Newt Will Be In Alien 5, Says Michael Biehn
Just when Sir Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ has been gathering momentum and dominating the ‘Alien’ franchise headlines, Michael Biehn’s only gone and revealed some juicy details on the plot for ‘Alien 5′.
Biehn, the actor who played Corporal Hicks in James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’, had a lot to say regarding ‘Alien 5′ (as per its working title), declaring it was still very much happening.
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Firstly, all the ‘Alien: Covenant’ headlines looked set to put Blomkamp’s venture on hold indefinitely, but he reassured fans that things were still progressing even though Fox were “putting the brakes on Neill’s movie just for a little while.”
However, he went on to drop a massive piece of plot news: Newt, the small girl that featured in ‘Aliens’, will be in Blomkamp’s flick. Not only does this, as he previously specified, ignore ‘Alien 3′ and ‘Alien: Resurrection’, but it plays out a very different timeline whereby both Hicks and Newt survive the crash-landing in David Fincher’s ‘Alien 3′.
Biehn describes how Newt would fit into the story, revealing that “at this point Newt will be around 27-years-old. I know that every actress in Hollywood is going to want to play this one, it’s really a passing of the torch between Sigourney and this younger actress who would play Newt. It would keep the franchise alive and the studios would make money, because that’s what the bottom line is now: money.”
He also explains that Scott is on board to produce ‘Alien 5′, and needs to finish one before starting the other. “I’m really looking forward to that. I know that Ridley’s focus is on the second ‘Prometheus’ and I’m sure that he and Fox both don’t want that and Neill’s movie to come out right next to each other.”
It makes obvious sense that not only could Scott not juggle the two (arguably) very similar projects, but having them released near one another wouldn’t be a good move financially.
So it seems all is not lost with Alien 5′s’ future, then. Depending on how Sir Ridley’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ is critically received and performs will determine anticipation levels and shape the budget Blomkamp will have at his disposal. So far his ideas for the film - including the notion of bringing back Sigourney Weaver as Ripley - certainly has everyone’s full attention.
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