Everyone sing hallelujah and praise a belly full of Alien eggs. There is good news to all fans of Aliens (and Predators) everywhere. Dark Horizons captured my eye with the covering of this interview from Now Playing Magazine with Paul W. S. Anderson. Let me leap in:
With the success of “Alien Vs. Predator”…
…and let me leap right back out again and shout what?!. The success, well I guess if Fox could perceive the success as being something that sorely pisses off the Alien and Predator fans immensely, then perhaps it is successful. Oh, and while I’m being sarcastic and complaining – STOP SHOWING THE ENDINGS OF MOVIES IN TRAILERS!.
Back to reality. Rumours have been bounding around that Mr P.W.S.A. is scripting the next Alien – Oh lord help me now – but wait, Mr PWSA speaks.
“That’s not a reality. I’ve heard that. I’ve been doing press lately for AvP and a lot of people said that. I don’t know where that came from. It’s not something I’ve been approached about.”
YES! I think I believe again. He continues rambling and back peddling:
In fact he doesn’t want AvP to be considered as a fifth “Alien” or third “Predator” movie – “I would hope [it’s not looked at that way], because it’s a prequel anyway, so it doesn’t even take place in the same timeline as the Sigourney Weaver film. You know, when I did AvP, it was very much that I felt like I was making a standalone film that wouldn’t interfere with an Alien 5 or a Predator 3, which are both movies that I would like to see.”
Good on him. Now that we’re dishing out good news, may I continue? So there’s possibly another Alien movie on the go. Oh, wouldn’t it be good to get some confirmation. FilmForce provide us with that very information, well close to it. In an interview with the gorgeously sexy Sigourney Weaver, they talk to her of a possible Alien movie, and her response is quite promising.
“Ridley Scott and I have talked about doing one more where we go back to the original planet and see what these creatures came out of. But, I think that it would be probably unlikely that a major studio would go for it, only because one of the lead characters would be a fifty-five-year-old woman. I don’t think the audience would care at all, because I don’t think we’re as ageist as the business is…
Was it just me or was she incredibly hot in Alien: Resurrection? No problem with her age, I would be only too happy to see her in a home movie…I mean in a movie.
She goes on to say that Fox would have to push this since they currently own the rights, but that Ridley might have to…
…stamp his foot a few times…
Elucidating somewhat she says that they might not get a big budget for it, although that might not be a problem as it wouldn’t take a lot of money, you just have to think about it. Sensible woman, and quite astute.
So, cutting through all of this, where are we with the possibility of a new Alien movie? Well Weaver is keen and it would be crucial to get her onboard, if not to bring back a little bit of the credibility of the series and recover it before it’s remembered for AvP as the swan song. She’s also talked with Scott on a number of occasions about it, and there are a few interviews where this same thing has come up. Now if Fox think it has been successful to churn out the last piece of Alien slime, then perhaps they would be keen to do another.
Mr Scott, get foot stamping, please. Do you think it’s a possibility? Want it to happen? What do you think on the idea of getting Weaver back on board?
