Alien 3 ends on a dark note for Sigourney Weaver's Ripley, but the original ending had to be reshot to avoid comparison with another '90s blockbuster.
Alien 3 was forced to change its ending at the last minute due to a rival blockbuster. Alien 3 ranks alongside the likes of Apocalypse Now and World War Z when it comes to nightmarish productions. The sequel spent years in development hell before David Fincher was hired to direct, but from an incomplete script to creative disagreements and other production hassles, the project appeared cursed.
Alien 3 Changed Its Original Ending Because Of Terminator 2 While Alien 3 was filming, Fox and producers Walter Hill and David Giler had heard about the ending to Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day. To recap, T2 also concluded with a finale set around a vat of molten lead where the human characters are chased around by a relentless killing machine.
Why Alien 3's Original Ending Is Better Both co-star Charles Dance and Giler would later confirm Alien 3's ending was reshot to avoid T2 comparisons. The producers of Alien 3 would have saved themselves some heartache had they shot a few versions of the ending in the first place. Some drafts featured alternate endings, such as the Alien Queen bursting out of Ripley and trying to escape before her jump, with the two then falling into the vat.
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