Alien: Romulus (2024 film directed by Fede Álvarez) (previously: So Disney has ordered a direct-to-Hulu Alien movie)

[Jay 44,817]

https://deadline.com/2022/03/alien-standalone-movie-in-the-works-with-fede-alvarez-directing-for-hulu-1234971407/

[WilliamsStarShip2282 326]

I wonder what it will be about. Besides the original, I think the best one was Prometheus, but they really bungled the sequel.

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“Alvarez’s pitch is reportedly completely separate from the previous movies”

 

Good news.

[A24 5,005]

 

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Disney has ordered a direct-to-Hulu Alien movie

 

"Hey you, random director, we of Disney/Hulu need content and fast, manufacture me another Alien movie."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 12,533]

Never mind that nonsense. When are we going to get Scott's final film that connects COVENANT with ALIEN?

[Luke Skywalker 2,296]

Hey maybe roque baños scores the film 👍

[Edmilson 11,475]

5 hours ago, Luke Skywalker said:

Hey maybe roque baños scores the film 👍

That'd be great!

[Disco Stu 15,517]

6 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Never mind that nonsense. When are we going to get Scott's final film that connects COVENANT with ALIEN?

 

Hopefully never

[A24 5,005]

Never sounds good to me, although I did find Covenant somewhat entertaining (not for the monsters, mind you, but because of the androids), but I would never put Covenant or Prometheus in the same class as Alien like some people here do.

[Edmilson 11,475]

10 minutes ago, AC1 said:

but I would never put Covenant or Prometheus in the same class as Alien like some people here do.

Me neither.

[Andy 6,930]

Prometheus was a well made and sometimes breathtaking science fiction film that I wish had absolutely zero connection to the ALIEN franchise. 
 

Honestly, beyond the first two films, I’m not sure how much more you can do with “Jaws in Space”.  

[Disco Stu 15,517]

Covenant was an uninteresting embarrassing failure in a career with several uninteresting embarrassing failures.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,533]

5 hours ago, AC1 said:

...I would never put Covenant or Prometheus...

 

5 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Me neither.

Oh, neither would I, but I would still like to see how the whole series connects COVENANT with ALIEN.

[Thor 9,334]

Yup. I would really like Scott to complete his David trilogy, but at this point, I doubt it will ever happen.

 

Anyways, between this new project and the Hawley series, us ALIEN nutheads have plenty to look forward to.

[Luke Skywalker 2,296]

Its sad we will not get the third film 😟

[A24 5,005]

 

Don't worry, Luke, there will be more than enough effects for you to gaze at in Disney's Alien movies too.

[GerateWohl 6,369]

Disney could make a Home Alone / Alien Mesh-up with aliens trying to invade the house and Kevin building traps for them. 

Would be surely more fun and probable more interesting than the recent Alien craddle of mankind jump scare movies.

 

 

[Andy 6,930]

Nostrome Alone

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Everybody loved that YouTube-video.

 

It’s fun in theory but maybe not so fun IRL. Kinda like the AvP franchise.

 

I’d love it if they made a sequel to Interstellar and then 2/3s in the movie it turns into an Alien horror installment.

 

Or, if we’d be allowed to change history, I’d make Prometheus a generic sci-fi movie, without any connections to the Alien universe. It might’ve even been judged kinder for it. And then - BAM - in the sequel, Ridley reveals his master plan all along…

 

Or… as it is now. Hard reboot, straight to streaming.

 

That works too if planning is too hard (I’m looking at you, Star Wars sequel trilogy).

[Bespin Copilot 10,315]

Can I order something?

[GerateWohl 6,369]

36 minutes ago, rough cut said:

Everybody loved that YouTube-video.

 

It’s fun in theory but maybe not so fun IRL. Kinda like the AvP franchise.

 

Id love it if they made a sequel to Interstellar and then 2/3s in the movie it turns into an Alien horror installment.

 

Or, if we’d be allowed to change history, I’d make Prometheus a generic sci-fi movie, without any connections to the Alien universe. It might’ve even been judged kinder for it.

 

And then - BAM - in the sequel, Ridley reveals his master plan all along…

 

Or… as it is now. Hard reboot, straight to streaming.

 

That works too if planning is too hard (I’m looking at you, Star Wars sequel trilogy).

Or they manage to merge the Bladerunner 2049 sequel and the Alien Covenant sequel into one movie. Maybe this way two minuses become a plus.

[Edmilson 11,475]

I want a Ridley Scott cinematic universe, where Rick Deckard, Maximus the Gladiator and Orlando Bloom's character in Kingdom of Heaven join forces to battle the xenomorph controlled by the android David.

[GerateWohl 6,369]

Don't forget Thelma and Louise.

[Edmilson 11,475]

They'll be on the post-credits scene.

[Jay 44,817]

Hulu's Alien Movie: 5 Things I Want To See In The Film

[Jay 44,817]

Cailee Spaeny to star, begins shooting next year

 

https://deadline.com/2022/11/cailee-spaeny-alien-movie-20th-century-scott-free-1235174184/

 

Funniest part of the article: "20th Century had no comment."

[MaxMovieMan 328]

Hopefully it’s an actual Alien movie unlike Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Those were ass.

[A24 5,005]

Good news for Thor! 

[Thor 9,334]

I've been aware of this for a while, actually, so it's not really news to me. Of course, I'm hoping for Scott to finish his David trilogy first, but when that now seems very unlikely (probably goes the same way as the canned Blomkamp project), I take whatever else I can get. Between this and the Noah Hawley series, I have something to look forward to in my favourite film universe.

[Henry Janislaus Feigensand 590]

so it's a Scott-free Alien movie then? 

[A24 5,005]

4 minutes ago, Henry Sítrónu said:

so it's a Scott-free Alien movie then? 

 

He will not like that. (Ridley, I mean, not the Alien)

[Thor 9,334]

There have been Scott-free (yes, I get the joke) ALIEN films in the past, several of which he has publically supported, so I doubt he has any issues. But I do wonder what thoughts he currently has on his own, third David film -- whether he's still interested in it, or feels up for it at all. He's 84 now. Then again, he's busy as ever. I have high expectations for NAPOLEON (next year?).

[Naïve Old Fart 12,533]

As with "Fantastic Beasts", a film (or films) to tie the prequels together with the originals, would, imo, be most welcome, if only to complete the story.

Where's the guts, in Hollywood, now?

Where's the courage to say: "Yeah, we know that last one was shite, and only made a profit of $1.50, that's why we are going all-out to make the next one, not only better, but the best".

It's worked for so many franchises, in the past. It can work, now.

[TolkienSS 513]

At this point, I'm not sure if the American movie industry is making movies for anyone anymore but niche audiences and to celebrate themselves.

 

They produce whatever movie they want, buy influencers, buy press, buy reviews, if needed buy their own streaming service, then believe their own echo chamber and blame the actual audience if it doesn't succeed.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,533]

Strong words, my friend, but there's a lot of truth, there.

"The public wants what the public gets".

[Richard P 5,081]

Surprised about no comments/wishes/fantasies about the score yet, but both Prometheus and Covenant went way outside the comfort/enjoyment zone of almost the entire forum, so maybe expectations are low?

[TolkienSS 513]

13 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Strong words, my friend, but there's a lot of truth, there.

"The public wants what the public gets".

 

It's not so much "the Public wants what the public gets", but rather The Emperor's new clothes.

[Thor 9,334]

52 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

Surprised about no comments/wishes/fantasies about the score yet, but both Prometheus and Covenant went way outside the comfort/enjoyment zone of almost the entire forum, so maybe expectations are low?

 

Glad you said 'almost', because I've been an avid defender of those two movies, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future, against an army of naysayers. Although neither Streitenfeld nor Kurzel reached the heights of the preceding 4 scores (not even Frizzell's), they were good scores with lots of intricate detail and sophistication.

 

So I'm curious about whoever gets to score this, and how it turns out, but never been a fan of the speculation game, so I take it as it comes.

[GerateWohl 6,369]

This time they could do an Alien/Riddick/Bladerunner/Predator mash-up.

And all of it takes place in the Matrix.

Special appearance by Michael Myers.

And Wall-E.

[Mr. Who 1,081]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

 

Glad you said 'almost', because I've been an avid defender of those two movies, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future, against an army of naysayers. Although neither Streitenfeld nor Kurzel reached the heights of the preceding 4 scores (not even Frizzell's), they were good scores with lots of intricate detail and sophistication.

 

So I'm curious about whoever gets to score this, and how it turns out, but never been a fan of the speculation game, so I take it as it comes.

The best cues of Prometheus are the HGW cues IMO. It’s a real shame that he was replaced on Covenant. I still don’t know what happened there as he scores most of Ridley’s movies these days. 

[Thor 9,334]

1 minute ago, Mr. Who said:

The best cues of Prometheus are the HGW cues IMO. 

 

Oh, I agree. HGW's "Life" theme is excellent, and definitely the centerpiece of the score, but I also think Streitenfeld manages to capture some of that icy eeriness in his score otherwise.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,533]

4 hours ago, TolkienSS said:

 

It's not so much "the Public wants what the public gets", but rather The Emperor's new clothes.

I've been saying that for fucking years.

 

 

4 hours ago, Thor said:

Glad you said 'almost', because I've been an avid defender of those two movies, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future, against an army of naysayers.

I'll happily go on record saying that I really like PROMETHEUS.

My personal jury is still out, on COVENANT.

[mstrox 7,299]

I also liked Prometheus. (I also don’t really see anything in this franchise as anything particularly special, but of course I haven’t seen Alien3 or Resurrection, so maybe that’s where the real good stuff is).

[A24 5,005]

9 minutes ago, mstrox said:

I also liked Prometheus. (I also don’t really see anything in this franchise as anything particularly special, but of course I haven’t seen Alien3 or Resurrection, so maybe that’s where the real good stuff is).

 

It takes someone who doesn't see anything special in Alien to like Prometheus. It makes perfectly sense. 

 

 

[Richard P 5,081]

I actually pretty much ignored Kurzel's score until I saw the film, and resultantly wanted to hear the entire thing, and pretty much the same applies to Streitenfeld's score.

 

Obvious stylistic preferences aside, I'd make the case that in terms of creating an original, distinct soundscape for the films, both composers achieved far more uniquenes than Williams manages on the average project. For those about to flip their nut over that comment, I'm not talking about compositional quality or general craftsmanship, but the effect it has on the musically illiterate listener like me.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,533]

While we are on the subject of all things Alien, I have a couple of QQs.

1/ What does LV (as in LV426) mean?

2/ In ALIEN³, Ripley crash-lands on Fiorina 161. Why, then, in ALIEN RESURRECTION, does Gediman refer to it as Fiori 16?

Anyone?...Anyone?...Thor?...Thor?

 

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22 hours ago, Mr. Who said:

The best cues of Prometheus are the HGW cues IMO. It’s a real shame that he was replaced on Covenant. I still don’t know what happened there as he scores most of Ridley’s movies these days. 

 

Especially because HGW's score for Covenant was at least partially recorded! He posted videos of the sessions on his socials years ago. Hopefully his rejected score leaks one day.

 

There were also all those weird rumours about HGW's son posting Covenant set photos on the internet, leading to 20CF executives kicking HGW off the project, but that all sounds too fanciful to be true. Guess we know it was a reasonably amicable breakup, considering they've reunited for two of Ridley's subsequent films.

 

22 hours ago, Thor said:

 

Oh, I agree. HGW's "Life" theme is excellent, and definitely the centerpiece of the score, but I also think Streitenfeld manages to capture some of that icy eeriness in his score otherwise.

 

Absolutely, it's a magnificent opening cue. Feels right at home with the opening cue Jerry originally wrote for Alien.

 

17 hours ago, Richard Penna said:

I actually pretty much ignored Kurzel's score until I saw the film, and resultantly wanted to hear the entire thing, and pretty much the same applies to Streitenfeld's score.

 

Obvious stylistic preferences aside, I'd make the case that in terms of creating an original, distinct soundscape for the films, both composers achieved far more uniquenes than Williams manages on the average project. For those about to flip their nut over that comment, I'm not talking about compositional quality or general craftsmanship, but the effect it has on the musically illiterate listener like me.

 

I understand exactly what you're saying and generally agree. All 3 composers made very solid and unique contributions across Prometheus and Covenant.

 

HGW's Life theme has already been discussed and is fantastic. Kurzel's score definitely under your skin with its uniqueness (I could've done without the Goldsmith quotes though, but I'm sure that was a studio directive). Streitenfeld's work is unique too, I can't think of many other modern scores that sound like Prometheus. But it lacked the romantic lyricism of HGW's theme (wisely added at the last minute) so kudos to whoever in production made that decision.

[GerateWohl 6,369]

35 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

1/ What does LV (as in LV426) mean?

Google says "Life Viable".

[Thor 9,334]

58 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

While we are on the subject of all things Alien, I have a couple of QQs.

1/ What does LV (as in LV426) mean?

2/ In ALIEN³, Ripley crash-lands on Fiorina 161. Why, then, in ALIEN RESURRECTION, does Gediman refer to it as Fiori 16?

Anyone?...Anyone?...Thor?...Thor?

 

 

Apparently "Life Viable", as stated above. I haven't even noticed that Gediman says Fiori 16 in RESSURECTION. Good catch! The planet is nicknamed "Fury", which kinda sounds like Fiori, but otherwise, I don't know.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,533]

@Thor

"How did you..?"

"How did we...get you? Hard work. We used blood samples from Fiori 16, on ice, where you died".