The 'Chappie' director announces via Instagram that he's up to serve behind the camera for the new 'Alien' movie by 20th Century Fox.
- February 19, 2015
AceShowbiz -
An untitled new Alien movie is finally confirmed with Neill Blomkamp on board as director. On Wednesday, February 18, it was revealed that the director would work with 20th Century Fox for the movie which is separate from the untitled Prometheus sequel. Sources told Variety that the upcoming "Alien" movie is set years after "Prometheus 2". Ridley Scott serves as producer for both "Prometheus 2" and the new "Alien" movie.
On Wednesday, the "Elysium" and "District 9" director also shared the exciting news about his upcoming directing gig in an Instagram post. "Um... So I think it's officially my next film. #alien," he captioned an alien image.
Earlier this year, Blomkamp shared "Alien" artwork on his social media page, saying that he was "working on" it, but didn't think he was anymore. In an interview with Uproxx last week. the director opened up about the project. "Basically, what happened was, when 'Chappie' got heavily into post-production, I could take my foot off the gas a bit," he said. "I was thinking about what I wanted to do next and I've been wanting to make an Alien film for like years and years."
Sigourney Weaver stars in previous "Alien" films. It is currently unclear whether she will join upcoming project.
