The latest movie in the scifi series hits theaters in october 2017. Covenant, a new chapter in his groundbreaking alien franchise. Covenant, ridley scotts sequel to prometheus, by two months to aug. Sir ridley scott born 30 november 1937 is an english filmmaker. Ridley scotts next alien prequel possibly titled alien. Covenant, the loose sequel to prometheus, in which we get some new looks at ridley scotts latest opus. A new report claims that disney is moving ahead with a sequel to alien. Ridley scott teases future of alien franchise after. But audiences expect something more from the famed. Sir ridley scott confirms the engineers will return in alien.
Awakening to this summers continuation of the prometheus saga. In a new interview, alien director ridley scott has confirmed talks are underway but says the only way to keep the spaceship afloat is to evolve the franchise. Ridley scotts ambitious quasiprequel to alien may not answer all of its big questions, but its redeemed by its haunting visual grandeur and compelling performances particularly michael fassbender as a fastidious android. Covenant is still a couple months away, the legendary director clearly has his eyes already set on the next film in the franchise in an interview with. Ridley scott will direct upcoming alien prequel complex. Ridley scott is far from finished making alien movies after his upcoming alien. With michael fassbender, katherine waterston, billy crudup, danny mcbride. A t various points in 1979, ridley scotts alien was released into cinemas, a nastyminded b movie with hopes of shifting a certain number of action figures. Covenant is his worst film yet if this were a generic action movie, it would be utterly fine and unmemorable. The crew of a colony ship discover an uncharted paradise. It felt like ridley dug up broll from the original alien.
Covenant and 2012s prometheus, is reportedly being scripted as we speak and ridley scott is coming back to direct what will. Ridley scotts work in the scifi genre is rightly considered groundbreaking, with both alien and blade runner presenting visions of the future that. Covenant is a 2017 science fiction horror film directed and produced by ridley scott and written by john logan and dante harper, from a story by michael green and jack paglen. While scott kicked off the franchise with the classic alien in 1979, he. Covenant sequel is still on track, despite questionable box office performance, he reiterates that they are still writing parts of the script, with filming set to begin next year.
Covenant 2, the sequel also potentially dubbed alien. It just so happens that today marks the 40th anniversary of the. Allstar20th century fox the muchhyped alien 5 project by elysium director neill blomkamp is dead, according to ridley scott. Yes, disney is discussing new alien movies, as confirmed by director ridley scott. In aliens terrifying xenomorph, sir ridley scott believes he introduced maybe the definitive monster in film history.
A new report suggests that ridley scott is working on yet another alien movie something that might come as a bit of a surprise to some fans. Alien director ridley scott reveals disney is discussing new movies, but explains the franchise will evolve. Covenant in an interview with scott for variety, tied with aliens 40th anniversary, it was confirmed. A recent report from variety reflecting on the original alien movie s 40th anniversary mentions that director scott is still. This piece features a host of cast and crew interviews interspersed with tons of bts footage, viewers can learn a great deal on the directors creative style and approach to the plot, the. Covenant and the film that would follow it were successful, he had plans for another three alien films. While the future of ridley scotts alien franchise on the big screen remains unclear, details about the intended next film, alien. Awakening details emerge for ridley scotts shelved. Ridley scott is, of course, the godfather of the hard and fast scifihorror franchise having helmed the original alien film back in 1979 starring sigourney. Ridley scott will return to the alien movie franchise to direct an upcoming prequel film the legendary director recently spoke with variety to revisit the movie franchise he helped bring to life. Described by film producer michael deeley as the very best eye in the business, director ridley scott was born on november 30, 1937 in south shields, tyne and wear then county durham. In 2104, the spaceship covenant which contains 2000 wouldbe space colonists in deep hypersleep, as well as the ships android caretaker, walter fassbender again is en route to the remote planet origae6, where the settlers hope to create a new outpost for humanity.
Covenant and 2012s prometheus, is reportedly being scripted as we speak and ridley scott is. The problem now is we will get three more movies in the future to convolutedly and exhaustively tie everything up leading up to the first alien movie where the engineer spacecraft somehow lands at the lv426 moon. Covenant 2017 directed by ridley scott genres science fiction subgenres alien film, creature film, scifi action, scifi horror, space adventure release date may 19, 2017 usa run time 122 min. Ridley scott movies ranked, from alien to gladiator collider. Alien director ridley scott has said he wants to replace the titular creature in its own franchise, but with respect to the legendary filmmaker, he just doesnt seem to understand the xenomorph anymore. Cnns neil curry met with director ridley scott and cast ahead of his latest movie release alien. Countries united kingdom, united states mpaa rating r. Ridley scott apparently still working on another alien movie.
Covenant is currently in the scripting stage, according to a recent report by variety who sat down with the renowned director to talk aliens 40 year anniversary a week back variety report that not only is the next alien prequel currently being written, but ridley scott will also be. Ridley scott talks about the new alien movie cnn video. More alien movies are being discussed at disney says. Ridley scott returns to the universe he created, with alien. Hes currently racing to finish reshoots on all the money in the world read all about that drama right here in time to make its dec. The report, which recognizes the 40th anniversary of the original alien, says that the film is currently in the script phase. When ridley scott was forced to recut his latest movie, all the money in the world, to excise kevin spacey in lieu of christopher plummer, he did so quickly and efficiently.
Covenant onset image reveals director ridley scott and michael fassbender. Heres a look at how the 1979 film has influenced the genre. Awakening, the planned finale to ridley scott s trilogy of prequel movies in his franchise that started back in 2012 with prometheus. A joint american and british production, the film is a sequel to prometheus 2012 and is the second installment in the alien prequel series and the sixth installment in the alien franchise, as well as the third. Ridley scott has revealed that hes currently working on a sequel to 2017s alien. Ridley scott s next alien prequel possibly titled alien. Ridley scotts film alien gave audiences one of the scariest space monsters in movie history. The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
With michael fassbender, david giler, ridley scott. An indepth look at the making of the film and broken into four parts that can be watched separately i. Ridley scott is wrong about the xenomorph screen rant. Ridley scotts original alien movie was a groundbreaking horror scifi which introduced the world to hr gigers horrifying xenomorph, which quickly became one of the most iconic movie monsters. His father was an officer in the royal engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the united kingdom and europe before they. David the robot, fassbenders creepyasaserialkiller android butler, was the breakout star of ridley scotts 2012 alien prequel, prometheus. Ridley scott says next alien movie is already written by peter martin mar 07, 2017 comments movie news. A recent report from variety reflecting on the original alien movies 40th anniversary mentions that director scott is still.