Elsewhere, following an "Alien Day" screening of Aliens in New York last night Sigourney Weaver had some very interesting things to say about South African director Neill Blomkamp's (District 9, Elysium, Chappie) Alien 5, the development of which was put on hold to make room for Covenant. Based on the Q&A, those fans who felt betrayed by the events of Alien 3 -- which killed off Aliens survivors Newt (Carrie Henn) and Hicks (Michael Biehn) in the opening sequence -- and similarly antagonized by Alien: Resurrection should take heart, for
Weaver claims Blomkamp's film will essentially ignore what happened in those last two films (both of which I personally happen to admire).
“When Neill Blomkamp started to talk to me about the sequel to this movie [Aliens], I thought, ‘Gosh, that would be so great to know that Ripley has a resting place, eventually,'" said Weaver (via
Den of Geek). "And wouldn’t it be great to end the series on—not that the other two didn’t happen but they’re in a parallel universe. I love them all [but] the filmmaker has to be inspired by what he is inspired by. And what he grew up with, and I think wore the tapes out of, were Alien 1 and Alien 2 in South Africa.”