The director Fede Álvarez stopped a rumor on the rest ofAlien : Romuluswhich mainly refers to a desire for Ridley Scott before him, at the time of Prometheus.
Life is beautiful for Alien. Alien : Romulus Was a beautiful box office box (more than 350 million, for a budget of 80 million), the studio has already validated a suite with Fede Álvarez, and the film even won a Oscar appointment of the best visual effectsin particular facing Dune: second part et The Planet of the Apes: the new kingdom. Which is a bit ironic since the director had just changed certain effects after the cinema outing, after obtaining a small additional budget in order to improve them.
Knowing that the series Alien : Earth This year will arrive on Disney+, and that the studio is already thinking of a new Alien vs Predatorthe Xenos factory is officially reopened. It was Ridley Scott’s plan with Prometheusbut the non-sucks ofAlien : Covenant In 2017 had put a brake on his ambitions as a saga-prone, buried for good when Disney bought the studio 20th Century Fox in 2019.
And precisely, fede Álvarez stopped net The rumor around the return of a character Obviously essential of the saga. An idea that Ridley Scott had in mind, and which will apparently not be recycled (for now ..?).
Alien, this return
It is on Twitter (yes yes we know, x) that the rumor was reappeared. Specializing in more or less verified scoops, Daniel Richtman has shared:
“For the next Alien film, they plan to bring Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) by using rejuvenation technology. »»
Fede Álvarez then took the trouble to answer himself to deny:
“Rumor fun. But absolutely not true. »»
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It could be a simple wacky rumor among others, but this idea does not come out of nowhere. Ridley Scott himself had spoken of this project at the time of Prometheus et Alien : Covenant.
Alien, his resurrection
When he put his hands back in the saga Alien with PrometheusRidley Scott saw things big. He wanted A saga of prequelscomposed of several episodes on the origins of the xenomorphs. After the success of Prometheus (more than 400 million for an official budget of approximately 120 million), and after participating in killing the project Alien 5 From Neill Blomkamp, he dreamed of several suites in addition toAlien : Covenant In order to achieve a goal: Reconnect to the very first film.
In 2015, he explained to The Hollywood Reporter :
“After Alien: Covenant, there will be another one and then another, which will gradually return to the 1979 film through the service door. »»
And it is for this reason that The return of Ellen Ripley was in a corner of his head, as he had explained in video in a question-answer session on Instagram in 2017, when he had been asked if he considered rejuvenating Sigourney Weaver :
“We are heading for the first alien so it could be doable. Ripley will have to be someone’s daughter. We arrive through the service door. […] I think we are probably still two films before I can consider its appearance. »»
Given that Ridley Scott is still a producer of the sagathatAlien : Romulus did not renounce Prometheus et Alien : Covenant Since this part of mythology was integrated into the story, and that another character in the first film had come back thanks to the visual effects, there would be no surprising to see this old recycled idea. But will not be in the next film. Ripley can therefore continue to sleep quietly – for now.
