{"id":2099359,"date":"2025-10-18T04:29:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2099359"},"modified":"2025-10-18T04:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:29:31","slug":"sigourney-weaver-reveals-plans-to-return-as-her-most-iconic-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sigourney-weaver-reveals-plans-to-return-as-her-most-iconic-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigourney Weaver Reveals Plans To Return As Her Most Iconic Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sigourney Weaver shared some news at last week\u2019s New York Comic Con that should be exciting to fans of the Alien franchise. The actress teased that her iconic character, Ellen Ripley, could be returning to the franchise for the first time since <em>Alien 3<\/em>. She revealed that there is a script in progress and teased that the story was a \u201cquite extraordinary\u201d idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When last the Alien franchise followed the real Ellen Ripley (the Ripley in <em>Alien: Resurrection<\/em> was a clone and not the actual person), she was on a penal planet after having crash-landed with her companions from <em>Aliens<\/em>, both of whom were impregnated with xenomorph eggs. The story, which was penned by long-time <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/alien\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alien;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Alien<\/a> franchise alum Walter Hill, is the next step in Ripley\u2019s life after the end of <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/alien-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alien 3;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Alien 3<\/a><\/em>. <strong>\u201c\u2026he wrote 50 pages on where Ripley would be now\u2026 [it] seems so true to me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Weaver had previously stated that she wouldn\u2019t be reprising the role again. <strong>\u201cI was always like, \u2018let her rest. Let her recover.&#8217;\u201d<\/strong> She admitted that she has met with executives from the Fox division of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/disney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Disney;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Disney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">None of this should be taken as evidence that a new movie is being made, but these are promising rumblings that may lead to that kind of news. Weaver is on board with the project, since Walter Hill is an old friend of hers and has been involved with the Alien franchise since its beginnings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He hasn\u2019t finished the script yet, but the creative gears are in motion to bring the project to fruition. That Weaver has already met with production executives about it is also promising news that once a script is finished, filming might possibly begin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Do we need another Alien movie with the Ellen Ripley character, especially since <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/sigourney-weaver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sigourney Weaver;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Sigourney Weaver<\/a> is now much older than when she was the star of the first three films in the franchise? If done well, bringing Ripley back and aging her gracefully could bring the entire saga full circle. It could do what Resurrection failed to do: pass the torch on to a new generation of humans to fight the xenomorph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movies in the franchise, since Weaver\u2019s last turn as Ripley, have mostly been prequels. A new film could bring the franchise into a future beyond Ripley\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sigourney Weaver shared some news at last week\u2019s New York Comic Con that should be exciting to fans of the Alien franchise. The actress teased that her iconic character, Ellen Ripley, could be returning to the franchise for the first time since Alien 3. 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