Tag: Ripley

24 APR

LOL: ‘Alien’ Hero Ellen Ripley Gets Poor Health Care from Stephen Colbert

Next month will bring a new chapter of the Alien franchise to the big screen with Ridley Scott back behind the camera for Alien: Covenant. The film is both a sequel to Prometheus and a prequel to Alien, and there are apparently several more stories left to tell in between. The new line-up of Alien […]

04 APR

‘Alien’ Alternate Ending: Ripley Was Originally Supposed to Die

Alien had a notoriously high death count when it first hit theaters in 1979, horrifying theatergoers with its gore and blend of horror and sci-fi. But director Ridley Scott, who is promoting his return to the Alien franchise with the upcoming Alien: Covenant, had in mind one more body to add to that death toll: […]

04 APR

Alien shock: Ridley Scott almost FIRED for trying to KILL OFF Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley

The only reason he didn’t go through with it, it seems, is because studio bosses threatened to fire him on the spot. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, he lifted the lid on the gory demise he had planned for the now iconic character. “I thought that the alien should come in, and Ripley harpoons it and […]