This will be the fifth film in the Alien franchise (not including Alien vs. Predator films).
The 1979 original was about a crew on a commercial space ship that is sent to help out a ship that is sending a distress signal. The crew realizes too late that the signal was meant as a warning. Chaos and death ensue upon their ship.
Jon Spaihts also has a few other films in the works. He has been hired by Fox to write "The Darkest Hour", by Disney to write "Children of Mars" and hired by Sony to write "St. George and the Dragon".