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9 Years Later, Ridley Scott Is Officially Returning to His Unfinished Alien Story
20th Century Studios is developing a new Alien film connected to Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, returning to a storyline left unresolved in 2017. Scott will produce, but it is not yet known whether he will direct; the project could continue the story of the android David and explore the origins of the franchise’s Xenomorphs.
Aaron Guzikowski, whose credits include Prisoners, is attached to write the screenplay. Alien: Covenant ended with David in control of the colony ship and continuing his experiments, leaving the colonists’ fate uncertain. The announcement comes as the franchise expands through Alien: Romulus and the television series Alien: Earth; no release date has been announced.
In short
- A new Alien film linked to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant is in development.
- Ridley Scott will produce; Aaron Guzikowski will write.
- Scott’s directing role and the film’s release date are unknown.
Explained simply
The Alien series began with Ridley Scott’s 1979 science-fiction horror film, centred on a crew confronting a deadly creature aboard a spacecraft. Scott later returned to the series with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, films set earlier in the fictional timeline that explored the origins of the creatures and the people who created them.
Alien: Covenant ends with the android David in control of a ship carrying colonists, while he continues experiments connected to the creatures. The story leaves the colonists’ fate unresolved, and the new film is being developed to connect with those earlier prequels; its plot and whether Scott will direct have not been confirmed.
The franchise has since grown through films and television, including Alien: Romulus and Alien: Earth. The new project would add to that wider series, whose stories span different periods and characters.
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