Untitled Alien project

the curently untitled Alien project is an upcoming science fiction horror directed by with script by  and. It is direct sequel to Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) and, is the seventh installment in the, Sigourney Weaver will return as Ellen Ripley, as Corporal Dwayne Hicks and,  as David from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. The film will be released through 20th Century Studios.

Development of a new Alien: Awakening film started with the fifth installment by but was later terminated following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company plans for the new film was revived with Ridley Scott acting as executive producer as well as, Walter Hill and David Giler as producers alongside Aliens director James Cameron, Green and Duffield were handpicked by Scott to the script. Effects houses Odd Studios and CreatureNFX provided the film's makeup and animatronic creature effects.

Cast

 * Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley
 * as Corporal Dwayne Hicks
 * as David

Development
In the mid-1990s, screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine wrote a treatment titled Alien: Earthbound. Fox executives were impressed by the script, having read it after Alien Resurrection had entered post-production. Joss Whedon had written an Earth-set script for Alien 5, but Sigourney Weaver was not interested and wanted it to be set on the original planetoid. She has remained open to a role on the condition that she likes the story. Before 20th Century Fox greenlit Alien vs. Predator, James Cameron had been collaborating on the plot for a fifth Alien film with another writer, but ceased work on learning of the crossover. Cameron stated that the crossover would "kill the validity of the franchise," and that "it was Frankenstein Meets Werewolf" – like "Universal just taking their assets and starting to play them off against each other." Although he liked the final product, he ruled out any future involvement with the series. In late 2008, Weaver hinted in an interview with MTV that she and Scott were working on an Alien spin-off film, which would focus on the chronicles of Ellen Ripley rather than on the Aliens, but the continuation of Ripley's story has not materialized.

Sigourney Weaver has expressed her interest in returning to the role of Ripley with Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 story (purportedly titled Alien: Awakening) which would tie into the first two Alien films by taking place after Aliens and foregoing involvement with the other two sequels. This was canceled in favor of Scott's own untitled third prequel (also purportedly titled Alien: Awakening), which was later also canceled following the disappointing box office results of Alien: Covenant. In February 2019, James Cameron stated that he was working on reviving Blomkamp's project. In June 2020, Brandywine Productions revealed that a screenplay for a new installment in the original series called "Alien V", centered around Ripley, had been written by Walter Hill and David Giler.

After the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company, it was officially confirmed at the 2019 CinemaCon that future Alien films are in development. In May 2019, Variety reported that the third prequel film was "in the script phase", with Scott attached to serve once again as director. In September 2020, Scott confirmed that work on the next instalment is ongoing, but was undecided with keeping it tied in with the plot set out in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.

Blomkamp later left the project to direct another film, spanish director () was later hired to direct the film with a new script by Covenant writer  and, Scott executive produce