‘Alien: Romulus’ director Fede Alvarez has teased he will “go into uncharted waters” on the sequel.
Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson are set to return for the sequel to Alien: Romulus
The 46-year-old filmmaker is currently penning the script for the follow-up to his 2024 sci-fi horror flick with co-writer Rodo Sayagues and has revealed that he might be taking the story for his next ‘Alien’ movie in a bold, new direction.
Speaking to Empire magazine, he said: “Rodo and I are working on that right now.
“We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in ‘Alien: 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.”
While keeping his cards close to his chest regarding specifics about the sequel’s story, the director hinted the movie would once again follow ‘Alien: Romulus’ protagonist Rain (Cailee Spaeny).
He said: “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.”
As well as the ‘Civil War’ star, it was also confirmed David Jonsson – who played the space explorer Andy in ‘Alien: Romulus’ – would also be returning for the sequel.
Even so, Alvarez insisted that he needed to find the right story before committing to the movie.
He explained: “The mistake usually with sequels is to make them because you can, and because of the success of ‘Romulus’, we definitely can make a sequel.
“But I wouldn’t do it unless we have a really good idea for it, something that’s…
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