It’s Not Looking Good For Alien 5

Neill Blomkamp revealed some prospective artwork for an ‘Alien 5’ some time ago, he said his reasoning for uploading it was because the project was essentially dead.  But it got such a strong reaction that it ‘kickstarted’ the thing back into near pre-production.  Even getting Michael Biehn and Sigourney Weaver on board.

Then Ridley Scott kind of insisted that his movie, Alien Covenant, pushed ahead.  The Aliens sequel was delayed.  With little being mentioned since.  This is probably because the chances of the movie happening are now ‘slim’, per the director;

@jamesportella slim

— Иeill Blomkamp (@NeillBlomkamp) January 21, 2017

See, I was kind of fearing this. The problem is exacerbated by Alien: Covenant, because it could be that if Alien Covenant is successful, Fox might simply order another Alien prequel.  If it fails in some way, Fox might put a bullet in the head of ‘Alien 5’ and simply cite poor ‘Covenant’ numbers as proof of no interest in the franchise overall at this time.

Right now, Alien Covenant is kind of in my bad books.  It may be the movie that screwed over our chances of getting to see the Colonial Marines once again.  It also isn’t even looking to ‘Alien-y’ to me… after all, fans had to re-cut the trailer to try and make it look less Prometheus, more space horror.

Thanks to: Saverio