The demand for the return of Sigourney Weaver in an Alien movie is growing. Alien 3 had a troubled shoot and ultimately made fans angry by killing off Newt and Hicks (Biehn). Michael Biehn also played Kyle Reese from the first two Terminator movies; The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2 Judgment Day (Extended Cut – T-1000 Edition) . Michael made no secret that he wanted to continue the Hicks role and was gutted he didn’t get to continue it. Instead he was killed off screen and thrown a fee for his likeness to be used in the movie on a computer screen (HUD – Alien 3).
Alien Ressurection ‘Alienated’ fans even more, it had some redeeming features like Xenomorphs in water, the ‘resurrection’ of the Ripley character and similar to T3 an ending that was a strong set-up for a continuation/sequel in which Ripley arrives on earth but those slimy Aliens arrived there before she did… I genuinely thought Alien 5 would have been Earth/War/Hive similar to the Dark Horse comics.
Neil Bloomkamp who directed Elysium and District 9 has revealed he was working on an Alien project which would bring Ripley (Weaver) back in a 5th Theatrical production and not only that Michael Biehn’s Hicks character is revived but with a scarred face. #WOW
This seems like it would have been a continuation/sequel as Biehn has facial damage from the acid blood of Xenomorph that dripped onto his Hypersleep Chamber!
Bloomkamp posted the following concept Art to his Instagram. He states it doesn’t look like the movie will happen anymore so he is releasing the concept art.
Again a project that will excite die hard fans of an iconic franchise seems to be put on the scrap heap… this is beyond infuriating… does this mean they are going to reboot Alien with a younger cast instead? I’m not even interested in Prometheus 2… I was sold on the original concept Paradise! but instead of making one great epic movie they had to milk 3 sequels so they give us new creatures in place of the original scripted xenomorphs to MILK IT! If the return of Ripley and Hicks wasn’t #BADASS enough then the return of the #BITCH from Jim Cameron’s hit sequel ‘Aliens’ was another sure fire hit for moviegoers.
Was working on this. Don’t think I am anymore. Love it though. #alien #xenomorph A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on
Each image makes us hate Hollywood a little more…
Wtf? A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on
#weyland corp A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on
And finally, my home desk #xenomorph A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on
Neil’s desk… Master Chief? Is he working on a Halo project?
Hopefully fans will fight this one out and force the studio to give in for once! Make this movie! Make it Rated R and they WILL fill the seats.
Also judging by the concept the studio project title seems to be ALIEN XENO.
Bring Michael Biehn back as Hicks FFS! If studios continue to ignore fans they will eventually withdraw support for movies that don’t even consider them or give them what they want. People in suits need to stop imposing BS on fans and thinking their superior intellect and young faces will bring more money in from children than the people who matter most… THE F*CKING FANS!
WEAVER! BIEHN! GREAT SCRIPT! RATED R! MAKE IT HAPPEN! THE END!
Michael Biehn himself is also interested in what you think about this story…
Let Hicks (Biehn) know what you think about the recent news! share a comment on his fan page and make sure you like his page as a vote for his return as Hicks! The fans now need to start uniting in these matters, you are the consumer, you have to live with these movies. Use your power to make Hollywood listen to you, social media is now the tool.
To our knowledge 20th Century Fox hold the rights of ‘Alien’, put on the pressure, consume their social media pages with #MichaelBiehn and #Hicks! Make them listen!
UPDATE:
“Ps this has nothing to do with the studio. I just feel like I might do something else instead. In which case why not show some work”
(unverified Twitter Account for Neil Bloomkamp)
What a tease! 20th Century Fox… if Neil walks away please use his work as the basis for the next movie and make it a horror sci-fi, the fans are crying out for one!
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please make aline 5 with hicks back !!!!
20th Century Fox… are you listening?
Obviously Bloomkamp wanted to do what I’ve wanted all along, and make a direct squirrel to Aliens, completely ignoring 3 and resurrection. Ripley in that xeno suit looks interesting, but the only reason for her to be wearing a warrior outfit would be to blend in I can only imagine. Just the sight of Hicks alone means this would’ve been infinitely better than anything which came after Aliens.
Well this seems like a great pitch to us… but maybe a PG-13 reboot is more to the taste of studios these days.
I don’t see FOX bringing back Hicks in a new Alien movie. At least not without resetting the timeline after Aliens, which is exactly what they won’t do because they’re trying to unite all 4 Alien-movies, Prometheus, the new Dark Horse comics and the new book series by Titan Books as one giant canon. Knowing that I can’t imagine a scenario (except time travel [please no time travel in the Alien-Series]) that could bring Hicks back, without getting into even more absurd (more cloning) possibilities.
I have to admit that I wasn’t that bumped out about Hicks biting the dust off screen in Alien3, but if they can find a “convincing” way to get Michael Biehn back on board, in a clever way and without rewriting the established canon I’m cool with it.
The acid damaged face to us seems to be a nod to a continuation. Obviously this damage would have occurred in the sleep chamber. Weyland Yutani could have done a cover up. We never saw Hicks’ body in Alien 3… he could have been kept sedated at request of Weycorp? This would be a similar situation to The Terminator 1984 comics by Dark Horse in which Kyle Reese didn’t die and he was kept prisoner by the government for interrogation purposes.
The Alien franchise is winning over Terminator because so far it has been canon and we hope a reboot isn’t on the cards for Alien. Such things should not be done. Look how popular Terminator Genisys is right now… Once you destroy the ‘CANON’ the people who matter really find it hard to give a shit/flying fuck.
Actually, though I think what is shown in the Bloomkamp designs is a little extreme, the scars on Hicks’ face are most likely a result of this:
Maybe alien blood on top of this existing facial damage? Remember the Alien was dripping acid onto the sleep capsules? Keep the great fan theories coming!
His facial damage IS from acid blood in Aliens. The scars are from the xenomorph exploding on his face and chest in the elevator during Aliens after Newt is taken. Blomkamp most likely wanted to ignore Alien 3 and 4 entirely and continue the series as it should have been continued. So no acknowledgement of Alien 3 whatsoever, no acid on chamber. Either the a super long hypersleep or damaged hypersleep chambers would account for the actors being older. =)
Blomkamp was attached to a Halo film with Peter Jackson producing a few years back, but it fell through.
Case closed!
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Great artistry. Very creative creatures/beings from another galaxy.
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American cinema sucks almost beyond comprehension. They scrap a film every Aliens fan would have wanted, and force-feed us more of Ridley Scott’s hubris. Alien: Covenant, the sequel that literally no-one asked for.