The much-hyped Alien 5 project by Elysium director Neill Blomkamp is dead, according to Ridley Scott.
Speaking to AlloCiné while promoting Alien: Covenant, the second prequel in the series following Prometheus, Scott was asked about Blomkamp’s project and said that Alien’s studio backers, Fox, “didn’t want to do it”.
“It was an idea that evolved from, I believe, a 10-page pitch, and I was meant to be the producer on that.
When asked directly if Alien 5 was ever going to happen, Scott said: “I don’t think so, no.” Blomkamp’s project has been on-off for some years, with reports emerging in 2015 that it had got the go-ahead, having posted spectacular looking artwork on Instagram earlier in the year.