ALIEN: ROMULUS Director Fede Álvarez Will Return To Helm A Sequel... Provided There's A Story Worth Telling

ALIEN: ROMULUS Director Fede Álvarez Will Return To Helm A Sequel... Provided There's A Story Worth Telling

With Alien: Romulus now available to stream on Hulu, director Fede Álvarez has weighed-in on his (likely) return for the planned sequel...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 27, 2024 12:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Alien
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Alien: Romulus was a success at the box office while also proving to be a big hit with critics, and 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell recently confirmed that early plans are in pace for a sequel.

Director Fede Álvarez has now indicated that he is in talks to return, while explaining why he's hesitant to move forward until they have a story worth telling.

"Well, I mean, we definitely want to do it," the Don't Breathe director tells Gizmodo. "The studio wants to do it. I want to do it. I think with sequels, it’s always about finding the right story. Me and Rodo [Sayagues], my co-writer, we have some ideas, but it’s not until we find something that we go 'Ok, that is a movie worth making' that we really embark on it. So that’s the process we are in right now, trying to find a story that is worthy of everyone’s time and is worthy of the title.

Otherwise, you never want to fall into the mistake of making [a sequel] just because the first one is a big hit … [making a sequel] just because you can make it, that’s always a recipe for disaster."

There are obviously a number of ways to continue the story, but a follow-up will almost certainly revisit the survivors of the previous movie, Rain Carradine and her android brother, Andy.

"The two survivors, Rain and Andy, played by Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson, were real highlights of the film," Asbell said in an interview last month. "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.'" 

What would you like to see from an Alien: Romulus sequel? Let us know in the comments section.

"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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Knightrider
Knightrider - 11/27/2024, 12:51 PM
Personally, I don’t think there has been a story worth telling in the Alien franchise since Alien 2
RedFury
RedFury - 11/27/2024, 1:12 PM
@Knightrider - had Ridley Scott not biffed Prometheus, and Covenant; those could have been very worth it. Unfortunately he mixed some very cool ideas, with some very dumb sci-fi tropes.

I hope someone is smart enough to dip back into what made Alien 2 so fantastic... Alien horror with space marine action! Romulus was a cool call back to the original, but I personally think Alien was at its best when Cameron helmed it.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 11/27/2024, 12:52 PM
After the 2nd movie there wasn’t a film worth telling…and yet…

Just be intellectually honest…you want a higher salary to return,

Simple. Straightforward.
JayLemle
JayLemle - 11/27/2024, 1:07 PM
If anything, Fede can bring whoever this "Yutani" is into the story. I haven't read the Alien comics since the 90's, when they were with Dark Horse. There's probably a story that has Yutani involved.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 11/27/2024, 1:21 PM
I would like to see an alien story that is specifically a space marine story. Maybe they are sent to eliminate some xenomorphs that have infested a remote planet, etc. It doesnt have to be a complicated setup, just a reason for intense space marine action like Aliens had.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 11/27/2024, 1:35 PM
the film looked good like the game which was a plus but the movie butt phucking sucked. please hire better writers for the sequel.
Mugens
Mugens - 11/27/2024, 1:37 PM
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this Alien film, in spite of the very young cast that tends to turn me more off than on. It was definitely the best since the second film in the franchise,"Aliens". I'd be open to another film with this Director as long as they can stay true to the roots of Alien but bring a refreshing new take on it too.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/27/2024, 1:43 PM
Good, Romulus was pretty enjoyable, which surprised me with the teen leads.
RichardGrayson
RichardGrayson - 11/27/2024, 2:10 PM
Seriously? The story for Romulus was NOT worth telling. It was entertaining and decent enough but from a character and story standpoint it was trash. Don’t get me wrong I somewhat enjoyed it but that movie added NOTHING to the franchise. Literally the most inconsequential pointless film in the whole series.

Him saying he’ll return if the story is worth telling is hilarious and out of touch. Pointless [frick]in movie but I am always down for more Alien.

Prometheus doesn’t accomplish everything it was trying to do but what an epic ambitious movie. Wish we would’ve had a more satisfying follow up with Covenant. Resurrection is the most underrated film in the series even though it’s not anywhere near perfect.

My current ranking, I could interchange a few of them from 5 to9
1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Prometheus
4. AvP
5. Alien Resurrection
6. Alien Romulus
7. Alien Covenant
8. Alien 3
9. AvP Requiem
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 11/27/2024, 2:12 PM
Yes please !! I really enjoyed Romulus and I’m so glad they were able to tie in some Prometheus threads in there. That ending was creepy and unexpected.


If they keep this same quality for the next movie, production wise and writing wise, do it’

Keep the same team 🙏
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 11/27/2024, 2:14 PM
make an honest to god alien vs predator movie. I dont see how you could keep making individual alien movies and making them feel fresh
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/27/2024, 2:38 PM

Gimme more face huggers baby!!!!

Aliens also. I love these monsters.
HagridsHole1
HagridsHole1 - 11/27/2024, 4:51 PM
I was genuinely very surprised by Romulus so I'd be more than happy with a direct sequel to it.

What I don't want to see, which I see being suggested pretty much every day on Reddit is a a merged narrative with this and Covenant. Ridley and co had their changed and they ruined it, completely.

We didn't need to know where they came from, or how we came to be etc. Completely demystified the Alien and the "Engineer"

But Rainn and Andy ? Id be very happy to see them again. First time I've ever seen either actor in anything and I was very impressed with them both
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 11/27/2024, 4:59 PM
Movie was pop-corn enjoyable and only added the zero-grav acid-blood idea.
It was a poor mans Aliens but i was entertained.
Toecutter
Toecutter - 11/28/2024, 5:18 AM
I saw it yesterday. After all the hype I heard about it, I was a little let down by it. I still enjoyed it, and it was definitely better than the last three sequels, but some people were saying this was better than the 1st and 2nd.

To those people:
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