Director Neill Blomkamp came close to making an Alien movie that would ignore continuity, but it never happened. Here's why, according to Sigourney Weaver.

Aliens' actor Michael Biehn says Ridley Scott was indeed behind the reason Neill Blomkamp's 'Alien 5' was never made.

Sigourney Weaver has shared some new thoughts about why Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 never happened. Weaver played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien, which was released in 1979. She then went on to ...

Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 is arguably the biggest missed opportunity in the entire Alien franchise. In 2015, the District 9 ...

At the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, Weaver hosted a masterclass following a screening of Alien. During that, she talked about unrealized projects in the Alien universe. First was Neill Blomkamp’s ...

The Alien franchise has lived and died many times over the years. Currently, it’s in a particularly prolific era, with last year’s theatrical hit Alien: Romulus becoming the biggest entry in years and ...

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...

The Alien franchise has been a fascinating way to look at the past 45 years of Hollywood blockbusters. The first film was directed by an up-and-coming auteur who remains a prolific filmmaker decades ...

Noah Hawley recently discussed the ending of Alien: Earth Episode 5, “In Space, No One…” The flashback installment staged a kind of stand-alone story that re-created the feel of Ridley Scott’s 1979 ...

Ripley 8, scared against a gooey wall, in Alien: Resurrection - 20th Century Fox There seem to be two types of "Alien" fans in the world. In one camp, there are people who like the slow, ineffable ...