Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Aliens’ Sequel Is Probably Not Happening
We likely won’t see Ripley, Newt, and Corporal Hicks again on the big screen. If Newt and Hicks ever do return from the dead, it’s probably not going to happen inNeill Bomkamp’sAlienfilm. TheDistrict 9andChappiedirector was going to bring the characters back for hisAliensequel, a direct sequel toAliens thatwas meant to give Ripley a proper ending. According to Blomkamp, the film probably isn’t going to get made.
Below, learn more about Neil Blomkamp’sAliensequel we might never see.
Someone asked Blomkamp onTwitterabout the odds of hisAlienfilm happening. His reply:
— Neill Blomkamp (@NeillBlomkamp)July 22, 2025
When theAliensequel was indefinitely put on hold in 2015, it wasn’t apromising signfor the project. 20th Century Fox hit pause on the film at executive producerSir Ridley Scott’s insistence, who wanted to completeAlien: CovenantbeforeAlien 5got made. Now, with Scott’sAliensequel only a few months away, perhaps the game plan for theAlienfranchise has changed. The director did say they have ideas for afew sequelsto followPrometheus.
Michel Biehn, who going to reprise his role as Hicks, revealed that the plan forAlien 5was to set up a now-grown Newt as the franchise’s new star. “It would keep the franchise alive, and the studios would make money because that’s what the bottom line is now: money,” the actor said.
Here’s a piece of concept art featuring Newt, who would’ve been around 27 years old in the film:
A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) onApr 25, 2016 at 7:28pm PDT
Newt and Hicks were killed off at the beginning ofAlien 3– a decision that never sat well withAliensdirectorJames Cameron. Blomkamp didn’t want to eraseAlien 3andAlien: Ressurection, but he did want to gloss over them. “My favorites are the first two movies, so I want to make a film that’s connected to Alien and Aliens,” he explained. “That’s my goal. I’m not trying to undoAlien 3orAlien: Resurrection, I just want it to be connected toAlien 1and2.”
Weaver said she’d bereally surprisedif Blomkamp’s sequel didn’t happen, and that the script is “great,” but now it appears even closer to falling apart. We’ll probably know more soon about why Blomkamp’sAlienfilm has possibly been canceled. Meanwhile, Blomkamp continues to work on a newmystery projectand an adaptation ofThomas Sweterlitsch’stime travel novelThe Gone Worldfor 20th Century Fox.
