As most hardcore fans of the franchise know, William Gibson had penned a script for Alien 3 that never ended up finding its way onto the screen. David Fincher ultimately directed a script written by David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson, and according to Gibson, almost literally *nothing* from his script can be found in the movie that became Alien 3.
In recent years, however, Gibson’s unproduced screenplay has gotten an official comic book adaptation from Dark Horse, and up next it’s being turned into a full-on novelization.
Titan Books will release Alien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay on August 31!
Gibson’s first-draft screenplay was adapted by Pat Cadigan, the Hugo Award-Winning “Queen of Cyberpunk.” Here’s the official plot synopsis for Gibson’s “Alien 3” vision…
“William Gibson’s never-before-adapted screenplay for the direct sequel to Aliens, revealing the fates of Ripley, Newt, the synthetic Bishop, and Corporal Hicks. When the Colonial Marines vessel Sulaco docks with space station and military installation Anchorpoint, a new form of Xenomorph appears. Written by Hugo Award-winning novelist and “Queen of Cyberpunk” Pat Cadigan, based on Gibson’s never-produced first draft.
“The Sulaco—on its return journey from LV-426—enters a sector controlled by the “Union of Progressive Peoples,” a nation-state engaged in an ongoing cold war and arms race. U.P.P. personnel board the Sulaco and find hypersleep tubes with Ripley, Newt, and an injured Hicks. A Facehugger attacks the lead commando, and the others narrowly escape, taking what remains of Bishop with them.
“The Sulaco continues to Anchorpoint, a space station and military installation the size of a small moon, where it falls under control of the military’s Weapons Division. Boarding the Sulaco, a team of Colonial Marines and scientists is assaulted by a pair of Xenomorph drones. In the fight Ripley’s cryotube is badly damaged. It’s taken aboard Anchorpoint, where Ripley is kept comatose. Newt and an injured Corporal Hicks are awakened, and Newt is sent to Gateway Station on the way to Earth. The U.P.P. sends Bishop to Anchorpoint, where Hicks begins to hear rumors of experimentation—the cloning and genetic modification of Xenomorphs.
“The kind of experimentation that could yield a monstrous hybrid, and perhaps even a Queen.”
source https://bloody-disgusting.com/books/3662039/william-gibsons-unproduced-aliens-sequel-screenplay-turned-novel-august-release/
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