ALIEN: ROMULUS Director Fede Álvarez In Talks To Helm Sequel; New PREDATOR Movie Also In Development

ALIEN: ROMULUS Director Fede Álvarez In Talks To Helm Sequel; New PREDATOR Movie Also In Development

Some very exciting updates on two fan-favorite sci-fi horror franchises here, including official word on a direct sequel to Alien: Romulus with director Fede Alvarez in talks to return...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 25, 2024 10:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Alien
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Two classic sci-fi horror franchises were recently given new leases of life, with the Predator returning to hunt his Prey in Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 movie, and the Xenomorphs back to their chest-bursting best in this year's Alien: Romulus.

Both films were critically-acclaimed and very popular with audiences, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to learn that Disney-owned 20th Century Studios is planning more instalments.

We already knew that a Prey spin-off titled Badlands was in the works, but 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell has now revealed that a "secret" Predator movie will also be with us next year that will also be helmed by Trachtenberg. Badlands will be a theatrical release, but it sounds like this other film will be going straight to streaming.

"There’s a second Predator movie that we have different plans for. Dan has actually directed both. There’s a secret Predator movie that will come out before the theatrical one but I can’t say anything about yet."

As for Romulus, Asbell confirmed that director Fede Alvarez is in talks to helm a direct sequel that would continue the journey of the survivors of the previous movie, Rain Carradine and her android brother, Andy.

"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."

Finally, Asbell said that we will "probably" see a new Alien Vs. Predator movie at some point - but it will be nothing like the earlier films.

"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."

What do you make of these updates? Be sure to drop us a comment down below.

"Not a perfect organism, but despite an overreliance on retreading over old ground, Alien: Romulus does mark a thrilling return to form, and is surely destined to be ranked as the third-best Alien movie," we said in our review of Alien: Romulus.

"The sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful Alien franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe."

The film stars Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla), David Jonsson (Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy), Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone), Isabela Merced (The Last of Us), Spike Fearn (Aftersun), and Aileen Wu. Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) directs from a screenplay he wrote with frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues (Don’t Breathe 2) based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett.

Alien: Romulus is produced by Ridley Scott (Napoleon), who directed the original Alien and produced and directed the series’ entries Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, Michael Pruss (Boston Strangler), and Walter Hill (Alien), with Fede Alvarez, Elizabeth Cantillon (Charlie’s Angels), Brent O’Connor (Bullet Train), and Tom Moran (Unstoppable) serving as executive producers.

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ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 10/24/2024, 7:34 PM
Good, Alvarez did a damn good job with this franchise just like he did with Evil Dead.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 10/24/2024, 7:39 PM
I wouldn't mind him returning to direct because aesthetically the film looked great but plz get better writers next time, 85% of your characters were unlikeable and one was easily the most annoying in the entire franchise, I was rooting for the Aliens the entire time. Practical Aliens looked cool but ditch the hind legs cause it was obvious they couldn't move with them.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/24/2024, 7:43 PM
@HashTagSwagg - next time all characters will be Trump voters so you root even more for the aliens ....aliens are cool and i dont mind them crossing here
supermanrex
supermanrex - 10/25/2024, 10:36 AM
@Malatrova15 - this may be your only comment i actually understood and doesn't look like a kidnappers ransom note.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/25/2024, 8:32 PM
@HashTagSwagg - he's going to write it and it's going to be just as bad.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/24/2024, 7:41 PM
Alavarez here is your ticket to an oscar..get Major for this mivie ..n..not even the forsaken NCMEC can stop you know...is. pablo Lyle and Hunter Shaknow...i know tjey












Soon
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 10/24/2024, 7:41 PM
this time they find the Queen alien floating around in the void of space still holding onto Ripley's shoe from aliens. They could probably even add in a prison scene.
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SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 10/24/2024, 7:44 PM
@harryba11zack - If ROMULUS is any indication; it would no doubt be met with thunderous applause from the audience. 🙄
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/24/2024, 7:44 PM
@harryba11zack - ok but for the prison scene they need to book Brendan Gleesson so it can be done right.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 10/24/2024, 7:45 PM
@harryba11zack - Alien 3 almost had a prison scene
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The1st
The1st - 10/25/2024, 1:02 PM
@SuperiorHeckler -

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......Run.
SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 10/24/2024, 7:41 PM
After the blatant and shameless Nostalgia-Bait of ROMULUS; it's even money Fede will be doubling-down and shoe-horning the "Game over man, game over!" quote into his sequel. 🤨
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/24/2024, 7:46 PM
@SuperiorHeckler - i know nistalgia bait is awful...two weeks ago i speak to Ian Holm grand daugther on Bumble about the weird choice to bring himnback..but she was more interesed in my skin color for some reason
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/25/2024, 8:31 PM
@Malatrova15 - is skin color code for penis?
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/25/2024, 8:55 PM
@McMurdo - no ...but its not entirely unrelated.
dracula
dracula - 10/24/2024, 8:01 PM
Give Frede and Dan their trilogies

then do AVP
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 10/24/2024, 8:16 PM
I thought that Badlands was the one that was unrelated to Prey and set off planet or something? I’m going crazy.
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 10/24/2024, 8:59 PM
@FrankenDad - With Badlands (the location) being in South Dakota, it makes sense as a sequel to Prey which took place in the Northern Great Plains.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 10/24/2024, 9:45 PM
@MosquitoFarmer - that definitely makes sense. I guess I got my wires crossed on what was what.
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 10/24/2024, 8:43 PM
they should make a aliens vs predators movie but, like, make it for real this thime
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/24/2024, 8:51 PM
@NicolausCopernicus - The best way to tie that in is making the Predators and Engineers two species that have been at war for centuries. The Predators continue to advance themselves to beat the Engineers and the Engineers keep experimenting with the black good to make themselves stronger and to create creatures to use as weapons of war. And the Engineers have the Alpha-Xenomorph (First Xeno) at their disposal.
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 10/24/2024, 9:12 PM
@NicolausCopernicus - What do you mean by "make it for real this time"?
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 10/24/2024, 9:30 PM
@MaxPaint - you know
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/25/2024, 8:30 PM
@SonOfAGif - You always have compelling story ideas. You should get into writing man if you don't already. Even if it's just comics.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/25/2024, 8:35 PM
@McMurdo - Thanks man. Always wanted to buy the Dark side of Hollywood always turned me off when it came to that career path.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/25/2024, 11:27 PM
@McMurdo - Even though you aren't interested in Agatha appearing in Blade. Do you want to hear my Midnight Sons pics and the role Agatha played in it?
DocSpock
DocSpock - 10/24/2024, 9:32 PM

Did this really make enough money to warrant another movie?
MrDandy
MrDandy - 10/25/2024, 10:29 AM
@DocSpock - yes. 360 million worldwide on a very modest 80 million budget.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 10/25/2024, 11:52 AM
@MrDandy -

Cool!! More Alien is a great thing!
EgoEgor
EgoEgor - 10/24/2024, 11:18 PM
The thing that made the first 2 Aliens great were the characters. I liked the production of the film, Romulus was interesting in the first act but fails in the rest, characters were bland and it turned into fan service. Hopefully the sequel improves on that.
CoHost
CoHost - 10/25/2024, 10:02 AM
Just give us more David.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/25/2024, 8:29 PM
@CoHost - far more compelling than this derivative garbage.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/25/2024, 10:16 AM
Alien: Romulus was Great 5 Stars / 5 Stars for me.

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MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 10/25/2024, 3:24 PM
@AllsGood - 4 of 5 for me.
It had a nice build-up with the teenagers trying to use the hypersleep module to get off the colonized worker planet, but i didn't like any of the characters, not even the two leads.
The original Alien characters movie had very distinct personalities and Aliens had both very likable colonial Marines and a very slimy bad guy you could love to hate.

I think that no Alien movie after Alien: Resurrection had an ensemble of really interesting characters.
Michael Fassbender as David was great, but Idris Elba and Charlize Theron didn't get much to do.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/25/2024, 4:34 PM
@MarvelZombie616 - They weren't Teenagers Mid-Twenties to 30. While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 10/25/2024, 10:19 AM
I really enjoyed Romulus. I’d be happy to see him back as well as the two leads.
grif
grif - 10/25/2024, 12:27 PM



no thanks


folieaturd
folieaturd - 10/25/2024, 2:06 PM
To Fede Alvarez
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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/25/2024, 2:34 PM
What if Rain's hypersleep pod entered a wormhole? Team up with Midthunder!
NickScryer
NickScryer - 10/25/2024, 5:34 PM
Romulus was meh. Predictable with blatant fan service. Andy didn't feel like an android and we got another brunette Ripley wannabe.

Prey was cool, although I'd prefer modern setting.
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