20th Century Fox has shut down the Alien fan film that was due to star Carrie Henn.
Sonnet Realm Films had recruited the actress - who has not taken on a film role since she appeared in James Cameron's 1986 sequel Aliens - to star in Alien Identity.
The film would have focused on life 14 years after the events of Aliens, with an alternate timeline.
Adam Sonnet, writer and director of the proposed film, said: "When we decided to make this Alien tribute film we anticipated from the beginning that this could happen. We were hoping that since Fox allowed other fan films in the Alien/Predator universes to be made that they would allow us to do so likewise.
"Although we wanted to make a tribute film spin off in the Alien universe reuniting original cast members to play new roles, we understand that this is Fox's intellectual property...
Sonnet Realm Films had recruited the actress - who has not taken on a film role since she appeared in James Cameron's 1986 sequel Aliens - to star in Alien Identity.
The film would have focused on life 14 years after the events of Aliens, with an alternate timeline.
Adam Sonnet, writer and director of the proposed film, said: "When we decided to make this Alien tribute film we anticipated from the beginning that this could happen. We were hoping that since Fox allowed other fan films in the Alien/Predator universes to be made that they would allow us to do so likewise.
"Although we wanted to make a tribute film spin off in the Alien universe reuniting original cast members to play new roles, we understand that this is Fox's intellectual property...
- 7/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Unofficial sequel Alien Identity is set after Aliens, brings back Newt and reintroduces actors Carrie Henn and Ricco Ross...
James Cameron, like many Alien fans, was incensed by Alien 3's decision to kill off Newt and Hicks, two supporting characters that made Aliens such a perfect sequel. But a new, unofficial tribute film called Alien Identity will attempt to rewrite history, saving Newt from her grisly fate at the start of Alien 3 and sending her off on a new sci-fi adventure.
The story will pretend that the events of Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection were mere "cryo-sleep nightmares" and will catch up with Newt 14 years after the events of Aliens. This time, Elle Viane Sonnet will play the now 20-something Newt; Carrie Henn, who played Newt in Aliens, will return as her mother Anne in a flashback sequence.
Henn is joined by another returning Aliens cast member, Ricco Ross,...
James Cameron, like many Alien fans, was incensed by Alien 3's decision to kill off Newt and Hicks, two supporting characters that made Aliens such a perfect sequel. But a new, unofficial tribute film called Alien Identity will attempt to rewrite history, saving Newt from her grisly fate at the start of Alien 3 and sending her off on a new sci-fi adventure.
The story will pretend that the events of Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection were mere "cryo-sleep nightmares" and will catch up with Newt 14 years after the events of Aliens. This time, Elle Viane Sonnet will play the now 20-something Newt; Carrie Henn, who played Newt in Aliens, will return as her mother Anne in a flashback sequence.
Henn is joined by another returning Aliens cast member, Ricco Ross,...
- 7/2/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Alien Identity will also see the return of Ricco Ross, who played space grunt Private Robert Frost in James Cameron’s space thriller
She ought to have been the breakout star of Aliens as the little girl, Newt, who defies all odds to escape from a remote planetoid overrun by lethal extra terrestrials, but Carrie Henn never saw her name in lights again. Now the actor is to return to the screen almost 30 years on from the release of James Cameron’s brutal space thriller in a fan film set in the Alien universe.
Henn, 39, will play Anne Jorden, young Newt’s mother, in a flashback sequence for Alien Identity, which is being directed by Adam Sonnet. Newt herself will be portrayed by the film-maker’s wife Elle Viane Sonnet.
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She ought to have been the breakout star of Aliens as the little girl, Newt, who defies all odds to escape from a remote planetoid overrun by lethal extra terrestrials, but Carrie Henn never saw her name in lights again. Now the actor is to return to the screen almost 30 years on from the release of James Cameron’s brutal space thriller in a fan film set in the Alien universe.
Henn, 39, will play Anne Jorden, young Newt’s mother, in a flashback sequence for Alien Identity, which is being directed by Adam Sonnet. Newt herself will be portrayed by the film-maker’s wife Elle Viane Sonnet.
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- 7/1/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Alien Identity will also see the return of Ricco Ross, who played space grunt Private Robert Frost in James Cameron’s space thriller
She ought to have been the breakout star of Aliens as the little girl, Newt, who defies all odds to escape from a remote planetoid overrun by lethal extra terrestrials, but Carrie Henn never saw her name in lights again. Now the actor is to return to the screen almost 30 years on from the release of James Cameron’s brutal space thriller in a fan film set in the Alien universe.
Henn, 39, will play Anne Jorden, young Newt’s mother, in a flashback sequence for Alien Identity, which is being directed by Adam Sonnet. Newt herself will be portrayed by the film-maker’s wife Elle Viane Sonnet.
Continue reading...
She ought to have been the breakout star of Aliens as the little girl, Newt, who defies all odds to escape from a remote planetoid overrun by lethal extra terrestrials, but Carrie Henn never saw her name in lights again. Now the actor is to return to the screen almost 30 years on from the release of James Cameron’s brutal space thriller in a fan film set in the Alien universe.
Henn, 39, will play Anne Jorden, young Newt’s mother, in a flashback sequence for Alien Identity, which is being directed by Adam Sonnet. Newt herself will be portrayed by the film-maker’s wife Elle Viane Sonnet.
Continue reading...
- 7/1/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Aliens was Carrie Henn's only movie role, dating back to 1986 when she was just a child.
Movie buffs may remember Henn as Rebecca 'Newt' Jorden, who was the only survivor of the colony on Lv-426.
Fast forward 29 years, and the actress has agreed to appear in a tribute film called Alien Identity, in which she will play Anne Jorden, young Newt's mother in a flashback. Newt will be played by Elle Viane Sonnet in the film.
"I am looking forward to working on Aliens from a different perspective," she said. "I can't wait to hear what all the fans think!"
Ricco Ross is also returning and will take up the role of Richard Frost - the brother of Private Robert Frost, who Ross portrayed in the original movie - as well as producing the project.
"When I heard of the story I thought, 'Why hasn't someone thought of this sooner?...
Movie buffs may remember Henn as Rebecca 'Newt' Jorden, who was the only survivor of the colony on Lv-426.
Fast forward 29 years, and the actress has agreed to appear in a tribute film called Alien Identity, in which she will play Anne Jorden, young Newt's mother in a flashback. Newt will be played by Elle Viane Sonnet in the film.
"I am looking forward to working on Aliens from a different perspective," she said. "I can't wait to hear what all the fans think!"
Ricco Ross is also returning and will take up the role of Richard Frost - the brother of Private Robert Frost, who Ross portrayed in the original movie - as well as producing the project.
"When I heard of the story I thought, 'Why hasn't someone thought of this sooner?...
- 7/1/2015
- Digital Spy
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