07.08.08: Weaver Eyeing Fifth 'Alien', Hostage Drama Bound For Hollywood

In the web universe, nobody can hear you scream. But that might be one reaction from fan-bloggers at Sigourney Weaver’s pronouncement that she’s up for resurrecting action-woman Ellen Ripley in a fifth Alien franchise entry. “I would definitely do another if had a director like Ridley Scott and we had a good idea,” she's spilled to a British magazine. “Ridley is enthusiastic about it.” With Stallone dragging Rambo and Rocky out of retirement and Ford slipping back into Indiana Jones’ fedora, why shouldn’t a fiftysomething actress like Weaver be allowed to put her action boots on again? The bigger obstacle is likely to be overcoming our horror at how bleedin’ awful the final two Alien films were, not whether Weaver can still convincingly kick xenomorphic butt. Although (sorry Sigourney) watching a rusty-jointed Harrison Ford try to romp about in Indy 4 was a little bit painful at times. Read Premiere's interview with Sigourney Weaver here. 

Hostage Drama Bound For Hollywood
If all the news coverage wasn’t enough and you’re keen to see multiple life stories of the 15 hostages freed by Colombian commandos last week, guess what – Hollywood producers have already launched their own commando mission to nail down the life-story rights for each and every one of them, according to Variety. Top of producers' hunger list is Frenchwoman Ingrid Betancourt, who was snatched by rebels back in 2002 when she ran for president of Colombia, but the lot of 'em are in line for hefty deals off the back of their ordeals. Hmm, you can almost picture a rash of hostage wannabes jetting down to Colombia with agents in tow, negotiating a short period of captivity, a staged rescue and profit points for participating guerrillas on any movie deal.

New on Premiere: Del Toro Chats Hellboy 2
Guillermo Del Toro has been chatting to us about Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Click here for the full Del Toro Q&A…

Bruno Strikes Again
Not that we’re obsessed with Sacha Baron Cohen’s post-Borat prankster Bruno and his efforts to corral unsuspecting folk into making fools of themselves for our 2009 summer viewing pleasure – but, okay, we are a little bit. It doesn’t top Schwarzenegger but the gay Austrian fashionista's latest victim is an ex-Mossad man, who was subjected to Cohen’s dumbed-down interview technique (among other things, comparing the Mideast conflict to the spat between Brad Pitt flames Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie).