“Don’t do it, you’ll ruin the franchise!” : James Cameron suggested Alien 5, the studio did what it wanted

While Ridley Scott doesn’t seem to be full of praise for “Alien 9: Romulus” directed at its director Fede Alvarez, fearing the bleeding back of the man who launched one of the greatest cinematic franchises, it’s a good excuse to dive in . Back in the archives. Ten years ago, in fact, in the company of James Cameron, who was then invited Q&A session on Reddit.

The director of Aliens Return toyed with the idea of ​​making an Alien 5 with Ridley Scott and even pitched the idea to the experts at Twentieth Century Fox… who preferred to trash it. “The idea of ​​doing Alien 5 came up and at one point I offered to write it and produce it and Ridley to direct it and we had lunch together to talk about it and we were all in favor. “Okay. , but nothing happened.” The filmmaker admitted.

“What happened was Fox moved on Alien vs PredatorAnd I said “I really don’t recommend that, you’re going to ruin the franchise, it’s like Universal’s Dracula vs. Werewolf” and then I lost interest in making an Alien movie.

Fox therefore preferred to focus on Paul Wes Anderson’s Alien Vs Predator crossover. The result was not a triumph at the international box office, grossing $177 million. Its sequel, Alien Vs Predator – Requiem, released three years later, was even less successful, grossing just over $130 million.

in the given interview The Hollywood Reporter In May 2019, Ridley Scott fully agreed with his colleague. “Aliens Vs Predator? That was a stupid idea!” she said. “Some movie killed the beast,” I said : Look, you can bring it to life, but if you want to, you have to start from scratch and make a prequel.” Judging by the mixed results of his Prometheus and Alien Covenant, Scott clearly didn’t have his recipe refined enough…