You have seen the teaser of the new Alien flick—which is as dark as an Alien movie is expected to be—now see more of it in this latest official trailer drop from 20th Century Studios—if you dare. Nah. Just kidding. It won’t make your heart jump out. It’s more of a sci-fi scare flick than a sci-fi horror. And it’s just, well, messy as an Alien film should be.
I mean are we even surprised? It’s in outer space. In a spaceship that somehow always never well-lit and ermmm, has a lot of water? To be honest, I am not sure if the entertainment world—or the fandom, for that matter—needs a seventh Alien film. More so if you know it ain’t a sequel or prequel. It’s an interquel set between the events of the OG Alien movie and the 1986 sequel. Here are the official words:
Alien: Romulus takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. The film stars Cailee Spaeny (“Civil War”), David Jonsson (“Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy”), Archie Renaux (“Shadow and Bone”), Isabela Merced (“The Last of Us”), Spike Fearn (“Aftersun”), Aileen Wu. Fede Alvarez (“Evil Dead,” “Don’t Breathe”) directs from a screenplay he wrote with frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues (“Don’t Breathe 2”) based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett. “Alien: Romulus” is produced by Ridley Scott (“Napoleon”), who directed the original “Alien” and produced and directed the series’ entries “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” Michael Pruss (“Boston Strangler”), and Walter Hill (“Alien”), with Fede Alvarez, Elizabeth Cantillon (“Charlie’s Angels”), Brent O’Connor (“Bullet Train”), and Tom Moran (“Unstoppable”) serving as executive producers.
Alien: Romulus will hit the theaters on August 16, 2024.
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