‘Alien 5’ has been put on hold.
The eagerly-awaited new sci-fi movie has been the source of much speculation in recent months, with reports suggesting it was to be pushed back to make way for ‘Alien: Paradise Lost’, and its director Neill Blomkamp has taken to Twitter to confirm the news.
The 36-year-old filmmaker – who helmed ‘Chappie’ earlier this year – wrote: "alien is kinda holding/ pending prometheus 2. So I shall be working on other things… as much as I love the xeno- and Lt ripley (sic)"
The ‘Prometheus’ sequel – which is a prequel to the ‘Alien’ films – is being directed by Hollywood legend Ridley Scott, with Naomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender reprising their roles.
Meanwhile, Ridley revealed recently that the new movie would be called ‘Alien: Paradise Lost’ because it sounds more "intellectual".
He said: "It’s going to be ‘Alien: Paradise Lost’, so ‘Prometheus 2’ is not really going to be [what it’s called].
"It’s a book, ‘Paradise Lost’ … it sounds intellectual, there’s a similarity to it, but that’s where it stops."
Quizzed about the title’s relevance to the prequel film and the earlier films, Ridley added: "We’ll go back to how, why and when the beast was invented. We’ll go into the backdoor of the first ‘Alien’ I did 30 years ago."
Alien 5 put on hold
