Neill Blomkamp's New 'Alien' Movie Will Skip 'Alien 3' and 'Resurrection'
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The director talks about the upcoming project in a new interview while promoting his new release 'Chappie' alongside Sigourney Weaver.

AceShowbiz - Director Neill Blomkamp has shared some details regarding the untitled new Alien movie. The filmmaker, who is currently busy promoting his new release "Chappie" alongside Sigourney Weaver, opened up about his plan for the project in a new interview with Sky Movies and hinted that the upcoming project would ignore "Alien 3" and "Alien: Ressurection".

"I want this film to feel like it is literally the genetic sibling of 'Alien'," he said. "So it's 'Alien', 'Aliens' and then this movie." Weaver, who played Ripley in previous "Alien" movies, additionally said of the new movie, "I would love to take Ripley from orbiting around in space and give a proper finish to what was such an excellent story."

The "District 9" helmer first talked about working on an Alien movie on Instagram in January. Earlier this month, the project moved forward with him as the director.

In a separate interview with EW, Blomkamp shared that working with Weaver in "Chappie" contributed to his desire to make a new "Alien" movie. "It did have to do with having Sigourney on 'Chappie'. It's just something that I've always wanted to one day be a part of. Those first two [Alien] films are probably my favorite films ever made. I didn't know if it would ever happen. I just always wanted to participate in it if I was able to," he explained to the news outlet.

"Over the years, I came up with a story for a film in that universe that I wanted to make. And then when I talked to her about her experience making those films and what she thought about Ripley and everything else, it informed and changed the film I wanted to make into something different," he continued.

"It just sort of stuck with me. A year later, when post-production was winding down on 'Chappie', I started fleshing out the idea for a film that would contain Sigourney," Blomkamp added. "Fox never knew. I just worked on it when I could. Before I knew it, I had this really awesome film with a lot of artwork and a lot of backstory. And then I didn't know whether I was going to make it or not. So I just kind of sat on it for a while."

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