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READ MORE: Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Alien’: Sigourney Weaver Assures Fans That ‘It’s An Amazing Script’
The “District 9,” “Elysium” and “Chappie” director captioned the Instagram post simply “Alien Day,” with on-image text identifying the woman as Newt. A child in “Aliens,” James Cameron’s 1986 sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 original, Newt becomes a surrogate daughter to series hero Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) before being killed offscreen at the beginning of David Fincher’s controversial “Alien 3.” Blomkamp intends to disavow both “3” and “Alien: Resurrection” in his as-yet untitled sequel, with this picture further confirming that, in his timeline at least, Newt persists. Though admired by some “Alien” diehards (like this writer), the latter two sequels are generally regarded as inferior to Scott and Cameron’s entries in the xenomorph mythos.
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Weaver recently assured fans that Blomkamp has written “an amazing script” that will prove worth the wait, but production has been halted due to Scott moving forward on “Alien: Covenant,” which functions as both a sequel to “Prometheus” and another prequel to the first “Alien.” That film will be released on October 6, 2017.
For more, watch the iconic opening credits from the first “Alien” movie:
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