Harry here, you know... at one point the idea of this excited the hell out of me, but frankly... I'd rather Ridley Scott take on a unique science fiction vision. Bring those auteur peepers of his to something we haven't seen before. Somebody needs to get the JOHN CARTER OF MARS property in his hands. Ya know? Of course if we're forced to watch a new Ridley Scott ALIEN movie... shucks, I guess I'll just have to see it a half dozen times at least.

Hey Harry,

With Scott on a role after 3 great films in succession, (you either love or loathe Hanniball, I loved it), this could be interesting if it comes to pass. From countingdown.com :

Syndicated columnist Cindy Pearlman talked to Ridley Scott about the possibility of him taking on "Alien 5" (he directed 1979's "Alien").

"I'm seriously mulling it over," Scott said. "I think it would be a lot of fun, but the most important thing is to get the story right."

Would Sigourney Weaver and her aliens infest Earth this time? "Earth would be interesting, and there is talk about it," said Scott, who sounds bored with that premise. "I say we should go back to where the alien creatures were first found and explain how they were created. No one has ever explained why. I always figured that a battleship carrying bio-mechanical organisms that could be weapons was sent into space with some space jockey who didn't last long."

Bluelou_boyle