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Speaking with Empire, Álvarez confirmed that he and Sayagues are working on the script for the Alien: Romulus sequel. He said, “We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while. Wherever we go now, we can go into uncharted waters. I think it’ll be so exciting to go with characters you know from this movie, to a place in the Alien franchise that we’ve never been before, and to discover things that you’ve never seen before.”

So he's got the Easter Egg references out of his system then hopefully? Come on, a decent Alien film please! 🙂

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[–] JeeBaiChow 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Studio executive: let's do alien cats! Yeah, no one will be expecting that! What about alien cows? I'm on a roll here! Alien dwarves!

Dunno man. I get the best kicks out of arcs that explore the evil mankind is capable of, but the movies seem to keep chucking large amounts of cgi and jump scares. It's like they don't care about the source material at all. Now it's all about scientist or goofy kinds on a jaunt in space, make goofy decision, discover or release alien spawn, firefight, running, showpiece shot, etc

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One more for the thread:

Alien on Stage (2020, dir Danielle Kummer and Lucy Harvey)

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwUHTKOsZwk

This is a story about a unique crew of Dorset bus drivers whose amateur dramatics group decide to ditch doing another pantomime and try something different. They spent a year creating a serious adaptation of the sci-fi horror film Alien, finding ingenious solutions to pay homemade homage to the original film. The show is a crushing flop but fate gives them a second chance to find their audience. Whilst still adjusting to the idea that their serious show is actually a comedy, the group find out they’re suddenly being whisked from their village hall to a London West End theatre to perform this accidental masterpiece for one night only. With wobbly sets, awkward acting and special effects requiring 'more luck than judgement,' will their West End debut be alright on the night? This bus driving crew are our space heroes. Their bus station is our space station. Dorset is outer-space and where is the Alien? It’s behind you!

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With even more butthole