10 Status Updates On Iconic Horror Movie Franchises

Last Film Entry: Alien: Covenant (2017)

What's Going On? A new, non-Ridley Scott movie; that's what's going on. Oh, and a prequel TV series!

Yep, it's a busy time for the Alien franchise, with the property looking to move away from the ambitious but somewhat muddled Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. 

First up, and with a theatrical release booked in for this August, is Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus. That would be the one and the same Fede Alvarez who helmed 2013's Evil Dead reboot and 2016's likewise impressive Don't Breathe. 

Story specifics are tight-lipped at this time, but we do know that Romulus will take place between Alien and Aliens, with some of the same SFX crew from Aliens having worked on the Xenomorph design of this new picture. Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu are the announced cast, although their roles have yet to be revealed.

As for that prequel TV series, Fargo and Legion's Noah Hawley serves as writer and director on a show simply titled Alien; a show set three decades before Ridley Scott's original 1979 movie, and one that's looking to premiere in the first half of 2025. Notable names in the confirmed cast include Don't Worry Darling's Sydney Chandler, The End of the F***ing World's Alex Lawther, The Mandalorian's Timothy Olyphant, and Bottom and Young Ones favourite Adrian Edmondson