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Ridley Scott confirmed that a new Alien film is in the works, but it'll likely be a departure from the worlds he previously created within Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
"That's in process," he said, going on to say that Prometheus and Alien: Covenant tried to "reinvent the wheel," but "whether or not we go directly back to [them] is doubtful because Prometheus woke it up very well. But you know, you're asking fundamental questions like... has the Alien himself, the facehugger, the chestburster, have they all run out of steam?" He added, "Do you have to rethink the whole bloody thing and simply use the word to franchise?"
"I still think there's a lot of mileage in Alien, but I think you'll have to now re-evolve. What I always thought when I was making it, the first one, why would a creature like this be made and why was it traveling in what I always thought was a kind of war-craft, which was carrying a cargo of these eggs. What was the purpose of the vehicle and what was the purpose of the eggs? That's the thing to question -- who, why and for what purpose is the next idea, I think." While Scott doesn't confirm how he is re-imagining Xenomorphs role in the world or galaxy, it does seem like he's rethinking their purpose on a stellar scale.
Ridley Scott confirmed that a new Alien film is in the works, but it'll likely be a departure from the worlds he previously created within Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
"That's in process," he said, going on to say that Prometheus and Alien: Covenant tried to "reinvent the wheel," but "whether or not we go directly back to [them] is doubtful because Prometheus woke it up very well. But you know, you're asking fundamental questions like... has the Alien himself, the facehugger, the chestburster, have they all run out of steam?" He added, "Do you have to rethink the whole bloody thing and simply use the word to franchise?"
"I still think there's a lot of mileage in Alien, but I think you'll have to now re-evolve. What I always thought when I was making it, the first one, why would a creature like this be made and why was it traveling in what I always thought was a kind of war-craft, which was carrying a cargo of these eggs. What was the purpose of the vehicle and what was the purpose of the eggs? That's the thing to question -- who, why and for what purpose is the next idea, I think." While Scott doesn't confirm how he is re-imagining Xenomorphs role in the world or galaxy, it does seem like he's rethinking their purpose on a stellar scale.
