James Cameron is "thinking about" converting Aliens to 3D because "the tools are so much better" now

Legendary director James Cameron is eager to revisit and re-release Aliens in 3D.

"We are thinking about converting Aliens [to 3D], because I know now that the tools are so much better than they were for creating depth maps," Cameron told Letterboxd. "We're probably going to wind up converting Aliens, which will be a fun experience."

Speaking on the film's longevity, a sequel to Ridley Scott's Alien starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, and Lance Henriksen, Cameron said, "That film seems to be evergreen. People still go back to it a lot. If people remember a movie that I did 38 years ago, I think I've already won [an] argument."

Cameron has been one of the leading figures in 3D cinema, most notably helping pioneer and popularize the format to a global audience with his work on 2009's Avatar and the subsequent sequels.

The director has also dipped into his back catalogue in the past for 3D re-releases of classics Titanic and Terminator 2, but there's no set timeline yet for when Aliens – an action-heavy masterpiece – might roar into cinemas.

Alien fans can rest easy that, even if we don't get an Aliens 3D release, there's plenty of xenomorphs still nestling in the shadows.

An Alien: Isolation sequel is in the works from developers Creative Assembly, with a new tease being released as recently as last week. Alien: Earth season 2 has been greenlit, while a sequel to Alien: Romulus is on the way, too.

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