The ‘Alien’ universe still has a lot to offer. A television prequel has been underway for some time by Noah Hawley (‘Fargo’), which does not seem to be very pleasing to Ridley Scott, and now it has been confirmed that we will have a new movie from the legendary science fiction saga. The person in charge of bringing it to a good port will be Faith Alvarezhead of ‘Don’t Breathe’.
an old idea
The most curious thing about the matter is that the film not part of a new ideaWell, Álvarez, a big fan of the franchise, casually introduced it to Ridley Scott a few years ago. The concept stuck with the director of ‘The Last Duel’ and at the end of 2021 he contacted Álvarez to find out that he was still interested. Clearly yes.
That is already a guarantee that the project is not doomed to end up languishing, which was just what happened with the ‘Alien 4’ that it was preparing Neill Blomkamp. The bad news is that nothing is known about its plot, but it will be a story disconnected from the rest. What’s more, Steve Ashbellpresident of 20th Century, has confirmed that it is “a really good story with a bunch of characters we’ve never seen before“.
In addition, everything points to a film with a contained budget and a certain margin of freedom for Álvarez to be more faithful to the roots of the genre, since the idea is that premieres directly on the streaming platform Hulu, which has the goal of releasing 10 original 20th Century movies. As has recently happened with ‘In the storm’, it is most likely that in Spain we will see it through Disney +.
Via | The Hollywood Reporter