Early last month some amazing concept art was released by director Neill Blomkamp, whose movies include District 9, Elysium, and the upcoming Chappie.

The concept art was for a new movie in the Alien series that Blomkamp was developing once upon a time, but was apparently not working on anymore, depressing as that was for the many fans of the movies who reacting with overwhelming positivity to the images.

While Blomkamp might not be actively developing a new Alien movie right this very moment, it turns out that the possibility of the movie becoming a reality is not as out of the question as it was once thought to be. In fact, according to the director, if he wanted to make it, he could. See what he had to say below.

Blomkamp chatted with Uproxx while promoting Chappie recently, when the topic of his concept art came up. He doesn’t always give very long answers, but they are very interesting ones.

He was first asked about how the idea to develop an Alien movie came from:

And as it turns out, Sigourney Weaver, who played Ripley in the Alien franchise, was a big inspiration:

The interviewer then mentioned how developed the art looked, like a full story was already there. Blomkamp confirmed that it was, before revealing that he actually wasn’t sure if he ever wanted to make another movie and why, which is the reason he ultimately decided to release the concept art:

This all led to an amusing exchange of questions and answers that revealed that the movie could still actually happen, and the surprising reason why it’s not already officially happening:

You can read more of the chat with Blomkamp and stay tuned for their interview about Chappie over at Uproxx Movies.

You can also check out the trailers for Chappie right here.