Alien Director Who Saved Franchise Will not Return For Romulus Sequel

The sequel to Alien: Romulus will get a shocking new replace, with Fede Alvarez not returning as director.

Throughout a current interview with TooFab, Romulus director Fede Alvarez reveals that he won’t return to direct the confirmed sequel. He is not leaving the Alien franchise totally, nevertheless, because the filmmaker says he’ll stay onboard as a producer alongside franchise creator Ridley Scott. Take a look at Alvarez’s remark beneath:

“We simply completed the script, truly, for a sequel for Romulus. However I am gonna go the torch on this one as director. I’ll produce it, with Ridley Scott, we’re gonna produce it collectively and we’re proper now looking for a brand new filmmaker to come back in.

“I believe that is normally what has occurred, aside from Ridley, filmmakers come, you make one and also you go the baton to the following one. However we wrote the story as a result of we actually love what we began with Romulus and we need to proceed the story. We love the story and now we simply need to discover a director that basically needs to go for the jugular.”

Alien: Romulus

7/10

Launch Date

August 16, 2024

Runtime

119 Minutes

Director

Fede Alvarez

Writers

Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues, Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett