After James Cameron made Aliens in 1989, he would collaborate with the director of Alien Ridley Scott for another Alien film project. Could you imagine Cameron and Scott developing a Alien followed together!? This is one of the best things that never happened!
So why was that project never done? Because of the movie Alien vs. Predator from 2004. This just gives us another reason to hate that movie. I would have much preferred to see a sequel made by Cameron and Scott!
Scott wasn’t a fan of the idea behind Alien vs. Predator, which was the fifth film in the Alien franchise. He once told THR:
“I think Alien vs. Predator was a stupid idea, and I’m not sure if it worked very well or not, I don’t know. But somehow he brought down the beast. And I told them, ‘Listen, you can resurrect this, but we have to go back from scratch and go to a prequel if you want.'”
Cameron later revealed that he would write and produce the Alien sequel with Scott directing. They met and discussed the project and they wanted to make it happen! He explained during an AMA event on Reddit:
“I don’t remember the exact moment, but maybe I was filming The Abyss at the time, also for Fox. What came to me was the idea to do Alien 5. And at one point I pitched that I would write and produce it, and Ridley would direct it, and we had lunch talking about that, and we violently agreed, then nothing happened .”
Cameron went on to blame Alien vs. Predator for not making the project and even told Fox it was a bad idea. He went on to say:
“What happened was Fox moved forward with Aliens vs. Predator and I said, ‘I really don’t recommend it, you’ll ruin the franchise, it’s like Universal did Dracula vs. the werewolf, and then I lost interest in making an Alien’ movie.”
What a shame and what a missed opportunity! A sequel to Cameron and Scott’s Alien could have been huge! Fans would have loved it! How the hell does Fox want to ruin this opportunity!? Instead Cameron was right, Aliens vs Predators it ruined the franchise. I know some people out there like the Alien versus predator movies, but I’m not one of them.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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