15 Announced Movies That Are Destined For Development Hell
12. Alien 5
Status: A fifth movie has been in discussion ever since 1997's Alien: Resurrection, with the latest attempt being made by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium, Chappie), which would serve as a direct sequel to Aliens and return Sigourney Weaver to her career-making role, while reportedly having her pass the torch to Newt (who is somehow still alive...as is Hicks).
Why It's Going To Development Hell: Blomkamp's take was announced in February of last year, and by June he was setting up shooting locations...until Fox put the film on hold until 2017 at the earliest, wanting to focus on Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant instead.
This resulted in Blomkamp leaving to work on other projects, and it would surprise roughly no-one if Alien 5 stalled forever more as a result. Plus, if Blomkamp continues to release divisive movies and Alien: Covenant doesn't do as well as Prometheus at the box office, Fox could simply decide to shelve the entire series...at least until the inevitable reboot.