Neill Blomkamp: "I'm not trying to undo Alien 3"

This story contains a spoiler for Alien 3.

Yesterday, it would be fair to say that the internet caught fire a little with the revelation that director Neill Blomkamp is looking to make an Aliensequel that ties itself to Alienand Aliens, rather than the two films that directly followed.

As he continues the press tour for his new movie, Chappie, he's clarified the comments that he made however, and he's told the site AlloCine that "I'm not trying to undo Alien 3 orAlien Resurrection." Instead, he added that "My favourites are the first two movies. I want to make a film that's connected to Alienand Aliens. That's my goal".

Now, it'd be a challenge and a half to come up with a Ripley-centric story connected to the first two movies given the events of the following pair of films. So, appreciating that it's too easy to read too much into things, there's still an abundance of questions. Could Blomkamp be making a film that sits between Aliensand Alien 3, then? The concept art that helped get the film greenlit clearly features Michael Biehn's Corporal Hicks, and as those who watched the first five minutes of Alien 3 will know, there's not much room for manoeuvre for the character beyond that point.

We wait and see. It looks like Alien 5 is the next film on Blomkamp's slate, though, so maybe the answers will come reasonably soon. If both Ripley and Hicks do end up returning, there's certainly some narrative weaving to be done...

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