“I love all of those movies,” the director says, confirming that the project is not a stand-alone but rather has connections to the other movies in the franchise. I didn’t want to overlook or leave out any of them.”
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: Romulus won’t be released in theaters until August, director Fede Álvarez is already ahead of the game. This is because Romulus, which is set between and closely related to Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), was previously publicly declared to be the love of acclaimed directors Ridley Scott and James Cameron, the team behind one of the greatest one-two punches in cinematic history. The “interquel” has now been revealed by Álvarez and Disney, who unveiled a horrifying 62-second teaser video today that recreates the style and atmosphere of the franchise’s true classics.
The narrative centers on a gang of twenty-something scavengers and colonists who stumble upon a Xenomorph within a run-down space station. Leading the way are Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu, all of whom are very young. Álvarez claims that an Aliens deleted scene that Cameron subsequently restored in his longer Special Edition edit gave him the notion to focus on younger people in this society.
Starring in the Alien: Romulus movie are Isabela Merced (The Last of Us), David Jonsson (Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy), Spike Fearn (Aftersun), Aileen Wu, and Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla. Directing from a script he co-wrote with longtime collaborator Rodo Sayagues (Don’t Breathe 2), which is based on characters invented by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett, is Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe).
Ridley Scott (Napoleon), who produced and directed the first Alien as well as the television series’ entries Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, Michael Pruss (Boston Strangler), and Walter Hill (Alien), is the producer of This Film. Executive producers Fede Alvarez, Elizabeth Cantillon (Charlie’s Angels), Brent O’Connor (Bullet Train), and Tom Moran (Unstoppable) are involved.
fifty more years for terraforming?”
Tells The Hollywood Reporter, Álvarez. “I thus recall thinking, ‘I would definitely be interested in those kids when they reach their early twenties, if I ever tell a story in that world.'”
Tells The Hollywood Reporter, Álvarez. “I thus recall thinking, ‘I would definitely be interested in those kids when they reach their early twenties, if I ever tell a story in that world.'”
At the beginning of Alien: Romulus movie principal photography, the studio wisely decided to go theatrical with the eighth installment in the Alien franchise instead of releasing it on Hulu, as they did with Dan Trachtenberg’s highly regarded Predator prequel, Prey (2022). Álvarez says, “Right when we started shooting it, the studio was like, ‘Fuck it, we’re going into theaters with this.”
In Alien: Romulus film Álvarez has a talent for making spectators squirm in their seats, whether it’s the famed basement scene in his 2016 blockbuster Don’t Breathe or any number of scenes in his 2013 reworking of Evil Dead. Romulus is doing the same after Merced revealed to THR that ten members of the set turned away in disgust after a playback of one of her “disgusting” scenes. The new teaser’s opening shot alludes to the scene by showing traces of it and featuring Merced’s character’s solitary remarks throughout the scene.
Álvarez intends to create something like to Scott’s famous chestburster sequence from the ’79 picture with this unsettlingly ambitious scene.
Despite the lack of visual effects, Álvarez’s director’s cut was seen to Romulus producer and franchise mastermind Scott, and the English director was impressed, saying, “Fede, what can I say?
Alien: Romulus And It’s really fantastic. Even yet, the Uruguayan director managed to bind Romulus to the entire series, despite his best efforts to evoke the essence of Scott and Cameron’s franchise-starting movies.
“All of those films are fantastic. When it comes to the connections between them on a monster, technology, plot, and character level, I didn’t want to leave any out or disregard any of them. Álvarez claims that there are always links between aliens and aliens: Covenant.
Below, in an interview with THR to promote the first trailer for This Alien Movie, Álvarez talks about creating the movie for the rapidly growing talent Cailee Spaeny.
Congratulations on taking the first step toward the release in August. I’m fascinated, even though the teaser was two hours too short.
(Giggles.) I’m grateful. That’s the concept, right? I’m happy I can finally talk about it. At this point, I went to ridiculous lengths to make sure I displayed the bare minimum. Not too much, just enough to pique your interest. Personally, I detest spoilers and anything that takes away from the night you finally settle down to see the film. Furthermore, this preview doesn’t take away from that [final] evening.
Thus, although Alien: Romulus is set between Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), it is apparently “unconnected” to the previous two movies. Is that accurate?
It does occur in between the two movies, albeit that isn’t right. I’m jealous that you won’t have seen any of them because of the way we put it together; you’re going to have an amazing time. You’ve never encountered anything like this, and now all these alien universes are coming at you. None of these things are known to you, and you have no idea how the creature is born. That is excellent. You’re going to love it.
Alien: Romulus It is, however, in a sense, a whole different experience if you have seen the other films, as you will recognize and make those connections. And if you’re a fan, you’ll be the one who tells your pals that you know where that gun is from, what the characters are talking about, and what this is from, annoying them while they’re in the theater.
That’s why Alien: Romulus designed that way, and ideally it works for everyone, but it’s related to all of them.
