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District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp is officially going to direct the next film in the Alien franchise. This is separate from Prometheus, which Ridley Scott is still working on with the sequel. Apparently this film will take place "years after the Prometheus sequel." Blomkamp apparently got the job after he showed the studio some concept art on his idea for a new Alien film. Check the concept artwork below.
You can read more details on the project at UHM's page http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movie/alien-5
Whether people like his films or not, Blomkamp is a pretty talented sci-fi director and I'm looking forward to seeing where he takes the franchise.