Unused William Gibson 'Alien' Script is Now an Audiobook With Michael Biehn
Fans of Michael Biehn's Corporal Hicks, rejoice.
The actor, along with Lance Henriksen as android Bishop, have just voiced a new audiobook based on an unused script by sci-fi great William Gibson.
Gibson wrote the treatment in 1987 as the potential follow-up to James Cameron's "Aliens," but 20th Century Fox wasn't happy with the results and it never came to pass.
And then we got David Fincher's ultra-bleak, much-hated "Alien 3" in 1992, which killed off everyone but Ripley (Sigourney Weaver).
Gibson’s unused script developed a cult following and now it's an audiobook called "Alien III." It's on Audible for $8.95.
"Alien" director Ridley Scott is working on even more prequels to his 1979 masterpiece (which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year), but a planned film that would have revived Hicks (to be directed by Neill Blomkamp) never happened.
Cyberpunk pioneer Gibson's next novel, "Agency," a sequel (and a prequel) to 2014's "The Peripheral," is due out next year.
A series based on "The Peripheral" is being developed by the creators of "Westworld" for Amazon.
[Via The Playlist]