Contrary to previous rumors that Ridley Scott's Prometheus 2 is causing the delay for Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5, the director revealed the progress in the film and clarified recently that the two movies will be released in the same year.
As reported by Geeky Tyrant, despite previous speculations that Scott has requested for the Prometheus 2 to be done first, the director recently confirmed that the upcoming Alien film will be released in 2017 as well. "And we have Neill Blomkamp's Alien, which will be out in 2017. We just have the first [screenplay] draft in so far but it looks pretty good.", Scott said.
However, according to Bloody Disgusting, given the comparable progress between the Prometheus 2 which is set to begin filming early next year in order to make it to the scheduled release date, and the Alien 5's first draft a 2017 release date might not be as plausible.
Furthermore, as reported by Metro, Scott also revealed that the Prometheus 2 will move closer to the Alien films. "We're getting closer and closer to the creation of the beasts-how and why they were created-and the first Alien film that I made over thirty years ago.", Scott said.
Neill Blomkamp who is set to direct the forthcoming film is hard at work as the film will reportedly be closer to the first 2 films in the franchise, specifically Scott's 1979 film, 'Alien', and James Cameron's 'Aliens' in 1986. It will see the return of Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley while Michael Biehn is rumored to appear as well to reprise his role as Cpl. Dwayne Hicks.
Blomkamps previously revealed his concept photos for Alien 5, but official plot details have not been revealed as of yet. However, if the film is due to be released in 2017, it is expected that fans will be receiving new details pretty much sooner.
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