Remarkableriots Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Looks like Alien: Romulus being directed by Fede Alvarez starts production next month. Has anybody else heard about this? Alien: Romulus, directed by Fede Alvarez, starts filming in February WWW.GOOGLE.COM The Alien movie being directed by Fede Alvarez is going by the title Alien: Romulus and starts filming in February. Hopefully it's good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I hadn't heard of this but I'm not surprised. Disney/Marvel/Fox seem determined to ressurrect the Alien and Predator franchises. They're off to a good start with Predator... let's hope they can do the same for Alien. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I couldn't tell from the article - is this a sequel to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant? I'm assuming so, but I'm surprised Ridley Scott is letting someone else do it since that seemed to be his thing but I'm down in letting other writers and directors do some Alien movies again. Director Fede Alvarez (and his frequent co-writer Rodo Sayagues) I could see doing a good job but it's no guarantee. Their Evil Dead remake of The Evil Dead was pretty solid and I liked Don't Breathe a good bit but The Girl in the Spider's Web was pretty meh and Don't Breathe 2, while Rodo directed instead of Fede Alvarez, they still co-wrote it together as usual and I haven't heard good things about that one. But they know horror which works for Alien. I'm more interested in Noah Hawley's (Fargo, Legion) upcoming Alien TV show by comparison though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Ridley Scott Producing New ‘Alien’ Movie for Hulu from ‘Don’t Breathe’ Director Fede Álvarez WWW.INDIEWIRE.COM The film will be based on an original idea from Álvarez, who is "a rabid fan of the franchise" I read Ridley Scott approved of the script and gave his blessing. Even calling him months after pitching his movie idea too Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 24 minutes ago, silentbob said: I read Ridley Scott approved of the script Given how Covenant turned out that might not be a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Alien Romuls?!?! so is this an Alien/Star Trek crossover? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I read it as Alien Rhombus and now I can't not see that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 7 hours ago, EternallDarkness said: Alien Romuls?!?! so is this an Alien/Star Trek crossover? Aliens finally win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 After Covenant they might as well try basically anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: After Covenant they might as well try basically anything. Or just stop making them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Or just stop making them. I mean I'm in that camp as well but I can't ALWAYS be the angry old fuck in here . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Bloodporne said: After Covenant they might as well try basically anything. I might be in the minority here, but I actually liked Covenant and was hoping he would cap off the trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 58 minutes ago, silentbob said: I might be in the minority here, but I actually liked Covenant and was hoping he would cap off the trilogy. I'm one of the ones who also likes Prometheus and Covenant. Any time the movies chose to get artsy and weird is when they got really good for me. Very exploratory and strange films with horror elements. People focus too much on the stupid acting characters in both movies but that's not really the substance of either film. They are also beautifully designed, shot, and scored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I was fine with Prometheus and I do agree people were a bit too nitpicky when it came to that movie. Covenant on the other hand was just bad. Good first half but falls way off in the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I bet this is just going to set up yet another sequel, Alien: Remus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I LOVED Prometheus. People went full “bombs in space” on that movie for no reason 🙄 Covenant sucks though. But then again that movie pissed me off in the first 10 minutes when I realized the sequel/story I wanted was just a 10 minute flashback at the beginning 😐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Remember my absolutely unhinged anti-Ridley Scott/Damon Lindelof rant from back when Prometheus was released? I'm STILL bitter about that movie's absolutely wasted potenetial! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjomesphat Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I loved Prometheus even if people are obsessed with pointing out all of the idiotic decisions the characters make. None of that stuff really bothers, tbh. Now Covenant, that's just a terrible movie and I hate how convoluted they're making it to try and connect to Alien. I wanted an actual sequel to Prometheus of the two of them finding the Engineer's planet and digging deeper into that mythology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Remember my absolutely unhinged anti-Ridley Scott/Damon Lindelof rant from back when Prometheus was released? I'm STILL bitter about that movie's absolutely wasted potenetial! I feel the same, I think. It was beautiful and I think it's still a good film despite the poor character writing (if you can get past it), but it massively failed its potential. Just a few small tweaks could have made it great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I mean, I absolutely wanted what was originally promised with a Prometheus sequel, but it's pretty clear that despite all the weird stuff in Covenant (basically everything involving the two Fassbender androids) that the film was clearly made as a response to people not liking/caring about the culture and mythology of the creation of human life by alien Engineers in Prometheus but instead most audiences just wanted scares and stuff like the original Alien from Ridley Scott and Covenant provided a lot more of that as a response to those criticisms. Scott clearly wanted to make his journey to Eden movie, but all we get instead was a quick short film. Blame audiences and the studio for how Covenant turned out. It's still got a lot of cool stuff to say about gods, creators, creations, and androids though, and it is still a beautiful film to look at, watch, and listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 ‘Alien: Romulus’ Gets Ridley Scott's Seal Of Approval: "It's F—king Great!" - Bounding Into Comics BOUNDINGINTOCOMICS.COM Ridley Scott told Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez he loved the movie, which is a good sign for its quality. Quote “And then he [walked] into the room and he did say, ‘Fede, what can I say? It’s [frick]ing great,’” he recalled. “For me, it was like… My family knows it was one of the best moments of my life to have a master like him, who I admired so much, to even watch a movie I made but particularly something like this…” He continued, “…and [talked] to me for an hour about what he liked about it. One of the best compliments he said was, ‘The dialogue is great. Are you the writer?’ Yes!” CBM seconded the notion that Ridley Scott is blunt and hard to please, so his endorsement of Romulus is a good sign on paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 I have supreme confidence in Fede for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Disney/FOX/Marvel clearly has plans for Fox' three sci-fi franchises; Alien, Predator and Planet of the Apes based on the comics they've been publishing recently. Alien has a new series, its third since since Fox was acquired by Disney/Marvel, that just started this month. Predator has an AMAZING crossover with Wolverine going on right now and Planet of the Apes' first series ended earlier this year. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do these franchises moving forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 I don't trust Ridley Scott on other peoples' works but I'm hoping Fede Alvarez pulls it off. We also have Noah Hawley's (Fargo, Legion) upcoming Alien show as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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