RIDLEY SCOTT teases all-new trilogy
“Alien” remains one of the best sci-fi/horror films ever made, even almost 40 years later. It not only launched a massive (and continuing) film franchise and Sigourney Weaver's career, it also firmly established Ridley Scott as a competent director with a strong grasp of story, character, and ambiance. And while it can be argued that Scott's efforts to reclaim the “Alienverse” as his own have fallen short so far with “Prometheus”, there are high hopes for the upcoming sci-fi sequel, “Alien: Covenant”.
That film will pick up following the events of “Prometheus” which left only Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and the android David (Michael Fassbender) alive/functioning to carry on the story.
But thanks to Scott's comments in a new interview, it looks like “Covenant” might not be a direct sequel after all but rather something a little further on down the line. Fandango sat down with Scott to talk about all things “Alien”, and the chat revealed some interesting insight into the shared Alienverse that's still in progress, like the plan for the next film after “Covenant”, followed by an entirely new Alien trilogy.
Depending on how “Covenant” performs, Scott sees at least four more films in his “Alienverse”, all of which will eventually connect back up to the original film: “If this is successful, and then the next one, and then there will definitely be three more.”
The “Prometheus” Trilogy will include “Covenant” and “Awakening”, with a new trilogy taking place between it and the original Alien film.
Source: Collider
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