One thing that sets James Cameron apart from other filmmakers is his quality-over-quantity approach — Cameron has only directed three movies in the last 16 years, but each earned over $1 billion and is one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. Cameron has focused primarily on developing the Avatar franchise in the last 20 years, but now that the future of the series has been called into question, he could be ready to dive into other projects after spending so much time on Pandora. However, while many modern audiences have connected to Cameron through his work on the hit sci-fi franchise, he’s been directing acclaimed hits for 40 years now. Avatar: The Way of Water may have grossed over $2 billion at the box office, but Cameron has another sci-fi sequel that’s even more iconic than his long-awaited return to Pandora.
All the way back in 1986, James Cameron took the directorial reins from Ridley Scott for Aliens, the sequel to the influential 1979 sci-fi masterpiece, Alien. It was always going to be difficult for any sequel to live up to a movie as good as Alien, but Cameron delivered a sci-fi thriller just as good, and some would even argue better, than the original. Now 40 years removed from Aliens grossing over $131 million at the box office against a modest $18 million budget, the film is officially making a comeback with a new Prime 1 Studio statue of the Queen Alien from the film. Standing at nearly 30 inches tall, the figure is now available for pre-order for a whopping $8,699, and it’s expected to ship out to customers starting November 2027.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
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🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
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Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
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You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
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You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
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You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
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You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
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You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
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Is ‘Aliens’ on Streaming?
Aliens is not available to watch on any of the big streaming services in America at the time of writing, but the film is available to rent or purchase on VOD platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV for only a few dollars. Even the original Alien is absent from streaming right now, as is the controversial 1992 threequel, Alien 3, which was directed by David Fincher. More recent additions to the franchise like the TV series Alien: Earth and the blockbuster Alien: Romulus are streaming on Hulu for all subscribers.
Check out the new Queen Alien Prime 1 Studio figure from Aliens and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of James Cameron’s future projects.
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