‘Alien’ Producer Drops First Details of New Ripley Film: ‘A Meditation on the Franchise’
The most recent script treatment draft for a fifth Ripley-centric “Alien” movie was completed in March.
The most recent script treatment draft for a fifth Ripley-centric “Alien” movie was completed in March.
The treatment was sent by director Walter Hill, who was a producer on the original “Alien.”
Walter Hill directed Powers Boothe in two films and considered the actor “a Hamlet of the Prairies” and a lifelong friend.
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