Last Updated on October 28, 2024 by Angel Melanson
The wheels are reportedly turning on a sequel to Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus, 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell has confirmed in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Alvarez, whose entry into the iconic sci-fi horror franchise has already broken records, previously confirmed that he had ideas for a sequel to Alien: Romulus, and Asbell's comments today flesh those ideas out a little more:
What’s the next step for Alien?
We’re working on a sequel idea now. We haven’t quite closed our deal with Fede [Alvarez], but we are going to, and he has an idea that we’re working on. The two survivors, Rain and Andy, played by Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson, were real highlights of the film. And so I always think of it like, “Wow, where do people want to see them go next?”We know there’s going to be aliens. We know there’s going to be great horror set pieces. But I fell in love with both of them and I want to see what their story is.
In case you missed one of horror's biggest blockbusters, Alien: Romulus is set between Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), and stars Spaeny, Jonsson, Aileen Wu, Isabela Merced and Archie Renaux as young space colonists exploring a Xenomorph-infested derelict Weyland-Yutani station.
Original Alien director Ridley Scott returned to produce on the movie, which he called “f***ing great”, and fans evidently agreed – Alien: Romulus nabbed a sweet $350 million at the global box office, putting it second only to Prometheus in the financial ranking of the series.
In the same interview, Asbell also confirmed that a new Alien vs. Predator was not off the table, which we already know Alvarez is also on board for:
Fine. Will we eventually see another Alien vs. Predator?
Probably.Not sure how I feel about that.
It wouldn’t be in the way you think. That’s the thing. Not in the way that it will just be called Alien vs. Predator or anything like the original movies. If we do this, they’ll be organically created out of these two franchises that we’ve continued with characters that we fall in love with and those characters will combine…perhaps. But we haven’t gotten to that point. And we’re not just going to bang it out.
All in all, today is a great day to be a fan of either or both of the two sci-fi horror behemoths. We'll bring you further updates on the Alien: Romulus sequel (Alien: Remus, perhaps?) as we get them.
You can get more Alien: Romulus goodness in FANGORIA Vol. 2 Issue 24.
