Earlier this year Neil Blomkamp posted a bunch concept art for a new Aliens movie. The director of District 9 and Chappie called the art part of a project he did not think was going to happen. The released artwork set the interwebs on fire with hopes for a new sequel. Alien has been an interesting franchise in that its Alien antagonist is considered iconic but many of its sequels have been lackluster. In the art posted by Blomkamp I think many saw a return to what made the first 2 movies so thrilling.
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Justin Kroll an entertainment reporter reported that a deal had been reached between Blomkamp and Fox. He also reported that this film will be in addition to Prometheus 2. Blomkamp also release an image with a statement that made it sound like the project has a green light.
BREAKING: 20th Century Fox has closed a deal with Neill Blomkamp to direct movie set in ALIEN universe at Fox link coming
— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) February 19, 2015
Sources say this is a separate film from PROMETHEUS sequel which Fox is still doing with Ridley Scott
— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) February 19, 2015
I like this news however there is one other project I care about more and I hope is not cannibalized by this project. Deltoro has a script and ideas for creating "In the Mountains of Maddness" film based off of the story by HP Lovecraft. Many consider the story to be one of the origins of the ancient astronaut mythos and effectively where the ideas in Aliens / Prometheus originated.Concept art release by Blomkamp:
Here is the first image posted by Blomkamp where he speculates he will no longer be able to use it.
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