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Neill Blomkamp's unrealized projects

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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's involvement with the Alien franchise goes as far back as 2015.[2] 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.[3] The film was to have been a sequel to Aliens (1986).[4] Ridley Scott said in 2017 that it was likely that Blomkamp's would not be made.[5] Blomkamp himself said in 2021 that the film was never made because 20th Century Fox chose to produce Alien: Covenant (2017) instead.[6][7] The box office failure of Alien: Covenant also served as a factor as to why Blomkamp's film was never made.[8] Blomkamp confirmed in subsequent interviews that he was no longer interested in making the film.[9][10]

In June 2021, concept art related to Blomkamp's version was released.[11]

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.[12]

References

  1. ^ McCarrick, Michael (August 19, 2021). "Every Never-Made Neill Blomkamp Movie, So Far". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Jayson, Jay (October 29, 2015). "Neill Blomkamp Confirms Alien 5 Is On Hold For Ridley Scott's Prometheus Sequel". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Ankers-Range, Adele (June 15, 2021). "Alien 5: Concept Art for Neill Blomkamp's Unmade Sequel Revealed". IGN. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  4. ^ Johnson, Jim (October 30, 2018). "Sigourney Weaver Praises Neill Blomkamp's Scrapped Alien 5". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Bussey, Ben (April 29, 2017). "Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 probably won't happen, says Ridley Scott". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved November 12,. 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Singer, Matt (September 2, 2021). "WHY NEILL BLOMKAMP'S 'ALIEN 5' NEVER HAPPENED". ScreenCrush. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  8. ^ Lemieux, Melissa (February 8, 2022). "The Neill Blomkamp Alien Movie We Never Got To See". Looper.com. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  9. ^ Moore, Jared (September 1, 2021). "Neill Blomkamp's Cancelled Alien 5: Sigourney Weaver Wanted It, But Fox Didn't". IGN. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  10. ^ Schimkowitz, Matt (August 22, 2023). "Neill Blomkamp is sick of talking about Alien". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  11. ^ Juvet, Aeden (June 15, 2021). "New Concept Art For Neill Blomkamp's Cancelled Alien 5 Film". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  12. ^ 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.
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