“Alien: Romulus”: Ridley Scott saw the new “Alien”. We know his opinion

Ridley Scott for “Alien: Romulus”

He came into the room and said, “Ved, what can I say? This is great.” – Alvarez reported in a conversation with Guillermo del Toro during the DGA Latino Summit – My family knows it was one of the best moments of my life. A professor like him, whom I admired a lot, saw my film, liked it, and talked to me for an hour about what he liked about it. One of his best compliments was: “The dialogue is great, are you the author?” Yes!

What do we know about the movie “Alien: Romulus”?

The project, directed by Fede Alvarez, will not be a sequel or spin-off of the previous parts of the series that revolve around the deadly xenomorph. It’s a completely new story, but it’s set in the same world as a Ridley Scott or James Cameron movie. The heroes of the film – a group of young people – will go to a remote place where they will have to confront a strange-looking being. The main role went to Cailee Spaeny (“Eastown Mare”, “Pacific Rim: Uprising”). Her famous partners include: from “Dora and the City of Gold” and “Transformers: The Last Knight” by Isabella Merced.

Fede Alvarez – Top Movies

Fede Alvarez is an Uruguayan-born director, screenwriter, and producer. His English-language debut was the 2013 reboot of Evil Dead. Since then, Álvarez has directed two sequels to the thriller Don’t Breathe, and The Girl in the Spider’s Web, an adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling book , and the Apple TV+ series “Call Waiting.”

Let us remember that, in addition to “The Eighth Passenger of the Nostromo,” Ridley Scott made two more films set in the alien world – “Prometheus” (2012) and “Alien: Covenant” (2017). The Briton is also a producer on the “Alien” series being prepared for FX by “Fargo” creator Noah Hawley.

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