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20th's Div President made it seem like it it was a "risky/edgy" idea which seems to at least point to it not be in a ship
Álvarez’s take is being kept deep inside the studio’s chest cavity, but sources describe it as unconnected to the previous movies.
According to sources, Álvarez is a rabid fan of the franchise and casually pitched a take to Scott many years ago. The idea remained implanted in Scott’s brain until late last year, when he called Álvarez out of the blue and asked him if he was still up for it. Álvarez didn’t have to be asked twice.
20th Century picked up the project “purely off the strength of Fede’s pitch,” said division president Steve Asbell. “It was just a really good story with a bunch of characters you haven’t seen before.”
Asbell, who recently spoke to THR about the future of 20th Century Studios, said by doing the project for Hulu, there wouldn’t be the pressure to whittle down the potential edginess that could come with theatrical considerations. “It’s not a film that has to be all things to all people with those gargantuan budgets. They get to be authentically what they are. And this is closer to its genre roots.”
Sneider HOTMIC Scoop from yesterday: ALIEN 5 is currently titled ALIEN: ROMULUS Nov 18, 12:14
Would be funny if it's xenomorphs running around the the dawn of Ancient Rome or weirder, Romulus, Michigan. Nov 18, 12:24
or influenced by the mythology (Romulus kills his twin brother in a power struggle) {nm} Nov 18, 12:32
20th's Div President made it seem like it it was a "risky/edgy" idea which seems to at least point to it not be in a ship Nov 18, 12:42
THR and Sneider said it's Hulu {nm} Nov 18, 12:40
Likely boils down (among other reasons) to 4 quadrant CGI tentpole PG13 franchises vs 1-2 quadrant R rated franchises. Nov 18, 13:51
but genre/horror has been the consistent theatrical overperformer post-COVID. Prey would have cleaned up in September Nov 18, 14:02
do the Prey thing where it's one-on-one in a setting we haven't seen in any of the previous Alien movies {nm} Nov 18, 14:31
give the alien some stakes...which I don't think we've seen (I think) since the Queen and her eggs in Aliens {nm} Nov 18, 16:16