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"Alien" franchise star Sigourney Weaver cried happy tears Wednesday at the thought that her action hero roles paved the way for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid. During a press ...
It was 1979 when Sigourney Weaver portrayed Ellen Ripley as a young actress in the acclaimed sci-fi film Alien, a role she would reprise three more times in the franchise. With a career spanning ...
It’s been 44 years since Sigourney Weaver first played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” but don’t expect her to pull a Ford/”Dial of Destiny” and return to […] ...
Sigourney Weaver. Photo by Jacopo Raule/GC Images. The Mandalorian & Grogu is the first Star Wars film to be released in theaters since 2019's The Rise of Skywalker.
Sigourney Weaver's casting in 2026's The Mandalorian and Grogu movie will make her even more of a sci-fi icon following Alien and Avatar's success.
Sigourney Weaver recently received the highly acclaimed Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Best known for movies such as Alien, Ghostbusters and Avatar, Weaver recently ...
Sigourney Weaver is laying Ripley to rest. The “ Alien ” star confirmed that she is looking forward to another “younger” actor taking over the role of Ellen Ripley, which she originated in ...
In a 2017 interview with Sky New s (via IGN), Weaver said she felt like District 9 and Chappie director Blomkamp’s script for a fifth Alien movie, which would have ignored the events of Alien 3 ...
Sigourney Weaver has put a lot of time in space and says she is done playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise. The star of the Alien franchise has ruled out a potential return to space as a new ...
Weaver starred in the original “Alien” as Ellen Ripley, and for Spaeny, the draw of that character was how “unassuming” she starts out. “She’s sort of — it becomes survival.