Ridley Scott On Neill Blomkamp S Alien Sequel There Was Never Even A Script

Ridley Scott On Neill Blomkamp’s Alien Sequel: “There Was Never Even A Script”

By Jack Giroux/May 1, 2017 1:00 pm EST

Below, Ridley Scott discusses Blomkamp’s Alien sequel.

Over two years ago, discussions surrounding the District 9 and Chappie director’s Alien sequel got started. Once Alien: Covenant got moving, a shadow of doubt loomed over the project. Not long after the sequel got placed on hold, Blomkamp said the chances of it happening were “slim.”

Sigourney Weaver previously said Blomkamp wrote a “great script,” that it “has so much in it that’s so original,” but while speaking with Allocine (translation from Screenrant), Scott said the project will likely never happen and never even had a script:

Maybe Scott never saw the full script, although that’s hard to believe, but the project was put on pause while Blomkamp continued to write the script, as only an outline existed at first. There is a script, however, for the next potential Alien installment, tentatively titled Awakening.

Blomkamp was going to bring Hicks (Michael Biehn) and Newt back in a story meant to give the heart of the franchise, Ripley, the goodbye she deserves. The sequel was directly connected to Alien and Aliens, not the other movies in the series, including Scott’s Covenant and Prometheus.

Alien: Covenant opens in theaters May 19.