Fox asks Cameron to re-consider "Alien 5"

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June 21, 2008


Even after AvP: Requiem grossing $128 million at the box office worldwide, 20th Century Fox has reportedly gone ahead and taken a very unexpected step. According to reports, they have apparently asked James Cameron (Aliens, The Terminator, T2) to re-consider his final draft for Alien 5.

Studio executives met with Cameron earlier today and apparently gave him the go-ahead from the corporate body at Fox for the supposedly fifth installment of the Alien saga.

Cameron had drafted a script along with a fellow script-writer and was all set to produce Alien 5 with Gale Anne Hurd three years back, with Ridley Scott directing, when Fox scrapped the plans and went ahead to do AvP.

Those who managed to have a sneak peek at Cameron's script back then had revealed that "The 5th Alien instalment takes place on Earth. Earth is under attack by alien warrior drop ships (the race first seen as the dead navigator aboard the derelict alien ship in the original Alien movie). As the hasty evacuation of Earth begins, it will lead to the final battle sequence aboard the navigator's ship where Ripley will discover the navigator is a fierce creature whose main objective is to wipe out all intelligent life infesting the universe."

Whether Sigourney Weaver might return to reprise her role as Ellen Ripley remains to be seen. Weaver, 59 this October, wasn't too keen on giving it another shot at her age. It will be interesting to see who would take over as Ripley if Weaver turns down the role, or Cameron will take out her character from the script entirely.

Earlier reports suggesting that Fox might be reviving the Predator franchise were shot down by corporate executives, who said that after the first two AvP films, audiences won't be interested in a Predator standalone film anymore.

More news on this as it comes in.

[ferretchucker]

Hmm, I'm still not clear. Is this navigator an alien of the Xenomorph species or some other alien, or a human?

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I think its a superior race than the Xenomorphs. Either way, its a species which we havent seen in action yet, except for the dead jockey in the chair of the crashed ship in the original.

I am actually pretty pumped up about this news. Just imagine how excited I was when I read this the first time! :D

I am hoping the negotiations go through and we actually get to see Cameron's version of part 5. Maybe the bad tastes of Resurrection, AvP and Requiem will finally be forgotten, finally.

[jaybomb]

this is great news, love the alien films, i hope they can work this out as well and get started

[ferretchucker]

Hmmm, I don't remember this "Dead jockey". Did you say he was in the crashed ship? With all the eggs?

[The_Return]

Never going to happen. Or if it does, it wont even resemble Cameron's script.

Look at the "success" of the AVP movies - if they can make money off that mindlessness, why would they bother to make a smart Alien movie anymore?

[_____V_____]

Hmmm, I don't remember this "Dead jockey". Did you say he was in the crashed ship? With all the eggs?

Think back to the moments when Dallas, Kane and Lambert walked into the crashed spaceship and climbed into a huge chamber with a telescope-like thing set upon a body slumped forward on a chair? The body had its chest blown outward, as if an alien had blasted out from "it".


Never going to happen. Or if it does, it wont even resemble Cameron's script.

Look at the "success" of the AVP movies - if they can make money off that mindlessness, why would they bother to make a smart Alien movie anymore?

Considering that they have gone to Cameron themselves, I say it has a pretty good chance.

The ball is in Jim's court now.

[The_Return]

Considering that they have gone to Cameron themselves, I say it has a pretty good chance.

The ball is in Jim's court now.

Yeah, but can you really imagine him getting Final Cut?

[_____V_____]

Yeah, but can you really imagine him getting Final Cut?

I would say, yes.

The biggies at the studio know very well that Jimmy Cameron is a hard nut to crack, and he stands by his rules only.

Considering and taking THAT fact into account and still approaching him goes to show Fox's willingness to give him considerable freedom to shape and mold Alien 5 the way the man deems fit.

Now its only a matter of him agreeing, getting Ridley onboard, getting Sigourney back...and someone to fill the rather large, albeit empty shoes left by Stan Winston. Thats all! :D

[Kane_Hodder]

Tremendous news!

[Yuzna's Cufflinks]

Executives are wrong. I would love another Predator standalone film.

Silly executives.

Also, thumbs up to an Alien 5.

[colubrid660]

Hmm, I'm still not clear. Is this navigator an alien of the Xenomorph species or some other alien, or a human?

The space jockeys are what are supposed to have created the xeonmorphs as a bio-weapon, or at least discovered and used them as such.

GREAT news that Cameron is on board for the new Alien. Would have preferred Ridley Scott, but still.

[GorePhobia]

This would definitely be awesome if Cameron was back on board.

[colubrid660]

This would definitely be awesome if Cameron was back on board.

It doesn't look like his schedule has been very busy as of late.

David Fincher would be another good choice, although I doubt he would be too hot on making another Alien film after Alien 3.

[siorai]

Good god. Please do not have Sigourney Weaver in this. Please, please, oh fucking hell please.

Ripley died at the end of Aliens3. Quite spectacularly in her vomit and bile rising "Jesus Christ pose" drop into a fiery inferno. Done deal. Or so it should have been. Then she's back in the horrid, horrid Alien: Resurrection through one of the most ridiculous plot twisting manipulations this side of a daytime soap opera. Why? Why? Why? I would be willing to wager that the vast majority of people do not watch the Alien movies for Ripley. They watch them for...




Wait for it...





Wait for it...




Aliens!



Oh and the space marines too. (Yeah, but it's a dry heat!) :D

So please, if Aliens5 (probably marketed as Alien5 to get that geeky, nerdy hax0r demographic) does actually get made, let's just have it be Space Marines, Aliens, the Navigator's race, and random humans we've never seen before. Please. Pretty please with cherries on top.

[GorePhobia]

Yeah but if there is no Ripley then that would mean it would basically be just like another AVP just without the Predators and to me that is boring. It needs to have a kick ass female lead.

[Vodstok]

Yeah but if there is no Ripley then that would mean it would basically be just like another AVP just without the Predators and to me that is boring. It needs to have a kick ass female lead.

Doesn't need to be Ripley, though. Weaver is getting older, and the character should have been allowed to die gracefully, but resurrection screwed that up.

Give Jim Cameron the lead, and you could easily have a Ripley-free alien movie with a strong female lead. ALL of his movies have strong female leads. And he has never made a bad movie (that he wrote, anyway)

[GorePhobia]

Doesn't need to be Ripley, though. Weaver is getting older, and the character should have been allowed to die gracefully, but resurrection screwed that up.

Give Jim Cameron the lead, and you could easily have a Ripley-free alien movie with a strong female lead. ALL of his movies have strong female leads. And he has never made a bad movie (that he wrote, anyway)

Okay I should have wrote Ripley-esque type of character.

[colubrid660]

There *can* be a great Alien movie without Ripley. It may take some actual concentration and creativty, but it can be done.

Cameron is our man.

[BloodRedFlower]

It's hard to imagine an Alien movie without Ripley. And I mean Sigourney, not some other actress. if you're going to cast someone else, then leave Ripley out of it, or it would just be weird.

I love the Alien saga and I didn't think Ressurrection sucked. At all. And I don't watch the movies for the aliens only, I watch them for the characters as well. You can't have a bunch of teens running like crazy in front of some bad ass aliens and expect to make a good movie - like what happened in AVP 2. You need strongly built characters.

So... I would go for Sigourny, as Ripley, again. Or if you must change, make it a male character, but cast someone decent and not one of those cheap I've-never-seen-this-guy-before actors.

Anyways this is grrrrreat news, can't wait :)

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June 25, 2008


Sigourney Weaver recently clarified her position regarding rumors of her on and off character-casting as Ellen Ripley in Alien 5.

"I am definitely against it," Weaver explained. "I had said earlier that Fox has effectively killed the plausability of 'Alien 5' because of ‘Alien vs. Predator' and it's ridiculous sequel. Let Ripley rest."

James Cameron is still unavailable for comment.

Fox studio executives are scheduled to have a meeting within the next few days to decide on whether to pursue Cameron, or give the green light to the possibility of AvP 3 to the Strause brothers.

[illdojo]

June 25, 2008


Sigourney Weaver recently clarified her position regarding rumors of her on and off character-casting as Ellen Ripley in Alien 5.

"I am definitely against it," Weaver explained. "I had said earlier that Fox has effectively killed the plausability of 'Alien 5' because of ‘Alien vs. Predator' and it's ridiculous sequel. Let Ripley rest."


It's for the best....this movie will be a disaster. ;)

[goddamphil]

it's good news that they might make another aliens film, but i dissagree that requiem leaves a bad taste as i enjoyed it, only thing it was missing was pulse rifles and colonial marines. lets not forget how crap alien 3 was though, i felt so let down with that one.

[Vodstok]

Alien 3 was disappointing because of the content (Newt and Hicks dead fromn the get-go, ripley dies), but the movie itself was great. it was dark and moody, and recaptured a lot of the personal paranoia of the original.

Plus, David Fincher was at the helm of that one. WHo doesnt want to see "Alien Fight Club"?

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July 1, 2008


Fox executives met over the weekend and the special guests invited to attend the prestigious meeting were, you guessed it, the Strause Brothers.

In a move to apparently discuss the possibility of a 3rd AvP movie in the works, Colin and Greg Strause made presentations of their ideas and concept to Fox, who were reported to be suitably impressed. Final negotiations are expected to be concluded this weekend.

James Cameron, who is busy with post-production work of his latest sci-fi epic, Avatar, has been unavailable for any sort of comment the past week.

As things stand right now, audiences might definitely be seeing the second sequel to the AvP franchise by 2010, rather than the mouth-watering possibility of Alien 5.

[colubrid660]

As things stand right now, audiences might definitely be seeing the second sequel to the AvP franchise by 2010, rather than the mouth-watering possibility of Alien 5.

son of a....

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July 4, 2008


Sigouney Weaver is still very much interested in returning as Alien heroine Ellen Ripley if 20th Century Fox would ever consider doing an Alien 5.

"I would definitely do another if I had a director like Ridley Scott and we had a good idea," she says of the classic sci-fi movie franchise. "Ridley is enthusiastic about it."

Weaver - who first played Ripley in 1979 at the age of 30 before going on to star in Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien: Resurrection (1997) - says if sixty-somethings such as Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) and Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo) can do it, so can she.

“I’m not going to start apologising,” she says of her age in next month’s Saga magazine. “Sophia Loren is my inspiration. She is a woman who has never apologised for being herself.”



Is Fox listening?

[BloodRedFlower]

July 4, 2008


Sigouney Weaver is still very much interested in returning as Alien heroine Ellen Ripley if 20th Century Fox would ever consider doing an Alien 5.

"I would definitely do another if I had a director like Ridley Scott and we had a good idea," she says of the classic sci-fi movie franchise. "Ridley is enthusiastic about it."

Huh? What happened to "Let Ripley rest?" I thought she didn't want the part.

[Noah]

I'd be all over this, if it comes out. I agree with Weaver, why not?

Should be interesting to see if this ever happens.

[vampira]

I'm a huge fan of Alien, and well...I really wouldn't mind (I'd actually like it if Ridley Scott came back) but here's the thing with me: Remember HR Giger? Father of the Alien?? He had to fight in the last two films to get what he deserved, and as a huge fan of his work, I want him to get the credit he deserves; with Ridley, I pretty sure he'd get it. Fox has been horrible to him.

Personally, why can't they get someone else? Do what Halloween did to Laurie Strode you know? Create a new character

[ferretchucker]

I really hope they go through with this, but after doing any Versus movie, it's hard to go back.