It seems followers of the Alien franchise have grown bored with the identical narratives being recycled and are lastly embracing the thought of one other Alien prequel! This marks an ironic flip of occasions given the preliminary backlash Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and Alien: Covenant obtained again in 2012 and 2017 which prompted a pivot in course again to familiarity.
Since Disney acquired twentieth Century Fox, Alien has gravitated away from its bold prequel trajectory and has been flirting with the controversial selections of revisiting and reinventing what’s been achieved already. Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus paid some homage to Scott’s prequels, however numerous followers felt the nostalgic pandering of the unique movies a bit extreme. The Alien: Earth collection utterly ignored the weather offered within the prequels and aimed to rewrite its personal historical past and now, Sigourney Weaver is outwardly entertaining the thought of a return to Ripley in an Alien 5 therapy by Walter Hill.
What do the followers actually need?
We requested ourselves this query and figured, let the followers inform us! So, we opened up a public survey right here on Alien-Covenant, asking what it’s followers actually need subsequent. Voting is open to anybody, not simply members of the location to keep away from apparent bias. The outcomes thus far are staggering – over 65% (on the time of penning this) have voted in favor of one other Alien prequel over Alien: Romulus 2 and an Alien 5 the place Sigourney returns.
- 25% need Alien: Romulus 2
- 65% need one other Alien prequel
- 10% need an Alien 5 with Sigourney Weaver
If you happen to’re stunned by this determine, so are we! In truth I anticipated Alien: Romulus 2 to be the favourite, given its consideration to each prequel and sequel entries within the Alien franchise, better of each worlds appeared just like the logical favourite. Apparently not.
Familiarity Fatigue
As we have seen earlier than with different franchises acquired by Disney, filiarity and nostalgia solely get us thus far. Our imaginations crave bold storytelling as a result of it provides one thing distinctive ‐ one thing new and one thing partaking. Familiarity and a nostalgic cameo or resurgence of a personality we turned keen on in our youth may give us a fast dopamine hit however that fast repair wears off moderately rapidly. The gimmick may work for a couple of entires, and it did – Alien: Romulus carried out extraordinarily nicely, much better than Alien: Covenant did when it launched. However it hasn’t been lengthy and followers aren’t actually speaking about it a lot – nothing in comparison with the debates, theories and discussions being had about Scott’s Prometheus even at this time, 13 years later!
People, just like the Engineers are a species motivated by the act of making. Creating – not Copying.
What are the possibilities of one other Alien prequel occurring?
We all know Ridley Scott talked about to The Guardian earlier this yr that he can be open to a different Alien prequel if he landed on the appropriate story. We additionally heard not way back from Alien: Covenant star Katherine Waterston that she would like to return for a Covenant sequel with Ridley Scott on the helm.
To high issues off, Alien: Romulus 2 was alleged to have begun filming this month (October 2025) with Fede Alvarez on the helm as soon as once more, nonetheless that has seemingly fallen by means of – Fede is now not connected to direct and manufacturing has seemingly halted for no obvious cause.
As David so eloquently put it in Prometheus, As a way to create, one should first destroy – and I believe it’s time we destroy our notion that familiarity goes to fulfill our curiosity. It is time for one more Alien prequel.
Do you agree? Tell us – forged your vote and for those who really feel inclined, be part of our group and share your ideas in additional element!
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