Ridley Scott On Neill Blomkamp’s Alien Sequel: “There Was Never Even A Script”
In about two weeks, we’ll have a good idea of how hungry the world is for moreAlienfilms.Sir Ridley Scotthas a couple of sequels in mind, and he envisions himselfready to shootone next year after he makesAll the Money in the World. Right now, Scott is steering the Alien ship, and it probably won’t ever make a stop forNeill Blomkamp’s untitledAlienfilm.
Below, Ridley Scott discusses Blomkamp’s Alien sequel.
Over two years ago, discussions surrounding theDistrict 9andChappiedirector’sAliensequel got started. OnceAlien: Covenantgot moving, a shadow of doubt loomed over the project. Not long after the sequel got placedon hold, Blomkamp said the chances of it happening were"slim."
Sigourney Weaverpreviously said Blomkamp wrote a “great script,” that it “has so much in it that’s so original,” but while speaking withAllocine(translation fromScreenrant), Scott said the project will likely never happen and never even had a script:
Maybe Scott never saw the full script, although that’s hard to believe, but the project was put on pause while Blomkamp continued to write the script, as onlyan outlineexisted at first. There is a script, however, for the next potentialAlieninstallment, tentatively titledAwakening.
Blomkamp was going to bring Hicks (Michael Biehn) and Newt back in a story meant to give the heart of the franchise, Ripley, the goodbye she deserves. The sequel was directly connected toAlienandAliens, not the other movies in the series, including Scott’sCovenantandPrometheus.
Blomkamp made one change to his story to accommodate Scott’s plans, but he was doing his own thing for the most part. Two years ago, hewas saying"Fox, they would make it. Like, tomorrow. They would make it." Now, the filmmaker has moved on to direct another20th Century Fox project,The Gone World. It looks like hisAliensequel will always remain a big “What if?” for fans of the series and a project we’ll probably continue to learn more and more about over the next few years.
