FOX LOCKS JEUNET FOR 4TH ALIEN

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Title:FOX LOCKS JEUNET FOR 4TH ALIEN
Source:Variety
Date:April 16, 1996


By John Brodie

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the co-director of

The City of Lost Children'' and Delicatessen,'' is set to direct

the fourth installment in Fox's Alien'' franchise. Written by

Joss Whedon (Toy Story'') and set to star Sigourney Weaver and

Winona Ryder, Alien Resurrection'' could go before the cameras

in mid-September.

Resurrection'' could be ready for a spring '97 release. Fox

plans to shoot the film in Los Angeles, not in the U.K., as was

the plan when Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave'') was set to direct

the film. He dropped out in February.