9 Most Insane Things Happening In Movies & TV Right Now (Jan 4th)

1. Ellen Ripley And Newt Were Almost In The Predator

Some time ago, it was revealed that there were several alternate endings made for Shane Black's The Predator with one of them bringing back Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch for a final shot cameo. Another would have had a mysterious character appear from the secret chamber wearing a Facehugger breathing apparatus.

But those are nothing compared to the two alternate endings that we've just been told about, which would have revived two dead characters from the Alien movies.

Hollywood artist Yuri Everson shared on Instagram three different endings for the film were actually filmed by Black and in one of them, Ellen Ripley who emerged from the chamber at the end behind the Facehugger mask.

“We shot 3 different endings for #ThePredator, all variations of a “Predator Killer”. This unused ending was Predator Killer Ripley wearing the breather mask we created for the film. You can see her name tag there on her costume. [Stuntwoman] Breanna Watkins played Ripley under the mask instead of Sigourney Weaver. The moving “fingers” and “tail” were deemed too facehugger-like on the day and were cut and removed by someone. Sorry @jon_k_miller who headed up making the breather mask for us @thestudioadi with @saratheterra, @ape5150, Zac Teller and Lord Garth but they made me do it! Michael Diner and his amazing Vancouver crew made the pod. All in no time flat.”

Then it turned out that Watkins had also played Rebecca Jorden, otherwise known as Newt from Aliens, despite the fact that she died at the start of Alien 3. But since when did the timelines of these movies really matter?

It's a shame we didn't get one of those secret alternate endings, because they would have been far better than what we actually got.

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