This only further confirms that the really cool version that director Neill Blomkamp had in mind around the same time Alien: Covenant was going into production, is probably dead.
As also revealed in this interview, it looks like the Alien 5 that’s currently in play is from a treatment that franchise producer Walter Hill had shown to Sigourney Weaver a little over a year ago.
That not only confirms the bad news everyone thought was on the vine with that particular sequel, but it’s more than likely the source for Sigourney Weaver’s reluctance to jump into the Alien 5 fray once again.