ALIEN: ROMULUS Director Fede Alvarez Offers Update on The Sequel
Alien: Romulus was a big hit for Disney and 20th Century Studios and one day there will be a sequel, it’s inevitable. Director Fede Alvarez has previously said that they are actively working on another film, and now we have an update on it.
During a recent interview with io9, Alvarez was ased about the sequel and he said: “Well, I mean, we definitely want to do it. The studio wants to do it. I want to do it.
“I think with sequels, it’s always about finding the right story. Me and Rodo [Sayagues], my co-writer, we have some ideas, but it’s not until we find something that we go “Ok, that is a movie worth making” that we really embark on it.
“So that’s the process we are in right now, trying to find a story that is worthy of everyone’s time and is worthy of the title.
“Otherwise, you never want to fall into the mistake of making [a sequel] just because the first one is a big hit … [making a sequel] just because you can make it, that’s always a recipe for disaster.”
As far as what they story will entail, Alvarez previously said that the two main characters and survivors of the first film, will be a part of that next story. “The two survivors, Rain and Andy, played by Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson, were real highlights of the film.
“And so I always think of it like, 'Wow, where do people want to see them go next?' We know there's going to be aliens. We know there's going to be great horror set pieces. But I fell in love with both of them and I want to see what their story is."
He continued to tease where the story could go: “So, once we finished, we started thinking, ‘What do you think happens when or if they get to Yvaga? Is it going to be great? Or is it a terrible place?’
“We tend to believe it’s probably a terrible place that they think is great and fantasize about, so we naturally started thinking about where it goes and what’s going to happen.
“And then, a few minutes in, we go, ‘Oh, that sounds like a sequel.’ But we really try to think about it more in terms of story and if it needs another chapter and whether people want to know what happens next.”
It’s going to take some time before we see a Alien: Romulus sequel, but it will happen one day, and I’ll be looking forward to seeing what the story they tell will be.