Fede Álvarez, the director of movies like 2013’s Evil Useless, Do not Breathe, and final yr’s Alien revival, Alien: Romulus, has shared a sequel replace that may have followers’ chests bursting with pleasure. Talks a couple of sequel started rapidly after Romulus gained traction, and have become one of many highest-ranked movies within the franchise. Though there have been rumors a couple of potential follow-up, nothing has been formally introduced but. Nonetheless, the director has now revealed the place the sequel lies. Followers of the horror sci-fi franchise, you would possibly need to preserve studying.
Álvarez was featured as a visitor of honor within the horror-focused podcast Marea Nocturna. Hosts Desirée de Fez, Jordi Sánchez-Navarro, Xavi Sánchez Pons, and Ángel Sala took the director on a journey to speak concerning the highlights of his profession, together with his beginnings as an newbie director taking pictures do-it-yourself films within the streets of Uruguay. After releasing the quick function Panic Assault! in 2009, Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert (the founders of Ghost Home Footage) had been impressed, and Álvarez was supplied a deal to remake Evil Useless. What adopted was the dream he had at all times pursued.
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Alien: Romulus has been Álvarez’s most profitable movie so far. Not solely that, however the horror sci-fi sequel was the second highest-grossing movie within the Alien franchise and the highest-grossing horror film of 2024. It was a serious franchise hit that led producers to contemplate one other sequel. It stays untitled, however Álvarez shared just a few notes concerning the present standing of the movie:
“I am at the moment within the interval between films, the place I principally put on the author’s hat, and I at all times strive to do that. To think about that I will not direct the film, and that I simply have to jot down a narrative. I am on this course of now. We’re writing a sequel to Romulus, and we’re in the course of that. After I say, ‘We,’ I imply I and Rodo [Sayagues], my co-writer in all my films. It is what we’re doing day-after-day proper now.”
The dialog then segued into a protracted chat about influences, business anecdotes, and turning into the horror grasp that Álvarez is at the moment. When wrapping the episode, the hosts invite the director to the following Sitges Movie Pageant, which can happen in Spain subsequent October. It was in Álvarez’s response that he revealed that maybe he would not make it to Sitges, as a result of the sequel could be in manufacturing by then. However, he mentioned that if the manufacturing requires him to be in Europe, he may attend:
Hopefully, by that point, I needs to be in pre-production [for the sequel], but when the manufacturing is about in Europe, then I ought to go.
‘Alien: Romulus’ Introduced Life Again Into the Franchise
Alien: Romulus used franchise components to attract viewers into what appeared like a median Alien sequel. Nonetheless, Álvarez and Sayagues’ script included horror tropes, and primarily based the story on compelling characters who had been higher written than traditional. Romulus restored the religion within the Alien universe that many had misplaced after Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. Álvarez’s sequel eliminated all of the philosophical backstory and as a substitute centered on the inherent terror of the unique movies. He made us really feel as if we had been in house once more, and nobody may hear us scream.
Supply: Marea Nocturna podcast (by way of YouTube)