Alien: Covenant and the following two films will be origin stories, answering the “very basic questions posed in Alien: why the alien, who might have made it and where did it come from?” Scott revealed at a press conference in Sydney where he is starting pre-production on Covenant, the first sequel to Prometheus.
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Scott’s aversion to sequels is clearly fading – and in part inspired by the new Star Wars films. “Star Wars will be a juggernaut. Why do you think I’m doing sequels,” he quipped.
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At the same time Scott revealed that Blade Runner 2, which we wrote and will produce, with Denis Villeneuve directing, will be made in Budapest, where he made The Martian, and Beijing.
But he said the idea is to shoot the three Prometheus/Alien films in Australia.
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