‘Alien: Romulus’ Star Cailee Spaeny Confirms New Entry Is Set Between the First Two Films
variety.comJ. Kim Murphy The Gotham Awards are a night to celebrate independent film, but Cailee Spaeny snuck in a tease for 20th Century Studios’ upcoming “Alien: Romulus” when asked about the project on the red carpet Monday evening.
The “Priscilla” star is leading the Fede Alvarez-directed revival, which has been described as a standalone story in the “Alien” universe.
Now, Spaeny has confirmed a rumor regarding its place within the continuity of the franchise. “It’s supposed to slot in between the first movie and the second movie,” Spaney tells Variety’s Michaela Zee. “They brought the same team from ‘Aliens,’ the James Cameron film.
The same people who built those xenomorphs actually came on and built ours. So getting to see the original design with the original people who have been working on these films for 45-plus years and has been so much of their life has been really incredible.” Ridley Scott’s original 1979 sci-fi horror film concluded with Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley ejecting a xenomorph out of her escape pod and putting herself into cryogenic sleep for a long voyage back to human civilization.
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