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After Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens wowed audiences, David Fincher’s Alien 3 came along and ended up falling flat with audiences. I wasn’t a big fan of Alien 3, there was a chance that it could’ve been a really good film, though!

There was a script for the film that was written by William Gibson that the studio didn’t want to use, and over the years it has gained cult status. Well, that script is now being turned into an audio drama for Audible and Michael Biehn is set to reprise his role of Corporal Hicks in it!

Here’s are some details on the project that were shared:

"Audible is bringing William Gibson’s lost Alien III script to life in audio for the first time, to mark the 40th Anniversary of the birth of the Alien Franchise. Alongside a full cast Michael...

Last summer, Dark Horse announced that they were releasing a comic book version of William Gibson's unfilmed Alien III script, and now Audible is brining the screenplay to life as an audio drama featuring Michael Biehn reprising his role as Corporal Hicks from Aliens. Ahead of the audio drama's May 30th release, and in celebration of Alien Day, Audible released the first teaser for fans to listen to, including Biehn saying his character's iconic line, "Stay frosty."

Read on for additional details on Audible's Alien III audio drama, as well as the new audio clip, and check here to catch up on all of our Alien 40th anniversary celebration coverage!

"Audible is bringing William Gibson’s lost Alien III script to life in audio for the first time, to mark the 40th Anniversary of the birth of the Alien Franchise.

Alongside a full cast, Michael Biehn reprises his iconic...

Alien fans rejoice! William Gibson's original script for Alien 3 is being turned into an audiobook by Audible. Not only that, but Michael Biehn is returning to reprise his role as Corporal Hicks for the audio dramatization of the story. This is, all around, great news for fans of the franchise. Not only because we're currently in a bit of a dry spell on the movie front ever since Alien: Covenant was released, but this will allow us to experience what could have been in perhaps the most authentic way possible.

Alien 3 was stuck in development at Fox for some time following the success of James Cameron's 1986 sequel Aliens, which was the first sequel to Ridley Scott's original sci-fi classic. Eventually, David Fincher wound up in the director's chair for a story that involved Ripley being the sole survivor of the Sulaco, with both Newt and Hicks winding up dead.