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New 'Alien' sequel to follow on from Cameron's 1986 movie.

#1  Postby Mike_L » Feb 27, 2015 4:21 pm

Neill Blomkamp (director of District 9 and Elysium) is set to direct a new Alien movie. It will follow on from Aliens (1986), essentially ignoring the storylines of Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (1997)...

Neill Blomkamp says new movie will be 'genetic sibling of Aliens'
2015-02-27

Neill Blomkamp's new Alien movie will feel like the "genetic sibling of Aliens".
The 35-year-old director, who's been brought on board to helm the eagerly-awaited new movie, has revealed that his film will disregard Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection and will instead carry on from the James Cameron-directed Aliens in 1986.
Blomkamp told Sky News: "I want this film to feel like it's literally the genetic sibling of Aliens. So it's Alien, Aliens, and then this movie."
What's more, Sigourney Weaver, who starred in the 1979 original Alien movie, said she's keen to see her on-screen character Ellen Ripley give a "proper finish" to her part in the franchise.
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Re: New 'Alien' sequel to follow on from Cameron's 1986 movie.

#2  Postby Jerome Da Gnome » Feb 27, 2015 4:25 pm

A horror film then.
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#3  Postby Nostalgia » Feb 27, 2015 4:58 pm

Alien was horror.

I'd say Aliens was closer to an action flick.
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#4  Postby Jerome Da Gnome » Feb 27, 2015 5:04 pm

Ohh, I see, my mistake, from the action adventure one. A fun movie, but the first was far superior.
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#5  Postby Nostalgia » Feb 27, 2015 6:06 pm

Personally, I'd agree. But the second movie is pretty good too. And I know a lot of people prefer it. Let's face it, the Space Marines with their motion detectors and digital readouts on their guns were a pretty cool addition. :-)
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#6  Postby mrjonno » Feb 27, 2015 6:41 pm

Alien and Aliens completely different types of films both best of their type at the time (and arguably of all time)

The problem with the ones that came later wasn't that they were bad but that the first two was just so good. Killing everyone at the beginning in Alien 3 was a big mistake
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#7  Postby Nostalgia » Feb 27, 2015 6:44 pm

Killing Newt was unbelievably stupid. After everything Ripley goes through to keep the girl alive in Aliens they just write her out of the 3rd movie because she's a nuisance.
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#8  Postby VazScep » Feb 27, 2015 6:59 pm

The Alien films are mostly awesome. Mostly.
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#9  Postby Nostalgia » Feb 27, 2015 7:30 pm

:lol:
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#10  Postby mrjonno » Feb 27, 2015 7:37 pm

MacIver wrote:Killing Newt was unbelievably stupid. After everything Ripley goes through to keep the girl alive in Aliens they just write her out of the 3rd movie because she's a nuisance.


I hate children but even I liked Newt
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#11  Postby I'm With Stupid » Feb 27, 2015 7:43 pm

So this is basically an admission that the 3rd and 4th ones were shit? David Fincher even basically disowned the 3rd one. And it probably could've been great if they'd just given him control, because, well, look at everything he's done since.
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#12  Postby Varangian » Feb 27, 2015 8:52 pm

Bloomkamp as director sounds promising. He has a knack for SF.
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#13  Postby trubble76 » Mar 01, 2015 2:35 pm

I'm looking forward to it.
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