In what looks to be a big summer for back-to-basics movie sequels and reboots, we can now add Alien: Romulus to the list.
This new horror film based on the long-running franchise looks more like Ridley Scott original Foreigner than any previous sequel – and that includes both Foreigner prequels that Scott himself made a few years ago, Prometheus It is Alien: Alliance. Scott also produced Romulowhich was directed by Don’t breathe It is evil Deadin Fede Álvarez.
In what 20th Century Studios calls a “back-to-roots” approach to the series, Alvarez’s film is set on an “abandoned space station,” where a group of astronauts play some quiet card games, eat space ice cream, and chat. about their lives. Okay, no, they fight the xenomorph from Foreigner and many terrible and frightening things happen.
Watch the first teaser for the film below:
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There’s also an evocative new poster for the film.
Here’s the official synopsis for the new film:
The sci-fi horror thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: while scouring the far reaches of an abandoned space station, a group of young space colonists come across the world’s most terrifying life form. universe. The film stars Cailee Spaeny (“Priscilla”), David Jonsson (“The Murder of Agatha Christie is Easy”), Archie Renaux (“Shadow and Bone”), Isabela Merced (“The Last of Us”), Spike Fearn (“Aftersun”). ), Aileen Wu. Fede Alvarez (“Evil Dead,” “Don’t Breathe”) directs from a script he wrote with frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues (“Don’t Breathe 2”) based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett .
Alien: Romulus will be released in theaters on August 16. While previous reports stated that the film would go straight to Disney’s Hulu streaming service, the trailer and poster make that very clear: Romulo can be seen for the first time “only in theaters”.
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