Having made virtually $400 million on the worldwide box-office, Alien: Romulus defied all expectations and introduced the franchise again to life.
In fact, with such robust numbers, rumblings of a sequel have been afoot because the opening weekend. Beforehand, filmmaker Fede Alvarez mentioned there had solely been “a dialog” about one other film. Nevertheless, that every one seems to have modified, with Alvarez lately revealing his imaginative and prescient for the sequel.
Talking in a current interview, Alvarez acknowledged:
“Rodo [Sayagues] and I are engaged on that proper now. We’re enthusiastic about the place it will probably go. We’ve virtually checked the entire packing containers of issues that I wish to see [in Romulus], and introduced again loads of the issues I hadn’t seen shortly. Wherever we go now, we will go into uncharted waters.”
Alvarez’s phrases counsel a sequel is kind of far alongside in growth, and his intention to take Alien into “uncharted waters” sounds undeniably intriguing. Given the futuristic nature of the collection, the place might it probably go subsequent?
Alvarez continued:
“I feel it’ll be so thrilling to go along with characters from this film, to a spot within the Alien franchise that we’ve by no means been earlier than, and to find issues that you just’ve by no means seen earlier than.”
Alvarez echoes the phrases of twentieth Century Studios head Steve Asbell, who final 12 months floated his perception that actors Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson would probably reprise their roles in a sequel.
Alvarez concluded his assertion by stating his intentions behind a sequel are pure, and never only a money seize:
“The error normally with sequels is to make them as a result of you may, and due to the success of Romulus, we undoubtedly could make a sequel. However I wouldn’t do it until we’ve got a extremely good thought for it, one thing that’s worthy of the title.”
So, though not formally green-lit, a sequel to Alien: Romulus, with a returning solid and crew appears very possible.
In fact, Alien followers gained’t have to attend lengthy for his or her subsequent repair, as FX and Hulu will probably be premiering the Alien: Earth tv present later this 12 months. So, it looks like a good time to be an Alien devotee!
