"I want to keep it on hyper-lockdown. It’s early yet. It’s 'Chappie' time," Neill Blomkamp stated when EW pressed him for details on his "Alien" movie. But the director only has himself to blame if he's bombarded by questions about the movie in the run-up to his sci-fi flick. After dropping "Alien" concept art at the beginning of the year, chatter started going into overdrive about the possibility of the "District 9" director stepping into the world created by Ridley Scott. The rumors became real a week ago when it was confirmed Blomkamp overcome his reservations about doing a studio project and signed up to direct an "Alien" flick. Aside from that details are scarce, however, one key character is back.
"It did have to do with having Sigourney [Weaver] on 'Chappie.' It’s just something that I’ve always wanted to one day be a part of," Blomkamp told the magazine about the genesis of his movie, his concept art, and...