Neill Blomkamp Is Officially Working On The Next ‘Alien’
Briefly: The world is in desperate need of another great Alien film (especially after last year’s INCREDIBLE Alien: Isolation video game made everyone, or at least me, interested in the franchise again), and it looks as though District 9 creator Neill Blomkamp may be the man to give it to us.
It’s well known that the director was working on an Alien project at some point, as he revealed a batch of incredible concept art for the film earlier this year, at the time stating “Was working on this. Don’t think I am anymore. Love it though. #alien #xenomorph”.
Now, Blomkamp’s much-better-than-Elysium looking next film, Chappie, is just about to hit theatres, and the director just revealed that he’s back in bed with the Xenomorph. Take a look:
Um… So I think it’s officially my next film. #alien A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on
TheWrap was apparently able to confirm the news, and states that Blomkamp “has signed on to direct an untitled movie set in the “Alien” universe that will take place after “Prometheus 2″ for 20th Century Fox.”
Now, we’re pretty damned excited. Blomkamp is a visually spectacular director, and as long as his Alien project comes out more District 9 than Elysium, we’re confident that we’re in extremely good hands. That being said, (in my opinion) Elysium was still way better than Prometheus AND Alien: Resurrection, so I’m beyond stoked to see what Blomkamp has in store for us, especially after that incredible concept art.
Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie hits theatres on March 6th, and we’ll be sure to share any Alien news as it comes in! Are you down for a Blomkamp directed Alien film? Sound out below!
