"District 9" and more recently "Chappie" director Neil Blomkamp has been officially announced as the helmer of an "Alien" reboot. The sci-fi filmaker is also set on making the upcoming film a sequel to "Aliens."

Blomkamp published unofficial Alien concept art a few months back, openly expressing his desires in making the next "Alien" movie. Even the star of the series Sigourney Weaver who is also Blomkamps talent in "Chappie" said she was up for the role if the opportunity would cross her.

The director confirmed his participation in an Instragram post.

 Um... So I think it's officially my next film. #alien

A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on Feb 18, 2015 at 3:55pm PST

He also made clear exactly which part the upcoming film takes place in the series in this interview with Sky News.

"I want this film to feel like it's literally the genetic sibling of 'Aliens.' So it's 'Alien,' 'Aliens,' and then this movie," said Blomkamp.

It was stated in the report that the reboot would disregard the storyline in "Alien 3" and "Alien: Resurrection" in order to end Ripley's story.

Blomkamp explains futher in an interview with EW.

"Over the years, I came up with a story for a film in that universe that I wanted to make," he said. "And then when I talked to her about her experience making those films and what she thought about Ripley and everything else, it informed and changed the film I wanted to make into something different. It just sort of stuck with me. A year later, when post-production was winding down on 'Chappie,' I started fleshing out the idea for a film that would contain Sigourney."

"Fox never knew. I just worked on it when I could. Before I knew it, I had this really awesome film with a lot of artwork and a lot of backstory. And then I didn't know whether I was going to make it or not. So I just kind of sat on it for a while." the director reveals.

In the interview, he was asked if the movie would take after the events in "Prometheus."

"No, no. I want to keep it on hyper-lockdown. It's early yet. It's Chappietime," the director said in reply.