The Alien and Predator franchises are both back in a big way after the streaming success of Prey and the theatrical success of Alien: Romulus, with Dan Trachtenberg returning to direct not one but TWO new Predator movies that are both releasing next year. What about the future of the Alien franchise, you might be wondering? We’ve got an update this week.
Chatting with The Hollywood Reporter for a massive piece that dropped the surprising news about the Predator franchise’s two upcoming movies, 20th Century Studios head Steve Asbell has also revealed that a follow-up movie to Alien: Romulus is being actively discussed.
Asbell teases, “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,” he adds. “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.”
Spaeny’s Rain is essentially the Ripley of Alien: Romulus while Jonsson’s Andy is her android brother, and both characters managed to survive the events of Alvarez’s movie.
Alien: Romulus was a massive box office success for Disney, scaring up $350 million worldwide on a reported $80 million production budget. More Alien is definitely on the way.
In fact, we already know that the franchise is headed to the small screen for the very first time with “Alien: Earth” next year, which will literally bring the franchise down to Earth.
‘Alien: Romulus’