James Harvey
03-10-2002, 05:32 PM
Some awesome news from www.comingsoon.net/http://www.alienexperience.com/Total FILM UK :
Sigourney Weaver really, really wants Alien 5 to happen. Total Film learned that the 52-year-old star of the megabucks sci-fi series approached Ridley Scott last year with an eye to "do another one". And Scott has let one "earth-shattering" (his words) piece of news escape: "Well, James Cameron is involved in it now."
What role Cameron will actually take in the new adventures of Ellen Ripley is undetermined (will he write, produce...direct!?), but Big Jim is definitely interested and the prospect of the Aliens director collaberating with origional helmer Scott will make fans drool as much as the alien creatures themselves. It seems the Titanic director was also approached by Weaver, who is either desperate to revisit the character of Ripley in order to fulfill her artistic needs...or fancies pocketing an expected $20 million for another outing.
As for Scott's involvment, the dour Geordie is still weighing his options. After nabbing an Oscar-nom for Black Hawk Down he's Mr. Popular, and both pirate swashbuckler Captain Kidd and historical epic Alexander The Great are battling for his attention. Be he is giving Alien 5 serious consideration, possibly in a story that visits the home planet of the grisly monstoids from his 1979 masterpiece. The less-favored option is to continue from where Alien: Resurrection left off (Aliens reaching Earth).
Whatever happens, if Ripley does return Weaver has insisted it will be her final installment. To which we proffer one reasoned response: chinny reckon.
I know Scott has been confirmed for Tripoli, but this is still definitley interesting.
Comments? This could turn out very cool...
Sigourney Weaver really, really wants Alien 5 to happen. Total Film learned that the 52-year-old star of the megabucks sci-fi series approached Ridley Scott last year with an eye to "do another one". And Scott has let one "earth-shattering" (his words) piece of news escape: "Well, James Cameron is involved in it now."
What role Cameron will actually take in the new adventures of Ellen Ripley is undetermined (will he write, produce...direct!?), but Big Jim is definitely interested and the prospect of the Aliens director collaberating with origional helmer Scott will make fans drool as much as the alien creatures themselves. It seems the Titanic director was also approached by Weaver, who is either desperate to revisit the character of Ripley in order to fulfill her artistic needs...or fancies pocketing an expected $20 million for another outing.
As for Scott's involvment, the dour Geordie is still weighing his options. After nabbing an Oscar-nom for Black Hawk Down he's Mr. Popular, and both pirate swashbuckler Captain Kidd and historical epic Alexander The Great are battling for his attention. Be he is giving Alien 5 serious consideration, possibly in a story that visits the home planet of the grisly monstoids from his 1979 masterpiece. The less-favored option is to continue from where Alien: Resurrection left off (Aliens reaching Earth).
Whatever happens, if Ripley does return Weaver has insisted it will be her final installment. To which we proffer one reasoned response: chinny reckon.
I know Scott has been confirmed for Tripoli, but this is still definitley interesting.
Comments? This could turn out very cool...