Ridley Scott Says Alien 5 Won’t Happen

Things were looking good for Alien 5 until Ridley Scott started putting together Alien: Covenant, that is. It was at that point which Blomkamp’s project started to fizzle out. Officially, Alien 5 was being put on hold, but as more and more time passed and Covenant began to take shape, it became clear that the director wouldn’t be getting to make his film after all.

In an interview with French publication Allocine, Scott’s weighed in with his thoughts on the matter, saying that he doesn’t think Blomkamp’s take on the franchise will ever see the light of day.

He said “I don’t think it will ever see the light of day. There was never a script. Just an idea that evolved from a dozen or so pages. I had to participate as producer, but it didn’t go farther because Fox decided it didn’t want to do it. As far I was concerned, I had already done Prometheus and I was working on Covenant.”