When news broke that Neil Blomkamp would write and direct a new Alien film — which will disregard the events of David Fincher’s Alien 3 and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien: Resurrection — longtime fans of Ripley, as represented in Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens , rejoiced. Sigourney Weaver, he actress who portrays Ripley, said at the time that she thinks Blomkamp is the right person to wrap up the saga. Weaver said, “I would love to take Ripley out of orbiting around in space and give a proper finish to what was such an excellent story.”
