Following Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus record-breaking theatrical run last year, the potential for a sequel to the sci-fi horror was quickly on the table, with Alvarez giving more details to Empire Magazine in a new interview.
Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Aileen Wu, Isabela Merced and Archie Renaux, and produced by original Alien director Ridley Scott, Alien: Romulus is set between Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), and follows a group of young space colonists exploring a Xenomorph-infested derelict Weyland-Yutani station.
According to Alvarez, any sequel would follow Spaeny's Rain and Jonsson's android Andy, the only two who made it out of the carnage alive.
But rather than follow similar story beats for a sequel, Alvarez expands on his desire to keep Rain and Andy's adventure fresh:
“Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and I are working on that right now […] We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while. Wherever we go now, we can go into uncharted waters […] I think it’ll be so exciting to go with characters you know from this movie, to a place in the Alien franchise that we’ve never been before, and to discover things that you’ve never seen before,”
Alvarez goes on to assure that an Alien: Romulus sequel isn't just going to exist for the sake of it:
“The mistake usually with sequels is to make them because you can, and because of the success of Romulus, we definitely can make a sequel […] But I wouldn’t do it unless we have a really good idea for it, something that’s worthy of the title.”
With an entire galaxy to explore and two hugely talented leads, we can't imagine it'll be too hard for Alvarez and crew to come up with a compelling sequel, perhaps one that'll involve another terrifying alien race…?
Head over to Empire Magazine to read the full interview, and keep your eyes peeled for more Alien: Romulus news as we get it.
