Alien 5's New Plan Is Better Than Another Ridley Scott Sequel

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Fede Álvarez has been greenlit to direct Alien 5 and, even with little information released so far, it sounds like there’s a lot to be excited about. Ridley Scott directed the original Alien in 1979 which has since become a sci-fi horror classic, spawning a galaxy of movies, novels, comics, and games. Scott’s vision for the franchise, however, leans more towards exploring artificial intelligence, shifting the focus away from the fearsome xenomorph creatures themselves. With his new Alien movie, Álvarez reportedly intends to bring the Alien saga back to its roots, with a self-contained story all about the horrifying extraterrestrial monsters themselves.

Ridley Scott has had a rough history with the Alien franchise, since directing the original movie. He commended James Cameron for Aliens, despite it being a very different movie to the one which Scott had wanted to make. Subsequently, Scott has mentioned that he was disappointed by Alien 3 and hasn’t publicly said a word about Alien Resurrection. Scott had once planned to make an Alien 5 movie together with Cameron but, according to rumors, the two were so displeased by Alien vs Predator that they both lost all enthusiasm for the project. Scott’s most recent ventures into the Alien franchise were the two prequel movies, Prometheus and Alien Covenant, both of which garnered a mixed reception and made it fairly clear that the aliens themselves are not central to Scott’s vision for the Alien franchise and its future.

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Following his success in the horror genre, with the suspenseful Don’t Breathe and a 2013 reboot of Evil Dead, Fede Álvarez is an excellent choice to deliver the kind of edge-of-your-seat