Merrick here...


For a while now we've been hearing rumors/innuendos about the possible re-teaming of Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott for another Ripley/ALIEN adventure.

This notion has taken an intriguing turn per an interview with Weaver over at MTV.

Weaver confirmed that she and Scott have discussed re-teaming for a fifth film,

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“We’d have to go back to the drawing board on [the alien],” she said. “Ridley said that right away when we first talked about [a fifth film].”

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“What we’re interested in is taking the character of Ripley and seeing what other science fiction story we can tell about someone who has lived several lives.”

...says Weaver in the interview, the entirety of which can be found HERE.

All of this is, of course, totally inconclusive...and potentially improbable given how Fox has already managed to fuck up two franchises via the AvP films. Although, I suppose that (at least the ALIEN element of) those films would be considered "prequels" & wouldn't necessarily have to impact an ALIEN film set further forward in the timeline...