After the release of Aliens and its financial success in 1986, 20th Century Fox decided to hire Cameron to direct a sequel entitled Alien 3, the third installment in the Alien franchise [REF].
Around 1989, Stan Lee and Chris Claremont entered in talks with Carolco Pictures and Lightstorm Entertainment to make a film adaptation of the X-Men comic book series, with Cameron as producer, Kathryn Bigelow as director and Gary Goldman as writer [REF].