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The following is a list of unproduced Neill Blomkamp projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, South African-Canadian film director Neill Blomkamp has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these productions fell in development hell or were cancelled.[1]
Alien 5
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.[2] Blomkamp said in 2021 that the film was never made because 20th Century Fox chose to produce Alien: Covenant (2017) instead.[3][4] The box office failure of Alien: Covenant also served as a factor as to why Blomkamp's film was never made.[5] Blomkamp confirmed in 2021 that he was no longer interested in making the film.[6]
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.[7]
References
- ^ McCarrick, Michael (August 19, 2021). "Every Never-Made Neill Blomkamp Movie, So Far". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Ankers-Range, Adele (June 15, 2021). "Alien 5: Concept Art for Neill Blomkamp's Unmade Sequel Revealed". IGN. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Sharf, Zack (September 1, 2021). "Neill Blomkamp No Longer Sure He'd Direct 'Alien 5' If Given the Chance: 'It's Completely Dead'". IndieWire. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Singer, Matt (September 2, 2021). "WHY NEILL BLOMKAMP'S 'ALIEN 5' NEVER HAPPENED". ScreenCrush. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Lemieux, Melissa (February 8, 2022). "The Neill Blomkamp Alien Movie We Never Got To See". Looper.com. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Moore, Jared (September 1, 2021). "Neill Blomkamp's Cancelled Alien 5: Sigourney Weaver Wanted It, But Fox Didn't". IGN. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Sharf, Zack (April 26, 2023). "Sigourney Weaver Says 'Ship Has Sailed' on Fifth 'Alien' Movie and Reprising Ripley: 'I Really Wanted to Do It With Neill Blomkamp'". Variety. Retrieved November 12, 2023.