Michael Biehn has confirmed that he will be back in Neill Blomkamp's new Alien movie.

His character Corporal Hicks survived the 1986 film Aliens, but was rather unceremoniously killed off in Aliens 3.

The fifth Alien was put on hold last year as a result of Prometheus sequel Alien: Covenant, but Biehn told Forbes that it is definitely going ahead.

"Sigourney [Weaver] says they are still doing their project," he said.

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"I think it would be very embarrassing to Fox if they don't give Sigourney the movie that she really wants to go out on.

"I don't know when it's going to happen, but I know it's going to happen and I know I'm going to be in it. And there's going to be a new Newt - she's going to be about 26 or 27 and looks a lot like Jennifer Lawrence to me, but I don't know.

"Maybe they'll be a passing of whatever and then the franchise can move on so they can make more money, because that's what it's all about."

Yup, you read that right, Newt's concept art looks a bit like Jennifer Lawrence. Here's hoping that means something for future casting...

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Newt actress Carrie Henn, whose character was also killed off in Alien 3 early on, recently revealed that she wasn't too fussed about being offed.

"Had I been asked to [reprise my role], I probably would have done it. Who wouldn't?" she said. "But I wasn't devastated."

Blomkamp's sequel will bypass Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection and pick up from the end of Aliens. Weaver has promised fans it is "everything they're looking for".