Alien: Covenant Sequel Reportedly In The Works With Ridley Scott Directing

It’s now been over two years for the reason that launch of Alien: Covenant, and up to now, we’ve but to obtain any affirmation that one other film is especially near going into manufacturing. That being stated, it no less than appears like a 3rd Alien prequel is at present effervescent in improvement with the involvement of director Ridley Scott.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the franchise’s first installment, Selection printed an article reflecting on the sci-fi basic and its genesis. After referencing Covenant and 2012’s Prometheus, the piece mentions that one other prequel, which Scott will helm, is “within the script part.”

After the blended response obtained by Prometheus and Covenant – to not point out the underwhelming field workplace efficiency of the latter – there’s been quite a lot of uncertainty round the way forward for the franchise. Nonetheless, it appears like filmgoers within the pro-prequel camp nonetheless have motive to be optimistic that Covenant’s cliffhanger ending might some day be resolved.

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Certainly, within the wake of the Disney/Fox merger, the Mouse Home implied at this 12 months’s CinemaCon that Alien is among the Fox franchises they plan to proceed. In the meantime, Scott has repeatedly made it clear that he’s put some thought into the place the sequence can go from right here. In a current interview with The Hollywood Reporter, for example, the director acknowledged that it’s robust to maintain the saga contemporary in spite of everything these years, earlier than including that they’re seeking to “see the place it will possibly evolve.”

From the sound of issues, Alien: Covenant 2 should be a good distance off from reaching theaters, assuming it ever does. All the identical, it’s wanting very seemingly that the franchise has some life in it but, and if Scott can discover a technique to hold issues attention-grabbing, then all the higher.