Ridley Scott has shot down hopes of Neill Blomkamp's Alien movie ever seeing the light of day, suggesting the project is essentially dead.

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In an interview with Allocine (translation via AVP Galaxy ), when Scott was asked about the possibility of Alien 5 still coming to fruition, he told the outlet that he thinks the project "will never see the light."He went on to note that "there was never a scenario, just an idea that evolved into a pitch of ten pages." Scott said he was involved as a producer, but the project "did not go any further because the Fox decided that [it] did not want to do it."In October 2015, Blomkamp—whose directorial credits include District 9, Chappie and Elysium— announced the film was put on hold for the time being and that he was moving on to other projects.Meanwhile, Scott recently said he has plans to make four more Alien movies following the release of Alien: Covenant, which opens in theaters on May 19.

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