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Alien is the outright masterpiece of the franchise and never likely to be topped.
At least we know that's two less sold seats for Avatar 2 than before.
His run of billion dollar blockbuster can't last forever, he's been very lucky considering the sub standard product he's put out lately.
That being said Car, Chase/Crash Porn is topping the box office so what do I know.
James Cameron will have no time for any other movies for the next 8 years as he will be busy with all those Avatar movies
Avatar 2 will be hyped to the max when it eventually comes out. Younger, modern cinema-goers are easily swayed by clever and sustained marketing campaigns than my generation ever were. In fact nowadays, if the movie doesn't have a clever and relentless campaign, they think the movie is crap, even though the TV spots show all the best bits.
This is one reason someone else will be directing. I have little doubt that he already knows the story he wants to tell and will have his ideas, his vision implemented by a hand picked surrogate.
Bringing this back to Alien, here's the entire score for Alien Covenant by Jed Kurzel...
Well we know he wants to do Alien 5 but unfortunately Scott is not letting him.
“There was never a screenplay, just an idea that evolved into a pitch of 10 pages…I was always just a producer, but it didn’t go any further because Fox decided that it didn’t want to do it.”
Shame
Blomkamp's idea was intriguing and the thought of seeing Hicks again was a win win for me.
@fire_and_ice, you sure there will be that many? I was under the impression this was going to be a new trilogy that started with 'Prometheus,' so whatever follows 'Alien: Covenant' will be a direct prequel to 'Alien,' which, in turn, will likely involve a new team, LV-426, and maybe the Derelict beacon (sort of like the playable storyline from the 'Alien: Isolation' video game, which was awesome).
Yes it was! I don't know if it's canon or not but to me it is. Had Isolation been an actual movie I feel it would've surpassed Alien on all fronts.
I hope that 'Alien 5' wasn't canned solely due to audience confusion - 'Alien: Covenant' is a prequel, whereas 'Alien 5' would've been a sequel. It's not remotely confusing. I feel like there was something else at play that led to them canceling it.
Pretty much every time I get through the first half hour of 'Aliens,' I find myself wanting a film focused on her daughter setting out to find her, before coming across a Xenomorph of some sort. Of course, it would mess with the continuity (particularly the fact that nothing of the sort is mentioned to Ellen after she wakes up, but then again, it could've been hidden and classified by company higher-ups, much like the events of the first movie).
I don't think audience confusion would be the sole reason for cancellation, especially as these superhero and Star Wars movies are constantly chopping and changing actors and their timelines between each movie.
Why they couldn't have given audiences both is still beyond me - I don't buy the confusion nonsense. Then again, these are likely the same people who moped around in mass confusion because they couldn't understand the 'Quantum of Solace' title - as if something like a dictionary never existed before.
I'll try to find the link regarding the additional films
Edited: https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/ridley-scott-to-make-as-many-as-three-more-prometheus-films-512997
@Creasy47 I knew I had read it somewhere, so it appears Scott said three films including Covenant
Apologies, you were right! Don't know how I forgot about the article where he said he'd love to make them endlessly if there's a desire for them. I just hope he doesn't let himself get to the point where the movies eventually bomb and are stopped, and we don't get a proper 'Alien' prequel like he's mentioned over the last five or so years.
I've only seen the first one and that was enough for me, if I want to watch something with decent car chases etc in, I'll stick with French Connection, Bullitt and of course Ronin, those 3 have set the bench mark and have yet to be topped.
Two expensive cars casually chasing each other round Rome certainly isn't going to sate that appetite. Give me Popeye Doyle in the most visceral and thrilling car pursuit in cinematic history any day of the week.
I'm probably wrong and Avatar will yet again coin it in for the King of the World, I'm not the audience it's targeting and I'll be honest I've not seen Avatar and all the better for it, the trailer was enough, heavy effects films have long been not impressing me.
I don't know whether it was Ridley that put the kyboshes on Blompkamp's Alien 5 or not, although not outright I think he'd had an influence, especially if he has more of these films planned, you wanted one a film from the same universe stealing your thunder would you?