It is April 26, the day 20th Century Fox has officially declared asAlien Day. To celebrate,Alien 5directorNeill Blomkamphas shared some concept art on his personalInstargrampage that depicts a grown up Newt as played byCarrie Hennin the 1986 classicAliens. Thus, confirming that the character long thought to be dead is returning in his upcoming sci-fi thriller.
Alien 5is playing with the timeline of theAlien movie series. While it won’t completely disregard what happened inAlien 3andAlien Resurrection, this will be more of a director follow up toRidley Scott’s original 1979 classicAlienand its sequel, theJames Camerondirector 1986 adventureAliens. Most fans of the franchise are well aware that in theAlienseries, both Cpl. Hicks and Rebecca ‘Newt’ Jordan, introduced inAliens, were immediately killed off in the opening moments ofAlien 3. This is one of the thingsAlien 5plans to skirt around.
Both Hicks and Newt were fan favorite characters, and killing them off in the immediate next installment was very upsetting to a lot of fans, who considerDavid Fincher’sAlien 3to be the worst movie in the franchise. ButMichael Biehnis returning to reprise his character, even though that has never been confirmed by Fox. And as you can tell by this latest art, that is definitely whatCarrie Hennlooks like now. We’d previously heard that Newt was coming back in an interview withBiehnfrom over a year ago. He had this to say.
“[They’re] planning on bringing me and Newt back and at this point Newt will be around twenty-seven years old…It’s really a passing of the torch between Sigourney and this younger actress who would play Newt. It would keep the franchise alive…”
WhileCarrie Hennisn’t confirmed to return at this stage either, it is clear thatBlomkampwants the original actress, who quit acting shortly after she appeared inAliens. The girl has been very active on her personal Twitter account in celebration ofAlienday, sharing photos of the young Newt action figure coming from NECA. She will also be present at theAliensscreening being held in Los Angeles, where we might get to hear her confirm her presence in this next movie in person.
Alien 5does not yet have a start date. Even though it was announced awhile ago, it was decided that directorRidley Scottwould shoot hisAlien: Covenantfirst. But just this past week,Alien 5starSigourney Weaver, who stars as Ripley, confirmed that the movie is still very much happening. You can check out the concept art of Newt in the Instagram post below.
