Sigourney Weaver has expressed her interest in returning to the role of Ripley with Neill Blomkamp's story (purportedly titled "Alien: Awakening") which would tie into the first two "Alien" films by taking place after "Aliens" and foregoing involvement with the other two sequels. This was canceled in favor of Scott's own untitled third prequel (also purportedly titled "Alien: Awakening"), which was later also canceled following the disappointing box office results of "Alien: Covenant". In February 2019, James Cameron stated that he was working on reviving Blomkamp's project. In June 2020, Brandywine Productions revealed that a screenplay for a new installment in the original series called ""Alien V"", centered around Ripley, had been written by Walter Hill and David Giler.