A third sequel, "Alien Resurrection", was released in 1997. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and based on a script by Joss Whedon, the film's story follows a clone of Ripley created to harvest an alien queen embryo which was in the original Ripley when she died. Whedon later disavowed the project. A fourth sequel had begun development by 2002. Ridley Scott and Cameron were interested in being involved until Fox decided to develop a crossover film pitting the series' aliens against the titular alien race of its science-fiction property, "Predator". Directed and written by Paul W. S. Anderson, the film was poorly received. It was followed by a 2007 sequel, "", the least financially-successful and worst-reviewed film in either franchise.