Can Fede Álvarez Save The Alien Franchise?
Some cinematic ideas just weren't meant to last forever, and some franchises aren't designed to keep putting out new entries. One good idea can lead to another, but the modern trend of forcing every marketable concept to last forever simply doesn't work more often than not.
Ridley Scott's Alien is one of the most groundbreaking horror films of a generation. James Cameron's Aliens is among the best sci-fi action epics of all time. Every film since then has been either disappointing or disastrous for reasons that have slowly piled up and threatened to ruin any successive attempt.
Alien 5 Officially Coming With Fede Alvarez Directing
When new filmmakers enter the beloved Alien franchise, they now must deal with a needlessly convoluted mess of lore, backstory, symbolism, and background storytelling. There have been four directors and around a dozen writers who have taken part in the Alien film franchise. Ridley Scott directed three of the six films; the 1979 original and the two newest entries. James Cameron wrote and directed his 1986 effort, building only on the details established in the first film. The lackluster third film came courtesy of David Fincher, but the larger culprit was likely the three writers adapting the story by a fourth.
Alien: Resurrection was directed by French art-house director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, but the film was reportedly mired with creative disputes with screenwriter Joss Whedon. Four filmmakers have each tried to lay their unique creative touch on the franchise, and most of them have had a lot of trouble getting the project they envisioned to the screen. This raises the somewhat unexpected question, can the creative mind behind Don't Breathe fix it?
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