15 Facts About Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection is a 1997 American science fiction horror film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder.

Alien Resurrection had its premiere in Paris on November 6, 1997 and was released to the public on November 12.

The storylines of Resurrection have been continued in the comic series Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator and books Aliens: Original Sin and Alien: Sea of Sorrows.

The Alien Resurrection Queen, having developed a uterus as a result of her genetic contamination with Ripley 8, gives birth to a Xenomorph with overtly human traits.

Alien Resurrection's thought that the error during Ripley's cloning process would allow her to further explore the character, since Ripley becoming part-human and part-Alien would create uncertainty about where her loyalties lay.

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Jeunet had just completed the script to Amelie and was surprised he was offered the job for Alien Resurrection, as he thought the franchise had finished with Alien 3 and believed that making a sequel was a bad idea.

Alien Resurrection required an interpreter as he did not speak much English when filming began.

Alien Resurrection opted to make the film a dark comedy and was encouraged to include more violence.

Alien Resurrection was filmed at Fox studios in Los Angeles, California, from October 1996 to February 1997.

Alien Resurrection was the first installment in the Alien series to be filmed outside England, a decision made by Weaver, who believed that the previous films' travel schedules exhausted the crew.

Alien Resurrection's suggested using a body double, but knew that it would be too obvious to audiences due to the difference in hair length.

Alien Resurrection's filmed the scene, but suffered from anxiety on the first day of filming.

Alien Resurrection was first released onto home-video in the VHS, LaserDisc and DVD formats on June 2, 1998.

Alien Quadrilogy contains a documentary called One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection, featuring over two hours of footage relating to pre-production, production, post-production, screen tests, concept art, and audio commentary by the cast and crew.

Alien Resurrection opened in France on November 12, 1997 on 507 screens and had over 1 million admissions for the week with a gross of $6, 754, 530, finishing at the top of the French box office.