POTD: Neill Blomkamp Teases Personal ‘Alien’ Room
AfterDistrict 9, ElysiumandChappiedirectorNeill Blomkampteased concept artfrom anAlienfranchise movie that he’d been working on outside of 20the Century Fox, the studiodecided to pick up the sci-fi sequel, and it’s now supposed to be his next project.
Since then, Blomkamp has only teased one more piece of concept art, and while there’s been some talk about this new movie disregarding the events ofAlien 3andAlien Resurrection, it’s not entirely clear how the new film will settle in with the previous chapters of theAlienfranchise.
However, it appears Blomkamp is hard at work developing the movie as the filmmaker recently shared a photo on Instagram showing off what appears to be his own personalAlienroom, with four televisions and what looks like a bunch of concept art for his forthcoming movie. Check out the cool Neill BlomkampAlienroom below!
Here’s what Blomkamp posted to Instagram yesterday:
A post shared by Neill Blomkamp (@neillblomkamp)
Blomkamp doesn’t say anything about where this room is, but it appears to be a place for him to escape and gather his thoughts as he works onAlien 5. Having four televisions on the wall seems a little excessive, but perhaps he’s not always using them to watch the same thing and displays different art and storyboards on them as he’s working. I’m not sure how he gets any work done when there’s that awesome power loader fromAlienssitting there for him to play with, though.
Anyway, thepreviously revealed concept artonly offers hints of what we can expect fromAlien 5, including the return ofSigourney Weaveras Ellen Ripley, and some other characters making a surprising return as well. One thing we do know is that Blomkamp had totweak something in hisAlienideain order to not clash withRidley Scott’s developing sequel forPrometheus.
Speaking of which, we just learned thatPrometheus 2might end up shooting in Januaryof next year, but considering how busy Ridley Scott gets and how long it takes him to actually follow through on projects, we won’t hold our breath. But if that’s true, 20th Century Fox could be doubling down on their investment in theAlienuniverse. But hopefully both of these movies turn out to be more satisfying than the mostly disappointingPrometheusfrom 2012. Stay tuned for more information on the developingAlienproject as it becomes available.
