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Sigourney Weaver Signs for Alien 5 By Jack, (DT) February 5, 2001 10:47 AM PT

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 20 years after the first "Alien" film shocked audiences around the world, actress Sigourney Weaver has agreed a 15 million pound deal to play Ripley for a fifth time, the Sunday Express reported. The British paper said the film -- which will be set on Earth for the first time -- would be released in 2004, the 25th anniversary of the original. "I've always wanted to do one where we go back to the planet from where the alien originally came or even get to Earth," Weaver told the newspaper. The 51-year-old actress will also be executive producer on "Alien 5," written by "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator Joss Wheedon. Fans thought the films' run had come to an end when Weaver's character was killed off in "Alien 3" in 1992, but she was successfully cloned to reappear in "Alien Resurrection" in 1997.