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==''Alien 5''==

Blomkamp's involvement with the ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' franchise goes as far back as 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jayson|first=Jay|title=Neill Blomkamp Confirms Alien 5 Is On Hold For Ridley Scott's Prometheus Sequel|date=October 29, 2015|website=Comic Book Resources|url=https://comicbook.com/news/neill-blomkamp-confirms-alien-5-is-on-hold-for-ridley-scotts-pro/|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref> Blomkamp originally planned to an ''Alien'' film in which [[Sigourney Weaver]], [[Lance Henriksen]] and [[Michael Biehn]] would reprise their roles as [[Ellen Ripley]], Bishop II and Dwayne Hicks respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ankers-Range|first=Adele|title=Alien 5: Concept Art for Neill Blomkamp's Unmade Sequel Revealed|date=June 15, 2021|website=IGN|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/alien-5-concept-art-neill-blomkamp-unmade-sequel-revealed|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref> The film was to have been a sequel to ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jim|title=Sigourney Weaver Praises Neill Blomkamp's Scrapped Alien 5|date=October 30, 2018|website=Comic Book Resources|url=https://www.cbr.com/sigourney-weaver-praises-neill-blomkamp-alien-5/|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref> [[Ridley Scott]] said in 2017 that it was likely that Blomkamp's would not be made.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bussey|first=Ben|title=Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 probably won't happen, says Ridley Scott|date=April 29, 2017|website=Yahoo! Movies|url=https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/neill-blomkamps-alien-5-probably-wont-happen-says-ridley-scott-092414638.html|accessdate=November 12,. 2023}}</ref> Blomkamp himself 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=Zack|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> The box office failure of ''Alien: Covenant'' also served as a factor as to why Blomkamp's film was never made.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lemieux|first=Melissa|title=The Neill Blomkamp Alien Movie We Never Got To See|date=February 8, 2022|website=Looper.com|url=https://www.looper.com/400538/the-neill-blomkamp-alien-movie-we-never-got-to-see/|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref> Blomkamp confirmed in subsequent interviews that he was no longer interested in making the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Jared|title=Neill Blomkamp's Cancelled Alien 5: Sigourney Weaver Wanted It, But Fox Didn't|date=September 1, 2021|website=IGN|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/neill-blomkamps-cancelled-alien-5-sigourney-weaver-wanted-but-fox-didnt|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Schimkowitz|first=Matt|title=Neill Blomkamp is sick of talking about Alien|date=August 22, 2023|website=The A.V. Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/neill-blomkamp-is-sick-of-talking-about-alien-1850764556|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref>

In June 2021, [[concept art]] related to Blomkamp's version was released.<ref>{{cite web|last=Juvet|first=Aeden|title=New Concept Art For Neill Blomkamp's Cancelled Alien 5 Film|date=June 15, 2021|website=Bleeding Cool|url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/new-concept-art-for-alien-5-cancelled/|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref>