District 9 director Neill Blomkamp will make a new Alien film.
The South African posted a drawing of the franchise's infamous extraterrestrial character on Instagram saying, "so, I think this is officially my next film".
The post came just hours after Variety reported the director had struck a deal with 20th Century Fox to develop the film.
Blomkamp has previously been vocal about the project but last month indicated it had been abandoned.