Claim: Aliens (film) has sequels.

Alien 3 -LRB- stylized as Alien3 -RRB- is a 1992 American science-fiction horror film directed by David Fincher in his directorial debut , produced by Gordon Carroll , David Giler and Walter Hill , and written by Giler , Hill and Larry Ferguson from a story by Vincent Ward . It serves as the third film installment of the Alien franchise , and takes place after the events of Aliens -LRB- 1986 -RRB- and was followed by Alien : Resurrection -LRB- 1997 -RRB- .   The film stars Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley . She and an Alien organism are the only ones to survive the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco escape pod 's crash on a planet housing a penal colony populated by violent male inmates ; additional roles are played by Charles Dance , Charles S. Dutton , and Lance Henriksen .   The film faced large-scale problems during production , including shooting without a script , with various screenwriters and directors attached . Fincher was finally brought in to direct after a proposed version with Vincent Ward at the helm was cancelled well into pre-production .   While underperforming at the American box office , it earned over $ 100 million outside of North America . The film received polarized reviews and was regarded as inferior to the previous installments . Fincher has since disowned the film , blaming studio interference and deadlines . In 2003 , a revised version of the film known as the Assembly Cut was released without Fincher 's involvement ; it received a warmer reception than the first release version .