# 9 Years Later, Ridley Scott Is Officially Returning to His Unfinished Alien Story

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/9-years-later-ridley-scott-is-officially-returning-to-his-unfinished-alien-story/
- Published: 2026-10-27T16:00:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T05:34:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/alien-covenant-ridley-scott-new-sequel-aaron-guzikowski/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Film, Paranormal, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- 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.

## Summary

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.

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