In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to clone Ripley and wake up the monster’s mother as we review the 1997 film “Alien: Resurrection”…
The continued success of the “Alien” franchise meant more sequels were almost inevitable even after the problem plagued “Alien 3” ended up as a movie director David Fincher actively disowns from his filmography. 20th Century Fox wanted to do a fourth film in the franchise and got interested in hiring young screenwriter Joss Whedon to pen a script.
The studio initially suggested a film centered around a clone of Newt, a character from “Aliens” but then ultimately decided that it should be a Ripley clone since she was the centerpiece of every film thus far. Whedon rewrote his script to meet the studio’s expectations, although original producers Walter Hill and David Giler — who had been part of every prior “Alien” film — wanted nothing to do with this sequel.
Sigourney Weaver eventually signed on to return to the franchise despite her character’s death in the third film and she was reportedly paid $11 million to start in the sequel.
The film takes place 200 years after the events of “Alien 3” as a military organization uses DNA found on Fury 161 to build a clone of Ellen Ripley that would also allow them to extract the xenomorph queen that was growing inside her and it’s safe to say, that doesn’t work out well for anybody…
In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to clone Ripley and wake up the monster’s mother as we review the 1997 film “Alien: Resurrection”…
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