ALIEN Icon Sigourney Weaver Reveals That She Is In Talks To Reprise Ripley Role

Sigourney Weaver Says She's Met with Disney About ALIEN Script

The last time Sigourney Weaver played any permutation of her Oscar-nominated character Ellen Ripley was 1997’s Alien: Resurrection. For all you math fans out there, that’s nearly 30 years. And yet, Ms. Weaver has remained inextricably linked to the Alien franchise ever since. Fans have wanted to see her again going toe-to-claw with xenomorphs and nearly got their wish back in 2015. Weaver was in talks to return for Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5, whic…

The Chances of Ripley Coming Back to the Alien Franchise Just Got Higher

It looks like Sigourney Weaver may not be done with the Alien franchise after all. During a panel at New York Comic Con (via EW) last week, the actress revealed that she has “had a meeting” about reprising the role of Ellen Ripley in a new Alien sequel penned by Walter Hill, calling the concept “a very different kind of Alien.”  According to Weaver, Hill, who produced Ridley Scott’s original Alien movie, is already 50-odd pages deep on a new scr…

Sigourney Weaver Says New Alien Movie Script is "Very Strong"

Sigourney Weaver Teases ‘Extraordinary’ New Alien Script — and Confirms Talks with Disney and Fox Nearly half a century after Ellen Ripley first faced off against a xenomorph, Sigourney Weaver says she’s seen the start of a new chapter for the Alien franchise — and it’s “quite extraordinary.” Speaking at a New York Comic Con […]

ALIEN Icon Sigourney Weaver Reveals That She Is In Talks To Reprise Ripley Role

Though she stresses that nothing is officially in the works yet, Sigourney Weaver has revealed that she has spoken to Disney about potentially returning to the Alien franchise as Ellen Ripley...