Ridley Scott's Third Alien Prequel Gets An Exciting Update, But Will It Ever Be Made?
Scott says the next chapter would center on Michael Fassbender’s David and explore malfunctioning artificial intelligence, while competing Alien projects could delay a greenlight.
- Ridley Scott confirmed a sequel to Alien: Covenant remains in development, with Michael Fassbender's character David at the center of the story.
- Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Scott said the sequel will pick up with David creating a "brave new world for himself" to explore malfunctioning AIs.
- The potential project might compete for a greenlight with the 2024 hit Alien: Romulus sequel, also in the pipeline at Century Fox.
- After The Dog Stars, Scott will follow up with the pirate film Treasure Island starring Hugh Jackman, keeping him occupied before any Covenant sequel production.
- While Alien: Earth and other franchise projects crowd the pipeline, Scott remains focused on the concept involving 2,000 colonists and David creating a new world.
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It will also give due weight to the current problem arising from artificial intelligences
Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant sequel is back in the works, with Michael Fassbender’s David at the center
Ridley Scott has officially stated that a new installment in the Alien prequel saga is underway. Set to follow the narrative of android David post-Alien: Covenant, the film promises to chart David's ambition in creating a new world. With talks of Michael Fassbender reprising his role, audiences can expect a provocative exploration of artificial intelligence and its inherent threats.
Ridley Scott's Third Alien Prequel Gets An Exciting Update, But Will It Ever Be Made?
Decades after directing the original Alien, Ridley Scott returned to the iconic sci-fi franchise by helming a pair of prequel films, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, that aimed to expand the lore and mythology by exploring deep, philosophical questions. Scott had plans for a third project to round out a trilogy, but the Alien prequel series […]
Ridley Scott Is Still Chasing David's Story, and Says a Third Alien Prequel Is in the Works
Ridley Scott told the Los Angeles Times that a third Alien prequel is in the works, and that it will pick the story back up with David, the synthetic played by Michael Fassbender. Scott says the film would find David building what he calls a “brave new world for himself.” That is the whole of the confirmed news, and it is worth being precise about it. In development is not greenlit. There is no announced release date, no production start, and no…
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