Ellen Ripley: Last News

EXCLUSIVE:Truth Or Dare and Scream 4 star Lucy Hale is set to channel Alien‘s Ellen Ripley and The Thing‘s R. J MacReady in sci-fi-thriller White Mars.

Alien: Isolation is a first-person horror game set in the universe of the Alien movie franchise. It celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday (October 6), and to celebrate, developer Creative Assembly has revealed it’s working on a sequel to the critically acclaimed title.In a tweet on October 7, Creative Assembly wrote, “On the 10th anniversary, it seems only fitting to let you know that we have heard your distress calls loud and clear.

Ellise Shafer Sigourney Weaver delivered a career-spanning masterclass at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, and of course touched on her time leading the “Alien” franchise as Ellen Ripley. Ridley Scott directed the first film in 1979 before James Cameron came on board to helm sequel “Aliens” seven years later. This marked Weaver’s first time meeting Cameron, who would go on to also direct her in the “Avatar” films.

Sigourney Weaver has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival.

Ben Croll Gallic cinephiles gave James Cameron a hero’s welcome at a Paris masterclass on Thursday, ushering the action auteur onstage with a reception so thunderous that it shook the filmmaker’s oft-unflappable public demeanor. “That’s the record,” he said in between laughs and in a show of uncommon giddiness. “That’s the record for the longest applause I’ve ever had in my life.

J. Kim Murphy The Gotham Awards are a night to celebrate independent film, but Cailee Spaeny snuck in a tease for 20th Century Studios’ upcoming “Alien: Romulus” when asked about the project on the red carpet Monday evening. The “Priscilla” star is leading the Fede Alvarez-directed revival, which has been described as a standalone story in the “Alien” universe.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Sydney Chandler has been cast as a lead in Noah Hawley’s “Alien” series currently in the works at FX, Variety has learned. Plot and character details are being kept under tight wraps on the project, which was first announced in December 2020. The only detail that has been confirmed is that the show will take place on Earth in the not-too-distant future. The role brings Chandler back to FX, as she previously made her network television debut in the cabler’s 2022 limited series “Pistol” from Danny Boyle, which told the story of the legendary band The Sex Pistols. Chandler starred in the series as Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. Chandler’s other credits include the film “Don’t Worry Darling” and the Facebook Watch series “SKAM Austin.” She is also set to appear in the upcoming Apple series “Sugar” opposite Colin Farrell.

Sigourney Weaver has put a lot of time in space and says she is done playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Harrison Ford is returning to the “Indiana Jones” franchise in the upcoming “Dial of Destiny,” marking a return to the character he’s now played for 42 years. It’s been 44 years since Sigourney Weaver first played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” but don’t expect her to pull a Ford/”Dial of Destiny” and return to the role that made her an action movie icon. In a new interview with Total Film magazine, Ripley said her days as Ripley are over. “There are all kinds of younger actors taking this kind of role,” Weaver said. “And there was an ‘Alien’ [film] that I really wanted to do with Neill Blomkamp and we didn’t get to do that, but, you know, that ship has sailed. I’m very happy doing what I’m doing. I put in my time in space!”

Jennifer Lawrence has bizarrely claimed she was the first woman ever cast in the lead of an action movie when she starred as Katniss Everdeen in the first Hunger Games film in 2012.The actress, 32, who played the rebel protagonist in four films, told Variety's Actors on Actors issue that executives were concerned that boys 'wouldn't be able to identify' with a female lead.Jennifer's casting in the film follows a succession of iconic female action heroes who have starred in hugely successful films pre-2012 - notably Sigourney Weaver who played Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, Milla Jovovich as Alice in the Resident Evil films, and Angelina Jolie who portrayed Lara Croft in two Tomb Raider movies.Discussing the early days of The Hunger Games, Jennifer said: 'I remember when I was doing Hunger Games, nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie because it wouldn’t work — because we were told girls and boys can both identify with a male lead, but boys cannot identify with a female lead.  PMC Privacy Policy Really? Jennifer Lawrence has bizarrely claimed she was the first woman ever cast in the lead of an action movie when she starred as Katniss Everdeen in the first Hunger Games film in 2012 (pictured)'And it just makes me so happy every single time I see a movie come out that just blows through every one of those beliefs, and proves that it is just a lie to keep certain people out of the movies. 'To keep certain people in the same positions that they’ve always been in.' Jennifer won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Katniss in the film Hunger Games film, which was followed by 2013's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 and Part 2, released in 2014 and 2015