Director Neill Blomkamp came close to making an Alien movie that would ignore continuity, but it never happened. Here's why, according to Sigourney Weaver.

Sigourney Weaver has shared some new thoughts about why Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 never happened. Weaver played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien, which was released in 1979. She then went on to ...

At the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, Weaver hosted a masterclass following a screening of Alien. During that, she talked about unrealized projects in the Alien universe. First was Neill Blomkamp’s ...

Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 is arguably the biggest missed opportunity in the entire Alien franchise. In 2015, the District 9 ...

Looking for the definitive ranking of the Alien movies? We've got you covered. It's been 46 years since Ridley Scott's original flick introduced audiences to a slick, acid-blooded creature with a ...

The Alien franchise has lived and died many times over the years. Currently, it’s in a particularly prolific era, with last year’s theatrical hit Alien: Romulus becoming the biggest entry in years and ...

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...