Last October, much was made of Ridley Scott, the director of 1979’s Alien, seeing an early cut of the new Alien franchise entry Alien: Romulus, which will be released on August 16, 2024. Alien: Romulus writer/director Fede Álvarez reported that Scott told him that the film was “fucking great,” despite the fact that “he’s really tough, particularly if it has something to do with his movies.” Case in point are his disparaging comments about Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to his Blade Runner.

Scott’s appreciation for Álvarez’s film may have something to do with the fact that it will be set between the original Alien and 1986’s Aliens, thus relying only on AlienPrometheus, and Alien: Covenant – the three films in the franchise directed by Scott – for backstory. Scott has long resented films that add to Alien’s original lore – and that goes back to his reaction to the film’s first sequel, Aliens.

— Souce: digitaltrends