Sigourney Weaver teases a possible return to the ‘Alien’ franchise.

with Everything happens in the Alien universeone character we all assumed had safely retired was Ellen Ripley. Sigourney Weaver’s iconic character and star of the first four films in the series had her story well told at this point, and with new stars emerging in theaters and at home, Ripley seemed out of step. Or maybe not.

Speaking at New York Comic Con, Via Rant screenWeaver revealed that she not only read 50 pages of the script bringing Ripley back to the series, but she also met with executives about it. Legendary director W Alien Producer Walter Hill reportedly wrote the pages, which Weaver referred to as “a very strong first 50 pages.”

“I always said: ‘Let her rest, let her recover,'” the actress said. “But what Walter wrote first and foremost seems very real to me. It’s about a society that imprisons someone who tries to help humanity but is a problem for them…”

She then added that fans shouldn’t necessarily pin their hopes on Ripley’s imminent return, without completely closing the door. “I don’t know if it’s going to happen, but I’ve met with Fox, or Disney, or whoever now,” she said.

Of course one Great type What’s missing in this is the fact that Ellen Ripley is well documented as having died in Alien universe. She was the last survivor Nostromoone of the last three survivors of LV-426, then ended up on a prison planet with an alien queen in her womb, so she threw herself into a giant furnace. She returned in the next film Alien: Resurrection, But it was set 200 years later and starred a version of Ripley.

As far as we know, Ripley has never returned to society in any way. She did so for a time after being somnambulant for 57 years but soon became immersed in flight with the Colonial Marines. So, while we love the idea of ​​society trying to grapple with this woman’s (extremely costly and destructive) actions to save herself and her friends, it has to be an alternate reality story. Will people buy that?

also, While there has been talk of Ripley returning in the pastIs there room for that in a world where… Alien: Earth Available now and the second movie is in Alien: Romulus The events of the series take place between events Alien and AliensComing? We don’t know. But it sure is a lot of fun to speculate about.

Do you think this is a real thing that could happen? Or are we just being overly optimistic?

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