Cailee Spaeny had one of the crucial profitable runs in 2024. Coming off of Sofia Copolla’s Priscilla, the place she performed Priscilla Presley, Spaeny collaborated with the sensible Alex Garland on the difficult apolitical drama Civil Conflict, then returned to the world of big-budget motion sci-fi for the spectacular and unnerving Alien: Romulus. Each of these movies – totally different as they’re on the floor – ended up on my private High 10 listing for 2024 due to what they tried, and what they achieved. It appeared inevitable that twentieth Century would push for a sequel to Alien: Romulus, given the monetary success of the film, and the essential acclaim. And since I’m protecting of the franchise, I’m thrilled by the latest feedback director Fede Alvarez made in regards to the sequel’s growth.
Fede Alvarez understands the challenges that include making sequels to among the most beloved horror franchises of all time. In 2013, the director stepped into the Evil Lifeless sequence, and turned heads together with his violence. He helped launch Don’t Breathe into its personal franchise, however then shifted into the Lisbeth Salander diversifications for The Lady within the Spider’s Net. You may suppose that he’d wish to preserve branching out into his personal worlds, however he as a substitute determined to reinvent the Alien sequence with Alien: Romulus. He can have the chance to return to this galaxy if he needed to, however in a dialog with Empire, he defined a few of his hesitancy when he stated:
The error often with sequels is to make them as a result of you possibly can, and due to the success of Romulus, we positively could make a sequel. However I wouldn’t do it except we now have a very good concept for it, one thing that’s worthy of the title.
How usually do you hear that from a director? Fede Alvarez is principally turning up his nostril to a assured paycheck from a serious studio to proceed his story, as a result of he doesn’t wish to push on except he has a cause. Too many individuals would simply say sure, then determine the story out after the actual fact. As a substitute, we see examples like Alvarez or Matt Reeves on The Batman sequence who’re prepared to press pause on manufacturing and wait till a script is prepared.
As for the standing of the script of a attainable Alien: Romulus sequel, Fede Alvarez had an replace. And it has me very excited, as a result of I do know that he’s hoping up the bar of high quality earlier than he will get again within the saddle. Chatting with Empire, Alvarez stated:
Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and I are engaged on that proper now. We’re enthusiastic about the place it could possibly go. We’ve virtually checked the entire packing containers of issues that I wish to see [in Romulus], and introduced again lots of the issues I hadn’t seen shortly. Wherever we go now, we will go into uncharted waters. … I feel it’ll be so thrilling to go together with characters you realize from this film, to a spot within the Alien franchise that we’ve by no means been earlier than, and to find issues that you just’ve by no means seen earlier than.
We gained’t see an Alien: Romulus sequel this yr. If it occurs in any respect, I’m pondering 2026 or 2027. So if you are ready, dial up our information to upcoming 2025 motion pictures, and plan a newer journey to the theaters.