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Sigourney Weaver, one of the most iconic actresses, has confirmed that she has met with Disney regarding the possibility of reprising her role as Ellen Ripley in yet another “Alien” installment. She expressed an interest in teaming up with Walter Hill, the producer of Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, to create a very different kind of “Alien.”

She spoke to EW while appearing on an “Alien” reunion panel at New York Comic Con on Friday. “Walter Hill is a very good friend of mine and he wrote 50 pages of where Ripley would be now. They are quite extraordinary. So I don’t know if it’s going to happen, but I have had a meeting with Fox – Disney, or whoever it is now.”

She asserts that she has not been inclined to reintroduce the character to the big screen, except for Neill Blomkamp’s unrealized ‘Aliens’ sequel. “Except for Neil, I’ve never felt the need to reprise the role. I was always like, ‘Let her rest! Let her recover!’ But what Walter has written is so… first of all, it seems so true to me. It’s very much about the society that would incarcerate someone who has tried to help mankind, but she’s a problem to them so she’s tucked away.”

I’m thinking about working with Walter to see what the rest of the story would be. It would not be running around air shafts. It would be a very different kind of Alien with a really good script. Scary.”

She adds that “It’s inevitable, but I love what he’s done with the character. He really gets her strength and her anger and her humor, and it’s very hard to write. It’s surprisingly hard to write Ripley. Everybody makes you sound like a gym teacher. ‘All right, people, let’s do business!’ So Walter has it.”

Weaver recently gave FX’s “Alien: Earth” series high praise, saying it “explores some of the themes that have always been part of the Alien series,” and he thinks it’s both beautifully acted and well-done.