Ridley Scott has already hinted that his newAlienmovie can finally finish the prequel trilogy he started withPrometheusandAlien: Covenant. After thebox office success ofAlien: Romulus, 20th Century Foxconfirmed that Ridley Scott would direct a newAlienfilm. It will be the first time Scott has directed anAlienfilm sinceAlien: Covenantwas released in 2017, asRomuluswas directed by Fede Álvarez. Not only will it be Scott’s directorial return, it could also give him a chance to finish the story he started 12 years ago, with 2012’sPrometheus.
Ridley Scott originally planned to make a sequel toAlien: Covenant, but the movie was quietly canceled. As such,Covenantends on a cliffhanger, and many of the things it andPrometheusset up, from the Engineers to David’s maniacal plans, were never resolved.Alien: Covenantserves as the second part of a trilogy that was never finished, but a new interview from Ridley Scott suggests it may not stay that way for much longer. His newAlienmovie could mean that the story ofPrometheusandCovenantwill finally be resolved.
Ridley Scott’s New Tease All But Confirms His New Alien Movie Will Follow Covenant
Ridley Scott Thinks Alien: Covenant Was “A Perfect Beginning”
In an interview with James Hibberd ofThe Hollywood Reporter, Ridley Scott talked about theAlienfranchise as a whole, and some of his comments hinted at his plans for the series. While talking about whetherAlien: CovenantorAlien: Romuluswould get a sequel, Scott said he thoughtCovenantset up a continuation better.
Covenant is the best one [for a sequel] because it leaves the girl in the [cryo pod] and David has alien eggs and 2,000 colonists hanging around. It’s a perfect beginning.
Scott’s opinion thatCovenantlaid the best groundwork for a sequel, coupled with the fact that he’s making anotherAlienmovie, seems to all but confirm that his film will be a sequel toCovenant. He clearly still thinks there’s a lot of potential in David and Daniels' story, and it would make sense for him to return to the franchise to finish a story he actually wants to tell. Along with his passion, his next movie would give Scott a chance to show why he began his prequel story withPrometheusin the first place.
Ridley Scott’s Upcoming Alien Movie Ends What He Started With Prometheus
Prometheusstarted a massive undertaking in 2012: showing the mysterious origins of the xenomorphs.Alien: Covenantgot to continue that goal and show more of David’s research and experiments, but Ridley Scott never finished his prequel story. There are still so manyunanswered questions fromPrometheusandAlien: Covenant, and Ridley Scott’s upcoming movie can finally answer them. For example, the newAlienmovie can finally explain who the Engineers were, what happened after David and Daniels reached Origae-6, and if his xenomorphs are really the ones that theNostromocrew and Ripley first encountered in the original film.
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Aside from the questions Scott’s newAlienfilm can answer about the franchise at large, however, the new movie can finally finish his prequel story. Scott had a vision for his prequel films, and while it may not have come to fruition in the way he wanted,PrometheusandCovenantwere part of that vision.This new movie can finally give Scott his chance to finishPrometheusandCovenant’s story, and give a resolution to the characters and world he’s created. Plus, it could become quite important to the future ofAlienas a whole.
How Ridley Scott’s Covenant Sequel Fits Into The Alien Franchise’s Future
A Covenant Sequel Would Fill In The Alien Timeline’s Gaps Quite Nicely
While Ridley Scott’s nextAlienfilm is in the works, there are several otherAlienspinoff shows and moviesin development as well.Luckily, a sequel toAlien: Covenantwould fit in extremely well with them.Alien: Romulusis likely to get a sequel in the coming years. Since it already had a connection toPrometheus, asAlien: Romulus' offspringwas created withPrometheus' black goo, it would be very easy to tie the sequels together. Further, theupcoming showAlien: Earthwill likely dive even deeper into the Weyland-Yutani corporation, which should make the setup Ridley Scott’s movies established even more important.
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As newAlienprojects continue to expand the franchise’s universe, Ridley Scott’s origin story is only going to become more of a cornerstone. At the time of writing,the questions thatPrometheusandCovenantleft unanswered make a lot of things aboutAlien, like the xenomorphs and Engineers, quite confusing. Scott’s new movie has an opportunity to fill in the gaps oftheAlientimelineextremely well, and make the entire franchise more cohesive and coherent. Clearing up the origins of the franchise could even make it possible to explore even further into the future ofAlien, which would make the sequel toCovenantextremely important.
Source:The Hollywood Reporter
Alien
The Alien franchise, which began with Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, is a Sci-Fi series comprised of several horror films, games, and comic books centered on humanity’s encounters with a hostile extraterrestrial species known as Xenomorphs. Characterized by their lethal prowess and capability to reproduce at an alarming rate, these creatures pose a profound threat to human existence. The primary series protagonist, Ellen Ripley, acts as the voice of reason as she seeks to keep the creatures out of the hands of greed-driven corporate scientists.
