Like its development, filming was tumultuous and rife with conflicts between Cameron and the British crew at Pinewood Studios. On an approximately $18.5 million budget, Aliens began principal photography in September 1985. Although relatively inexperienced, Cameron was given the director role based on his success directing The Terminator. The project stalled again until new Fox executive Lawrence Gordon pursued a sequel.

Based on his scripts for The Terminator (1984) and Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Cameron was hired to write a story for Aliens in 1983. Aliens features Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, and Carrie Henn in supporting roles.Дespite the success of Alien, its sequel took years to develop it was delayed by lawsuits, a lack of enthusiasm from 20th Century Fox, and repeated changes in management.

When communications are lost with a human colony on the moon on which her crew first encountered the alien creatures, Ripley agrees to return to the site with a troop of Colonial Marines to investigate. Set in the far future, the film stars Sigourney Weaver as Lieutenant Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of an alien attack on her ship. It is the sequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, and the second film in the Alien franchise. Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron.

Colonial marines concept art