--- ---  # _District 9_ Director Neill Blomkamp Is Making an _Alien_ Sequel  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Feb 19, 2015 2:17 AM UTC  Neill Blomkamp arrives at the "Elysium" - Los Angeles Premiere at Regency Village Theatre on August 7, 2013 in Westwood, California. Neill Blomkamp arrives at the "Elysium" - Los Angeles Premiere at Regency Village Theatre on August 7, 2013 in Westwood, California.Steve Granitz—WireImage  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Feb 19, 2015 2:17 AM UTC Sci-fi fans rejoice: Neill Blomkamp — lauded director of _District 9_ and the upcoming _Chappie_ — is set to helm a sequel to _Alien_. Blomkamp heavily promoted his new take on the _Alien_ franchise when he posted concept art on Instagram two months ago. But Blomkamp seemed to suggest then that his ideas wouldn’t be put on film anytime soon. “Was working on this. Don’t think I am anymore. Love it though,” he wrote at the time. “Woulda rocked.” Now it turns out that Blomkamp will get his own spin on the classic horror-sci-fi crossover after all, per a new Instagram post. (_Variety_ [confirmed](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/new-alien-movie-confirmed-at-fox-with-director-neill-blomkamp-1201436551/) the deal.) Original star Sigourney Weaver even [told MTV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azZqBlp7U5I) two days ago that Blomkamp shared his ideas for the _Alien_ film with her during the filming of _Chappie_ and that she would be open to starring in the film. “If it was someone as talented as Neill, I’d certainly listen,” she said. In a somewhat confusing turn of events, Blomkamp’s film will be completely separate from the sequel to 2012’s _Prometheus_, which 20th Century Fox is making with original _Alien_ creator Ridley Scott. _Prometheus_ was a spiritual sequel to _Alien_ and starred Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron. Here is more concept art for Blomkamp’s film. 'District 9' Director Neill Blomkamp to Make an 'Alien' Sequel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3714473/district-9-neill-blomkamp-alien-sequel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3714473/district-9-neill-blomkamp-alien-sequel/"},"headline":"District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp Is Making an Alien Sequel","datePublished":"2015-02-19T02:17:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:32:06.313Z","description":"And it has nothing to do with Ridley Scott's sequel to Prometheus","url":"https://time.com/3714473/district-9-neill-blomkamp-alien-sequel/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2a7efa4f642ff99/69877feb8e06011af845a5f5/175769541.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2a7efa4f642ff99/69877feb8e06011af845a5f5/175769541.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Elysium\" - Los Angeles Premiere","caption":"\"Elysium\" - Los Angeles Premiere","creditText":"Steve Granitz—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3714473/district-9-neill-blomkamp-alien-sequel/","name":"District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp Is Making an Alien Sequel"}}]}] ```