The film, which suffered from studio interference, was divisive and received mixed reviews.
In a recent interview withSlashFilm, Harlin reveals his originalAlien 3story idea before he parted ways with the project.
So the concept of having these creatures on Earth for the studio, it felt scary and unattainable.
For me, it was the natural evolution.
Let’s bring the aliens on Earth and have them going through the cornfield.
“So let’s put the aliens on a prison ship.
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How am I going to relate to a prison ship?
But that’s ancient history.
Would Renny Harlin’s Alien 3 Have Been A Better Movie?
Alien 3 is the 1992 sequel to Aliens. Directed by David Fincher and starring Sigourney Weaver in her iconic role as Ellen Ripley, the third installment in the Alien franchise follows Ripley as she leads a group of inmates in the fight against a Xenomorph after her ship crash-lands on a prison planet.
Fincher essentially disownedAlien 3and has been vocal about his negative experience making the film.
Most don’t realize that James Cameron co-wrote and directed Aliens, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien.
However, he never came back to direct another.
