I’m perfectly happy with Ridley Scott‘s Alien: Covenant, but I still find myself wondering what Neill Blomkamp‘s Aliens sequel would have been like. It’s still unclear how far along he got into development, but it’s looking like what we’ve heard is true – it was pretty far along until Scott came in and sabotaged it. Sharing some early concept art is one thing, but having a special effects house working on physical designs is another.

Over the weekend, Blomkamp dropped this mega-bomb: StudioADI‘s (Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.) full-on sculpt of one of the Xenomorphs. On first glance, it looks like the classic H.R. Giger design, only this alien has extra appendages. This is important because it somehow ties directly to the Queen, who also had four arms. Yup, Blomkamp had something cooking up his sleeve, not to mention the return of Sigourney Weaver‘s Ripley.

Too bad the Disney acquisition of Fox has probably killed this franchise for good…

Credits: Project supervisor @h2.originals. This sculpt is by @monsterman03gmail along with @monstermania2017 and @ayumi.fx . Molds by @jon_k_miller with tech work by @saratheterra and Brian Clawson. @paulkomoda had a hand in other design/sculpt on A5 too.