Ridley Scott Says ‘Alien: Romulus’ Was Just “Okay,” Is Rewriting the Next ‘Alien’
By Dread Central
3 min readJust a few days ago, we reported that Ridley Scott’s long-dead third Alien prequel was apparently back in the works, […]
Just a few days ago, we reported that Ridley Scott’s long-dead third Alien prequel was apparently back in the works, […]
For anyone else who had to Google Ozymandias, Scott is essentially saying David has developed a massive fucking God complex.
Scott also made it clear that his fascination with David is directly tied to his increasingly timely fears surrounding artificial intelligence.
“I like the fact that AI is going off the rails,” Scott added. “If we go AI, the moment we discover it’s off the rails, it’s too late. It could switch every digital thing off in the world like that. You’d have fucking chaos. It’s that kind of stuff that’s scary.”
There has been a ton of noise surrounding the future of Alien lately.
Álvarez stepped away from directing the planned Alien: Romulus follow-up, although he has remained involved as a producer. More recently, Evil Dead Burn director Sébastien Vaniček was reportedly approached to direct the next movie, but those talks reportedly fell apart.
There was also an unconfirmed rumor that Álvarez wanted to bring Michael Fassbender’s David into his Romulus sequel, but Scott wouldn’t allow it because he wanted to use the character himself.
Suddenly, that rumor is at least a little more interesting.
Scott’s comments also expand on what he told the Los Angeles Times just days ago. The outlet reported that a third Alien prequel is in the works and would follow David creating a “brave new world for himself.”
If this all sounds familiar, that’s because Scott has been trying to make this movie since 2017.
Before Alien: Covenant was even released, Scott was already developing another installment, at one point referred to as Alien: Awakening. The planned continuation would have carried David’s story forward and eventually helped bridge Scott’s prequels into the original Alien.
Then Covenant underperformed, the continuation was shelved, Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, and the franchise eventually moved on without him behind the camera.
Nearly a decade later, Ridley Scott apparently isn’t done with David after all.
And this time, he’s rewriting the next Alien himself.
