Neill Blomkamp's unrealized projects: Difference between revisions

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==''Alien 5''==

Blomkamp said in 2021 that the film was never made because [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] chose to produce ''[[Alien: Covenant]]'' (2017) instead.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharf|first=ZachZack|title=Neill Blomkamp No Longer Sure He’d Direct ‘Alien 5’ If Given the Chance: ‘It’s Completely Dead’|date=September 1, 2021|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/neill-blomkamp-skip-directing-alien-5-1234661306/|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Singer|first=Matt|title=WHY NEILL BLOMKAMP’S ‘ALIEN 5’ NEVER HAPPENED|date=September 2, 2021|website=ScreenCrush|url=https://screencrush.com/why-alien-5-didnt-happen/|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref>

In April 2023, Weaver confirmed that she would no longer reprise her role as Ripley and admitted that she wanted to do the film with Blomkamp.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sharf|first=Zack|title=Sigourney Weaver Says ‘Ship Has Sailed’ on Fifth ‘Alien’ Movie and Reprising Ripley: ‘I Really Wanted to Do It With Neill Blomkamp’|date=April 26, 2023|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/sigourney-weaver-retires-ripley-alien-5-wont-happen-1235595673/|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref>