Ten years after Evil Dead and six years after the reboot Millennium: What Doesn’t Kill Me, Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez returns with the sci-fi film Alien: Romulus, which wrapped filming last July.
After the commercial failure of Alien Covenant in 2017, Ridley Scott abandoned the Xenomorphs, but still made a feature film.
Fede Alvarez, a fan of the iconic franchise, pitched the idea to the director a few years ago during a casual conversation. Later, Ridley Scott again contacted the young filmmaker to find out if he was still interested and offered to make a film that would not be related to the previous operations.
A guest at the 2023 DGA Latino Summit in Los Angeles, Fede Alvarez revealed Guillermo del Toro, who is also in attendance (You can watch the video in its entirety here), has finished editing Alien: Romulus and has already screened the film at Ridley Scott.
He states: “I wanted Ridley Scott to be the first to see it. Everyone let me know that Ridley was ruthless. And he’s really strict, especially if it has anything to do with his movies.
He was very strict with her Blade Runner 2049, which in my opinion was a masterpiece. It was difficult because it was difficult to get his work back.
I asked about the new one Top Gun And he replied, “Yes…it was my brother’s original and it’s normal.” In short, I saw how terrifying it could be and told myself to prepare for the worst with my movie Alien..”
Despite his fear, Fede Alvarez wanted to get to know Ridley Scott in order to bring the latter back face to face.
Fede, what can I say? P… is great.
“Even though he said, ‘You’ve ruined my legacy,’ I wanted to be in front of him and look him in the eye. I didn’t want to get an email saying, ‘Riddle thinks…’ etc. He walked into the room and said, ‘Fede, what Shall I say? P… It’s great.”
Alvarez adds: “It’s one of the best moments of my life. For someone like this great filmmaker, who I admire a lot, to see one of my films, and especially this film, and for him to talk to me for an hour about what he liked. One of the The best compliment was when he told me that the dialogues were excellent..
Scheduled to hit our theaters on August 14, 2024, this ninth adventure tells the story of a group of young people living in a distant world who come face to face with the world’s most terrifying life form.
Kailey Spahn (Easttown Mare, Priscilla), Isabella Merced (Dora and the Lost City), Archie Reno (Morbius, Shadow and Bone), Spike Fearne (Batman, Aftersun), David Johnson Frey (Industry) and Eileen Wu. casting.
On the other hand, Ridley Scott will present his biopic “Napoleon” with Joaquin Phoenix on November 22 and will resume shooting “Gladiator 2” soon after the actors’ strike ends.
Source: Allocine
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