District 9's Neill Blomkamp teases his Alien sequel

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published 11 February 2015

Having worked with Sigourney Weaver on this year's Chappie, South African director Neill Blomkamp might be interested in taking the actress back into space again. Asked about his rumored interest in the Alien franchise, Blomkamp admitted that he's giving serious though to helming a new movie in the sci-fi/horror series.

"Basically, what happened was, when Chappie got heavily into post-production, I could take my foot off the gas a bit," said Blomkamp in an interview with UPROXX. "I was thinking about what I wanted to do next and I've been wanting to make an Alien film for, like, years and years. […] Speaking to Sigourney Weaver, when we were doing Chappie, she set off a bunch of thoughts in my head — I had come up with an idea that didn't have Sigourney, it was a different idea. But I spent all of the shooting time with her, it was like, holy shit, that could actually be really interesting."

Asked why the movie hasn't been greenlit, Blomkamp conceded that he's personally responsible for the holdup. "Me. I'm the problem," he said. "Fox, they would make it. Like, tomorrow." In the meantime, Alien fans can look at Blomkamp's concept art and imagine the possibilities.