of society after Aliens, with Hicks probably becoming a mercenary and possibly Ripley in tow as a freelancer, forming a merc company of their own. It is interesting to think that maybe some of the members also had run ins with "bugs" and have their own hang ups with Weyland Yutani, which is how they maybe found out about the company getting its hands on another derelict ship. This is pure conjecture too, but I'm willing to bet the mission's considered a one way trip...maybe Ripley had a few good years of relative peace raising Newt for a time, but the two went their separate ways and all thats left for Ripley is revenge. But that mission of revenge probably becomes one last mission to save the world before the new Xenomorph or facehugger variants escape WT's headquarters. I think the most intriguing thing about this are not only the new mutations of the alien, but the potential equipment the company made out of their research of them. MAybe there could even be a small blurb about the ultimate goal of the alien hybrid tech like the exo-suit or the guns to be attempting to reverse engineer the technology of the Engineers themselves, connecting back to the Prometheus lore (but in a very light way, nothing too deep. I wouldn't want to bring even those movies up too much in this, just the Engineers.). As cool as Ripley facing off against a queen in an alien exo-suit is too, I do agree that it treads a bit too close to rehashing the Aliens conclusion so I'd hope there were some sort of additional twist to it. I can't even imagine what that could be. Though if you look at the picture with all the eggs in it, it looks like there's someone right in the middle of them and at least to me, it kind of looks like a child either drawing or playing around with some sort of console. Maybe there's something more to that.

[@AB-jd5rz]

I love how it's becoming increasingly clear that pretty much everyone in Hollywood except the studio execs who were in charge all regard Alien 3 as a mistake...apparently even David Fincher and Sigourney Weaver disagreed with major elements of that film's story, and yes, killing Newt and Hicks offscreen is still unforgiveable.

[@Kevinschart]

alien 3 is great in my book. i know there were production issues, but that's for the nerds to sort out. there were great characters and the intensity of being trapped in a maze with a beast was incredible

[@peachysbaby3088]

While yes I believe that the studio interfered in what David fincher wanted to do, he meant to kill of Hicks and Newt, he did. Alot of filmmakers and actors love to "disown " the movies they directed/starred in when they realise everyone disliked the movie.

[@content_watcher_only]

Alien 3 was amazing for me. Hicks was already injured in 2 so I doubt he will survive but Newt there is a possibility for her. About plothole, I think the weapons from aliens 2 gone missing

[@michaeldyer6378]

Nah.. it wasn't a bad movie but Alien 3 should not have happened

[@greatbrandini3967]

@@UberNoodle the problem with Alien 3 is that the story not only sucked, but it also basically retconned the ending of Aliens so that only Ripley survived. In Alien 3, Ripley has no reason to not just give up anymore. In Alien, she was fighting to get back home to her daughter. In Aliens, she wanted to get revenge/make sure no one else suffered like she had. She went back knowing she would probably die, but by that point she didn't care. Newt was what gave her a reason to want to live. In Alien 3, Ripley has no goal/motivation anymore. She has once again lost everything that she cares about. She comes off as just being tired of life and it makes no sense why she cares anymore. Then we get to the end and, lo and behold, she's given the opportunity to live. This is the climax of the film, a decision that should at least seem like a difficult one, but it comes off as comedic because there is zero appeal to not killing herself at this point. She has nothing left to lose and nothing to gain from life except the idea of more nightmares. Then we have to ask ourselves, what did Ripley achieve for all of her efforts over 3 full movies? Arguably the most badass female protagonists ever written? She didn't achieve anything. The Alien won because it completely broke Ripley. It robbed her of absolutely everything all the way down to her last reason to live and to her suicide.

[@philipsalama8083]

Even without the film, I have to say, this art by itself is stunning.

[@milehigh96]

I WANT THIS SO MUCH

[@koonjar]

I know right wtfffffff

[@robertstalnaker5728]

We all did.

[@fuuz642]

Yeah, we’ll never get it though

[@wesleyvr12]

yeah but wat we get is covenant boring movie

[@fuuz642]

@@wesleyvr12 for years I’ve been trying to forget ever seeing that piece of crap

[@Merlchar]

Of all the movies to not get made, this one is the most heartbreaking for me. Seeing Michael Biehn in battle armor on the Mandolorian recently made it all the more sad. I really think this film would have been amazing; the film executives are so clueless.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

Film executives generally are clueless.

[@djcjr1x1]

I couldn't agree more!👍

[@dvidwayne1192]

Loving Blomkamp's work and what he was hoping to do set my soul soaring! And was devastated when it got shut down! I would truly love to see it come together after all!

[@Zeithri]

I hope, HOPE, that at least we get this as a comic.

[@axelwelsh]

The problem with that is if the comic gets great exposure then you know there will be call for a movie to be made from it, I for one hold out hope that blomkamps vision makes it onto the big screen!!!

[@chulo113]

Please

[@ecbrown6151]

We did, Dark Horse released a series of comics taking place after Aliens.

[@shaunbowen]

If the artwork can be of the same quality as the concept art, I'd buy/download it in an instant

[@JonP1245]

@@shaunbowen honestly

[@AlexKurilovMusic]

I'd love to see another film in Cameron's continuity. This seemed like a perfect sequel to Aliens

[@eblackwell]

I really loved the photos they released of Michael Biehn back in Hicks' armor. It breaks my heart that this movie wasn't made.

[@_Omega_Weapon]

Though I don't actually dislike Alien 3 and resurrection, it'd be a breath of fresh air to see something like his Alien 5 or a treatment of the Earth Wars comic's. Unfortunately because of the canon and the confusion it could create I doubt we'll ever see anything like that.

[@PontiacBandit]

I would like to see an Earth War movie... I would absolutely be into it

[@priestmorrison6564]

!!EARTHWAR!!!

[@cobraglatiator]

alien 3 seems good, resurrection is....a different film altogether...IMO.

[@_Omega_Weapon]

@@cobraglatiator Resurrection just seemed like a typical monster movie, I wish there'd be more actual story and science.

[@cobraglatiator]

@@_Omega_Weapon i see, also lots of 90's cheese was there? camp.

[@georgejonesthestarseeds77]

YES! Please somebody help Blomkamp make this happen! This would work beautifully!

[@giladpellaeon1691]

This definitely looks like something we need more of, if not the original movie then at least a graphic novel.

[@glen366]

The original aliens comics from 1989 followed the movie, newt was grown up in an asylum, and hicks was all washed up on earth. They are a good read, then alien 3 made it reduntant.

[@giladpellaeon1691]

@@glen366 Those comics later got remade into a set of novels which I read when I was in high school. They changed the names on Newt and Hicks because of Alien 3 but otherwise they were non-graphic novels of the comics. And yes, they are a good read.

[@calculon000]

Blomkamp was the most ideal choice for director of another Alien movie, and still is.

[@nightshadeii9248]

I would agree with you if I hadn’t seen Chappie, and slept through half of Elysium.

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

@@nightshadeii9248 Chappie was an awful film didn't much like Elysium either

[@nightshadeii9248]

@@bedfordshiremodeller4491 Exactly my point.

[@ronsworld250]

This was a great video and a great breakdown of the possible plot of the Blomkamp film. I was so excited in 15 when I saw the concept art and read that this was a direct sequel to ALIENS. This art is really intriguing and it is a shame this project never came to fruition. I was very excited for it. I thought it was a great way to remove the bad taste from Alien cubed and Resurrection. I love Blomkamp’s work and thought he had a good vision for this film. That possible exoskeleton suit for Ripley really looks great. Oh, the possibilities of another interesting encounter between Ripley and another queen. It would have been nice as well to think that Carrie may come out of retirement and possibly appear in the movie or even a cameo scene.

[@PontiacBandit]

Really wish they make it... We need another good Alien movie!

[@jimbowlan5804]

I don’t think we’ll get that till it’s away from fox yes it’s Disney but fox has their own studio heads and fox since 3 will never stop interfering with this francise and now that one 3 was ok resurrection sucked they should have just started with another story after alien 3 ripleys story ended after 3 and having Whedon write the script was dumb really dumb

[@vegurion2]

This looks like a promising alien movie. Far better than the Prometheus and covenant disgusting abominations for sure.

[@cirescythe]

those where good movies though... just... dissapointing nonetheless...

[@lordz00]

not really, Prometheus and Covenant in this format would probably sound promising too. The writing is always trash tho.

[@eugeneshevchenko7426]

oh yeah? Rippley in an alien suit how ridiculous and abominant is that?

[@experimetalfan8851]

I still want to see this. Glad I found this channel with likeminded fans. (Alien theory AND the subscribers)

[@12oshinko]

Spoiler warning it takes 1:20 to find out this is just a speculation.

[@relevare33]

The Aliens sequel I always wanted. 🙏🏽❤️

[@mysterious144]

Yes 👍🏻

[@jimbowlan5804]

Mine was if they would have done gibsons script for 3 and four

[@jdmarx28]

I wished this would see the light of day. I blame the studio for allowing Scott to interfere even though he created this franchise. I would love to see an animated film of the original alien 3 script and maybe follow ups to it.

[@Frosteato]

It hurts my chest like having a chestburster inside that this project was cancelled, and personally I think it could be so easy to for example made a bridge between Aliens and Resurrection with this, leaving 3 as a vivid dream for example that Ripley had while in the sleeping pod, and then at the end of this one for example, weyland could just grab a DNA sample of her when she infiltrated the building, to start the cloning process (Resurrection), since they already know her long background story with the company, and thus can be the perfect subject to create a "new weapon" as they wanted with enhanced xenomorph attributes. Aaanyways, I'd love to see this project alive!

[@Frosteato]

@@BlueMarsalis I mean, not that i'm justifying the suit, but thinking on how Weyland-Yutani develops its researches, it makes total sense and i can forgive it easily in favor of this project to see the light. (:

[@chrisscott3071]

@@BlueMarsalis if you think anything good is going to come out of that series, you are delusional. Disney ownes the rights to too much of my favorite franchises

[@Jim17735]

The fact we never saw Ripley and Hicks together again is unforgivable, I am one of the few who really likes Alien 3 but there is no denying it led to a dead end for the series, a hyper sleep fever dream to explain Resurrection sounds good to me !

[@falseofdoom7919]

Did you know ALIEN 3 has 2 takes on the movie? Have you seen the version where the ALIEN comes out of an oxen, and not the dog. It's also the one where that guy with the tear drop tattoo under his eye does something. After that horrible scean. If you pay attention do you remember how he died? Because they cut all of thoes sceans. The movie is like 45 min longer. And made a whole of a lot more sense. It's hard to find but worth it.

[@SM-ce1uy]

@@falseofdoom7919 bleah who cares, Ripley ies at the end and it was such a lame way to go her character deserved better

[@SSS.1984]

This looks quite amazing! An Alien film set on a futuristic Earth. One can only hope that this surfaces at least in comic book form someday.

[@aprilpatel6741]

I've seen the mech suit that looks like the alien queen that she's wearing in other videos claiming that it is Ripley as an alien after a transformation and I knew it was wrong. Here you go proving me right thank you.

[@magaz]

I reckon it’s a nod to the old Aliens Kenner toy line. There was a bloke called “A.T.A.X Disguise” who had a xeno outfit similar to what Ripley is wearing in this…

[@shawnlacey6339]

Remember the Kenner toy line? Ajax, he was colonial marine action figure that came with attachable alien mech pieces. Even had a missile launcher on the head piece. Not sure if there's a correlation but when you said mech suit, thats the first thing that i thought of

[@magaz]

@@shawnlacey6339 "Advanced Tactical Alien eXplorer" Disguise... I remember when I was a kid, I wanted my hair like the bloke in the suit. My parents where wise enough not to let me do it lol

[@shawnlacey6339]

@@magaz thats that one! Thanks for the correction, ajax is like some household cleaning product...

[@lssantore]

This movie project for Alien 5 would have been such great film. The story line sounds amazing and I like the fact the director would tie in the events and creatures from Prometheus which would have been amazing. The story board art is gorgeous. I can already see and feel the tone for it. It could’ve tied all the stories all together.

[@cap350125]

Aww man 😔, I need this to be a thing. The reworkings of alien 3 being released on audible was so fascinating, I listen to that like a million times.

[@MrJagermeister]

Amazing concept art. Some really stunning artistry went into it’s creation. If we never see the film, I’m glad we at least got to see what it might have been.

[@niknoks7638]

Damn shame if it doesn’t get made .....the concept art looks awesome!

[@Nightmare78hAlo]

It's def. a even more action heavy looking Alien movie , which would probably garner some backlash from certain groups of fans who souly want the Alien IP to focus on horror. Hell, I'd probably feel like this might've leaned into the action spectacle too much despite the 2nd movie being my personal favorite but the 2nd movie managed to still achieve a great horror atmosphere while having a fair bit of action, it managed to hit the nail on the head of blending action shoot outs with a horror setting. Still, I would've liked to see this happen. Neil doesn't have a perfect track record, some stuff he has done was great, other stuff not so much but what I'm certain of is that He'd probably do a better job than modern day Ridley Scott and this would've had a solid chance of being at least better than the prequels, Prometheus and Alien Covenant plus surpass the rather lacking sequels we got after Aliens.

[@hexerei02021]

Wow, these artworks look sick as fuck. Would love to see it all in a movie.

[@jimbowlan5804]

I’d rather see it as cgi film as they are too old and those aliens would be to quick for them

[@kyliefan7]

How they made the prequels but not this great looking concept is beyond me!!

[@fahadrahman5059]

All we can do is HOPE that someday it comes out. In the distant FUTURE

[@mikeymike3240]

That artwork is off the wall, stunningly gorgeous . I wish I had the imagination to come up with art like that.

[@D33Lux]

You do, its just you haven't tried.

[@SirPaulMuaddib]

What I did not like about some of the later sequels is the heavy use of CGI over practical effects in regards to the Alien Mother or Alien "soldiers". There was a little mix of both in Alien Resurrections, but I'd prefer if they stuck 100% with practical effects.

[@jessiegarcia665]

I would love to see this movie. Probably more than I’d want to see any other. But I’ve been down this road before with the Dredd sequel that we all wanted and never got. Make the movie and I’ll see it/buy it. Make the comic and I’ll buy that too. Audio book, ok not ideal but I’ll buy that too. I won’t hold my breath on any of it.

[@genesisraptus42666]

This had so much potential, it’s a tragedy to me that it never got made.

[@te9591]

@@BlueMarsalis his wirk is absolutely amazing.

[@jimbowlan5804]

If they would have don’t this movie 20 years ago I would love it but while sigorney isn’t old and just seeing ripley and hicks in their 60 plus years I mean come on now it just wouldn’t be believable that 2 seniors are killing things that are fucking fast ass hell I mean look in aliens how quickly that alien got to ripley and hicks In that elevator

[@klue8578]

Fantastic options and concepts. So many future opportunities. It’d be such a shame to not see something like this come into the storyline.

[@thisisdavid2]

I hope against hope, that somehow this still gets made....it just looks brilliant ohh and nicely done work yet again :)

[@lordz00]

I still can't believe that the man that gave us the masterpiece was the one to cover it with that prometheus-type shit. :

[@peterschattmann8298]

Scott is an incredible visualist, however he is a terrible writer. The Alien script was from Dan O'Bannon and it was great. The script for Blade Runner was also great. Unfortunately, Scott was the one who came up with the story for the Prometheus films and they suck so bad. Scott's filmography is very uneven. For him to make a good film he needs a really solid script.

[@ryangettig274]

@@peterschattmann8298 The Martian,Thelma & Louise.

[@peterschattmann8298]

@@ryangettig274 Thelma &Louise; original screenplay: Callie Khouri. The Martian; original novel by Andy Weir adapted by Drew Goddard. So yeah, Scott is not an original thinker and the more he meddled the worse the film gets.

[@ryangettig274]

@@peterschattmann8298 I know who wrote the scripts dude-i'm talking about the material.We can go all the way back to Rid'd debut The Duellists-Joseph Conrad-have a better one:)

[@peterschattmann8298]

@@ryangettig274 So we agree. Scott left to his own devices will produce a steaming turd.

[@McQueenPress]

Perhaps a version can still be done. Most fans of the series are wiling to accept the action developing from the end of Aliens and that Alien 3 and 4 are hypersleep nightmares and fever dreams. Overall, Hicks, Newt/Rebecca, Bishop, and Ripley survive. Fair enough starting point. And that also means that the action could go in three different directions or some combination, Colonel Marines, script by Gibson, script (or treatment) by Blomkamp. Or my treatment! I like the idea of a partial found footage film filling in the lost years with the footage including visual and audio of the four characters transmitted from the Sulaco, the landing craft, the APC, the marine cameras, Bishop's POV and data captures, the LV-426 colony [and we finally see partial captures of the colony's battle against the aliens]. And then after the found footage reel two or three decades into the future, Ripley is not the main character. She is a support character. Instead, Rebecca becomes the main character who is radicalized against the use of the alien species by warring political camps on Earth. Rebecca who watched her parents, her brother, and her entire community be destroyed by the alien. Rebecca, who witnessed a squad of marines, plus Ripley use guns and explosives to battle the aliens for survival. And so, it is Rebecca who joins the military after the death of her grandparents with a secret agenda... to destroy the aliens. However, once her secret agenda is discovered, Rebecca is discharged and she becomes an outlaw and mercenary working with other radicalized mercenaries. Rebecca's band finally runs into a brick wall, captured by the company, under siege by a huge population of aliens, abandoned in deep deep space on a crippled ship, something, but she's at a standstill. Enter Ripley to rescue Rebecca and her band of outlaws, either from imprisonment, from deep deep space, from siege, whatever. Ripley is point on the rescue, followed by Hicks and the audience is unsure which side Hicks is on. Turns out, Ripley and Hicks have also been radicalized. Ripley is outside the law and is not trusted by the company, Hicks is trying to take the company down from the inside, so though he's viewed as an insider, he's also got a secret agenda. Not until Hicks catches up to Ripley do we discover he's definitely on Ripley's side and he's there to assist Ripley not arrest her. What have Ripley and Hicks been plotting? Hicks has been using his legal access to shuttle supplies to Ripley for the development of anti-alien weaponry. Mechanical items that locate and surveil the alien, subdue the alien, chemical and biological items that neutralize alien acid, safely extract alien embryos from hosts. Signals to disrupt alien hive communications. One weapon they require to finish off the alien species for good is complicated on a level that requires access to Bishop who has been "reworked" by the company to get with the program. Bishop's been playing for the other team, the classic turncoat artificial person. The company used Bishop to further weaponize the alien so he's really the only one who knows how to put down the new and more dangerous alien forms. Subplot: The other issue is that Ripley and Hicks are unaware how deep Rebecca's hatred burns and how far she's willing to go to destroy the aliens, further than required. So Ripley and Hicks become handlers and advisors for Rebecca and her team of mercenaries. They have to snatch Bishop from the company. Reprogram him. Convince him to help with the ultimate weapon, then take the fight to the aliens in the final stand-off, which they win, of course. However, one of the four main characters has to buy it. And it should be Bishop for what he's done. I believe this is fair. Ripley then assists Hicks with the take down of Weyland Yutani, probably via financial maneuvers. They have to talk down Rebecca and get her head straight and focused. Then Ripley and Hicks go on to have their well-deserved quiet life living off the proceeds they ripped off from Weyland Yutani. Rebecca decides to continue her outlaw missions in space because that is her life's work. And she does it with a clearer head thanks to her time spent with Ripley and Hicks. I do believe fans of the series would accept Rebecca as the main character and for this reason, she can be recast as an adult. Roll credits!

[@averymerrick]

That would’ve been a good movie.

[@skynet1234567890]

They should make a movie on the guy who survives in the sick alien hive thatd be sick

[@Euclides287]

That would be a straight up horror film.

[@k-man1372]

This is the Alien everyone asked for but never got.

[@irina1296]

I'd love to see more Alien films. Niell is a great and really creative director. His Alien 5 would be great but I hate the idea of ignoring Alien 3 & Resurrection. I do love them too. Anyway, I still hope we will see Alien 5, Ridley's Alien Awakening, Alien Isolation films in the future

[@ryangettig274]

We all do,Live In Hope:)

[@MarkHicks326]

Hicks dies in Alien Resurrection

[@nasanodia736]

Alien:Resurrection is THE worst Offender, its ONLY Positive is getting to see Sigourney again, yet its BIGGEST Negative is Ripleys ridiculous Rebirth & Role in the proceedings. Jeunet-Stick to your Dark Humour French Stylings, ... Keep your hands Off our American Sci-Fi Horror Classic-Continuum Sequels.

[@anelectricheart3101]

I'd be happy enough to just get a novelization.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

I dunno man. The alien "novels" I've read were uniformly shit.

[@anelectricheart3101]

@@DJSockmonkeyMusic, well you know, just because it's better than nothing. Just so we can can get a glimpse of what this movie was meant to be. I actually thought 'Alien: Into Charybdis' was pretty good.

[@ViableSolutions]

I think of this is ever made it will be my favourite movie of all time. My current Favourite movie of all time is Aliens. I pray they will make this movie. 🙏

[@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318]

Imagine it's the end of Alien Resurrection and bam. Ripley wakes up and everything after Aliens was just a nightmare (Alien 3, Resurrection). And there you have the beginning of Alien 5? Maybe?

[@edwinjmaldonado979]

All caused by the queen mothers mental telepathy!!!! Yes

[@leodefine86]

Terrible idea.

[@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318]

@@BlueMarsalis dude im just kidding. I actually love Alien Resurrection.

[@MAMoreno]

Or maybe let's reverse it: the whole film plays out as a direct sequel to Aliens, and then the film ends with Ripley 8 waking up beside Call and realizing that this fanboy-pandering nonsense was just a dream. :P

[@wormskull2454]

I also love how the weapon Hicks is holding is reminiscent of the Space Jockey’s “trunk” complete with bio-mechanical bones.

[@rosstee]

Also looks a lot like the gun from Cronenberg’s “eXistenZ”

[@LeahHults]

This would be an incredible take on the Alien series! I hope it enters into production.

[@fluffdegoss]

This needs to get made. It would be a welcome addition to the Alien franchise.

[@Until_It_Is_Done]

I would've loved to see this. This or a movie version of Alien Isolation. I thought the story of Ripley's daughter trying to find out what happened to her mother would suit well with after the 2nd movie...

[@nsimonsen63]

You can tell from the concept art that Blomkamp had some incredibly refreshing and exciting ideas. Oh, what could have been....

[@Vietnam_Chr0nicles]

I wanted this movie so bad.. Anything to see hicks/ colonial marines again

[@shootingreal5945]

I am right there with you.they need to give the fans a great bookend to the first 2..not killing hicks and newt would have to be a must.

[@ddc2957]

If you can believe it, it’s actually in the canon that Hicks survived. Fox (before their Disney deal) christened the story of some crappy video game which retroactively made Hicks alive again. No one remembers it though, & those of us who do cannot possibly take it seriously.

[@ItsButterBean1020]

@@ddc2957 yeah the game revealed it was someone else I believe the game is pseudo canon (campaign isn’t canon but elements from it are)

[@missinginaction2b]

@@ddc2957 you can thank(blame) randy pitchford for that.

[@rojaws1183]

I would like a movie about Hicks and the marines before Aliens.

[@notacompleteidiot...1285]

11:05 I wonder if the xenomorph exosuit is designed to allow for traversing a hive in relative safety? 🤔 With a Queen being smarter, perhaps she isn't so easily fooled. Or, she suffers no potential rivals. 🧐

[@xavier84623]

given the other bio weapons, my guess it is wy attempt at power armor using alien technology

[@Devilsgreedybelly]

This needs to be revisited, we don't need another reboot, we need a follow up from Alien's

[@melkHuhn]

as soon as there is even a little bit of interest in the franchise, ridley scott jumps in like a toddler, screaming "i want to play now!!!". and michael biehn and sigourney weaver a getting a little old now, so... if it isn't getting made now, it will never get made.

[@philbarrett3739]

The idea of an Alien film with the feel of District 9 would be freaking awesome 👌

[@shainewhite2781]

4:24, it's confirmed: Alien DOES take place in the Blade Runner universe.

[@LorenHelgeson]

I've heard that theory, and I buy it if it gets canonized. Blade Runner took place in 2019. It was a society already advanced enough to br colonizing other planets. Alien takes place in 2122. A century in that kind of advanced society is more than enough time for a company like Tyrell to go completely under, get buried in time, and get completely replaced by something the likes of Weland Yutani.

[@HOTD108_]

It's not confirmed. Ridley Scott says it's true, but Scott has also said a lot of other things that contradict what we've seen in the films. The Alien series has never been too focused on canon, in comparison to other franchises anyway, especially if you want to get into the whole are the Predators canon or not debate.

[@chiefhowlingwolfhannibal7360]

@@HOTD108_ what do you mean? If Scott said it is canon then its canon..End of Story

[@JosephHood83]

@@chiefhowlingwolfhannibal7360 He only said its canon because he enjoyed the idea and just went with it. It was not canon when the movies were made and for years after, so him simply saying it isnt enough. Blade Runner and Alien do not need to be canon.

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

@@LorenHelgeson It wouldn't surprise me if Weyland Yutani/Tyrell Corperation joined forces to create ahybrid Alien Replicant. So it looks like ahuman can shapeshift into an Alien when in the shadows has human acid blood..... but it only has alife expentancy of4yrs because it's an Alien Replicant hybrid🤓💭💁‍♂️💡

[@petergreen96669]

I can't think of any other videos that I could watch all the time than the ones about Alien(s)

[@gckbowers411]

I was disappointed when this was cancelled, but what I've realized since then is that Ripley's arc or story doesn't really need another chapter after Aliens. The first two movies work as a complete story. Alien 3 to me is an optional dark twist to that story, but replacing it with a more fan-friendly story kind of cheapens the integrity of the whole series.

[@nunyabeezwax3043]

if you think disney is going to make a decent interpretation of alien then you haven't been paying attention.

[@xoler2167]

It’s horrifying that we live in a world where we have to say Disney owns the alien franchise. A franchise with face hugging parasites and chest bursting creatures is owned by Disney

[@Cargo_Bay]

....you say that as if Fox has made a decent movie recently. They haven't made a good Alien project since 1986. I know its the cool thing to hate Disney because The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker were meh, but I'm more hopeful that the franchise is in their hands than Fox. Fox ruined this series repeatedly.

[@Cargo_Bay]

@@xoler2167 You ARE aware that Disney has owned R-Rated franchises ALL THIS TIME, even before the Fox purchase, right? Those projects were released under different studios that they, at the end of the day, owned (Dimension, nearly all of Tarantinos movies, Miramax, etc.) If you have this idea that Aliens is suddenly going to have the castle logo at the start of the movie and be a childrens movie....um, its not. They still release more adult stuff under different umbrellas.

[@xoler2167]

@@Cargo_Bay that is true they have made r rated projects before in the past. However, we must examine the company they are now and who they were years ago. They aren’t the same company and not in a good way. They even restricted Star Wars on some violence too like in Jedi fallen order they restricted cutting off limbs to a certain extent and they don’t seem to allow dark material as much anymore such as certain scenes from the clone wars like a torture scene or experimentation scene etc. but the true reason I don’t trust them is because of their woke political intentions. Even the new alien show is confirmed to be about political nonsense rather than focusing on a plot around the characters dealing with the xenomorphs. We’ve seen Disney shove their identity politics into just about all their properties so I don’t trust them with alien one bit. If you’re excited or trust them then that’s good for you and I don’t hold it against you. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion I’m just stating how I feel

[@Cargo_Bay]

@@xoler2167 what does "woke political intentions" mean to you? That term gets thrown around loosely so much by ultra right wing people, it's lost all meaning. And in regards to the Hulu series, based on what we know, it appears it will center around Weyland Yutani in some form, maybe on earth. A side of the Alien franchise we never REALLY got to see. I dont expect xenos to be involved in this at all, pending what time frame this series covers.

[@martinez5566]

That seems like it would be the best sequel by far since Aliens. The xenomorph deserves a better sequel than what it's been stuck in since Aliens. Even if it wasn't as good as the art makes it look, it's going to be better than Prometheus or Covenant.

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

I liked Prometheus

[@fakshen1973]

An adult-oriented animated version of this plot using just the voice of Weaver and other legacy cast members would be great. I say that for a couple of reasons. 1. Costs. Shooting everything would cost more. 2. The older actors could voice younger and more agile versions of themselves. Having Weaver diving through water, navigating a dangerous set, or getting soaked in rain for hours and hours weeks on end just doesn't sound kind.

[@braxxian]

Its to late now to do a direct sequel to Aliens. James Cameron's masterpiece was made 36 years ago, and since Michael Biehn is now 65 and Sigourney Weaver 72 they would have a very hard time coming up with a plausible reason for the time gap. I think this boat has sailed, sadly.

[@6900pilot]

Yep fully agree. The only other way was to copy the start of aliens again, they drift right past the core network and have another unusually long hyper sleep. That would explain the ageing but i honestly agree these actors although ill forever love their roles as hicks and ripley are too old now at this stage. The only one id trust to do it is James cameron.

[@jimbowlan5804]

John but aliens was set 57 years after alien so there is no ageing in hyper sleep but if they just did a huge time jump ripley since in aliens was really 69 but with being in hyper sleep she still looked 20s now ripley would look old but would also be like 100 years old

[@taylorjeremy71]

The time gap could be explained by them arriving to Earth after the events of Aliens thinking they've wiped the xenomorph species out and then finding out 35 years later that the Wayland Yutani corporation has been secretly breeding xenomorphs as a weapon. Of course being the only ones on Earth who understand the danger of the situation it's morally incumbent upon them to act. I think the bigger problem is having a 72-year-old Sigourney Weaver battling aliens... I'm thinking about Linda Hamilton in dark fate.

[@boboboy8189]

CG animated movie can works. Make it hard R

[@sigarrett7266]

Loving the Napoleon Dynamite style vocal emphasis

[@erics.5785]

Looks like the warheads “melting” contain the mini face huggers. My guess is the these are suppose to be weaponized face huggers using the new creatures to bread them

[@faceless2302]

Like the Combine in Half Life 2 using headcrab canisters to shell Ravenholm

[@Outland9000]

Oh, good call.

[@spandsbab]

This is the Alien sequel we all wanted and needed!

[@SunnyP81]

Alien Isolation is the best idea for a movie - Start again with Amanda Ripley.

[@riderNo5]

I love Alien and Aliens! Theese pictures looked more interesting to me then all the movies that came after those two. I would love to see this!

[@justinklenk]

Blomkamp and Biehn - 2 inexcusably passed-up, passed-over talents (in their respective ways) in the greater film industry. They needed to be treasured and FULLY APPRECIATED - _beyond_ their initial, auspicious early careers/contributions.

[@cut2thechas]

I want a trilogy! Not of Blomkamp Alien films but of my three favorite action heroines; Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor and Laurie Strode in films that disregard previous endeavors that kill them off in order to tell more story. I love these updated takes on what happens next. Mostly. I like that Blomkamp is approaching his press from the perspective that his film simply connects to Alien and Aliens and don’t undo Alien 3 & Resurrection. I feel that the Halloween, Terminator and Alien franchises work best when the equally well known ladies that started our journey are on screen with their monsters. I don’t look at the latest films in the Halloween or Terminator franchises as reboots. To me, they don’t necessarily negate what happened in the other films although sometimes that is the director’s intention. The sequels happened. I saw them and remember them. The movies were made, they exist. To me these are just other fables showcasing some of my favorite action heroes of all time. I still hope that we’ll see Alien 5 get made.

[@Hicks-g1m]

I still have faith that this movie could still happen in some way it's still possible I'd love to see it but no you can't kill of Hicks he is such a beloved Chararcter

[@HOTD108_]

They can and they did kill off Hicks. Unless you consider Aliens: Colonial Marines (the video game) to be canon, which most don't.

[@MAMoreno]

I've never understood the love for Hicks. Hudson? Sure. Vasquez? Absolutely. But Hicks? He leaves barely more of an impression than Gorman. If you want to bring back a Michael Biehn character, make it Kyle Reese.

[@Hicks-g1m]

@@HOTD108_ they already killed off hicks at the start of Alien 3 and it was a major slap in the face to many fans and James Cameron after all that he did in Aliens

[@mikeadams7904]

@@MAMoreno hicks is such an understated character.

[@Danthehistoryman]

Would love to see this made into any format !

[@keithburch8582]

This movie looks sick. SCREW Ridley Scott for killing it.

[@Soulfly415]

You're an idiot! Ridley Scott didn't kill anything, the studio did. And just because something looks "sick" on a few drawings, it doesn't mean it's going to be a good film... many things could have gone wrong with it. Even most trailer for movies look sick, but then you watch these movies and 99% of them are trash. Grow a brain child, and stop regretting things that never happened. If it wasn't for Ridley Scott, Alien would never have been what it is.

[@tyffpie1035]

I wanted this film so much!

[@GeorgesSegundo]

Man, that story would have godlike! Blomkamp is such a talented storyteller, but this is even above what i would expect of him. What a shame that it was cancelled.

[@imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406]

I'd love to see one of the major steaming services turn the Alien Earth Wars into a series.

[@voiceofreason1208]

Thank you. I've been saying something similar about the film series, but I seriously like your idea better.

[@tba113]

They certainly have the budget to do something like that, but all things considered, I think I trust W-Y slightly more than I trust our own megacorps.

[@druunderwood5602]

Canon this Soldier Blade Runner Alien Soldier Blade Runner 2049 Avatar? Aliens Prometheus Alien 3 Alien Covenant, Think that's right? By old canon, Then David turned the Covenant around and set course for Earth, Earth War.

[@brigdetgillespie4040]

Hell yeah...id sub imme8

[@garthhancock3373]

This was so promising.

[@BlackBarney]

Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection are franchise-killing movies (literally in the case of Alien 3). Would love to see them disregarded. That worm thing reminds me of the creature from Leviathan a lot.

[@snoop4470]

I like all the alien movies. the 3rd was the first I seen so it kinda holds a special place in my heart.

[@Riggswolfe]

I really wanted to see this movie. I'd gladly give up the prequels for it.

[@ripast2605]

Why, why, why does Michael Biehn have to be so unlucky? - I wanted to see him in Alien 3, dead from the beginning. - William Gibson had included it in his script and it was rejected. - He wasn't cloned in Resurrection. - He reappeared in Colonial Marines but the game was terrible. - And now this, a real Alien 3 that was going to do the same thing as Halloween of denying some sequels... AND THEY CANCELED IT. Why is Hollywood mad at this actor?

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

Gibson and Blomkamp need to knock this out of the damn park!

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

I keep coming back to this video because I would love to see something like this get gone. Whether it's another Prometheus or another Alien (5) like in this video, I just need more of it. I want to see the lore unfold further. What makes me sad is that whatever could happen on film will be many years away now, if it ever happens. By then I'll be even older. I grew up with the Alien series and the artwork seen in this video looks very promising to say the least. Not sure how I feel about "ignoring" the third installment, as I enjoyed the third movie as well, but I'm open to new things if the lore is able to explain it well and do it justice.

[@afd19850]

As much as I want this, I hope Neil can tweak the story etc… and make it outside the Aliens universe. I cannot see Ridley Scott letting this be made now so at least we will get to see a decent Scifi film

[@KeepingItReal66441]

It's a shame, but you're probably right. The prequels have been less than great and mostly a let down. Their disconnection from the alien universe on so many levels is beyond me. Scott is just trying to make something "unique" but not connected.

[@afd19850]

@@KeepingItReal66441 100% after Prometheus and Covenant I lost faith in Scott and I love Neils work, so for me it was a double blow. Neil should rename the characters and re-design the Aliens to an entirely new look to make his own one off story. We may not get a decent Aliens film but at least we will have another quality sci fi film