Alien: Covenant Sequel Has a Natural Starting Point, Explains Ridley Scott

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Alien: Covenant Sequel Has a Natural Starting Point, Explains Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott recently excited fans by announcing his new Alien movie. While it’s not known what that will be, the legendary filmmaker recently opened up about why a sequel to 2017’s Alien: Covenant makes a lot of sense.

What did Ridley Scott say about a potential Alien: Covenant sequel?

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott was asked about a sequel to Covenant, in a question joking that both Covenant and 2024’s Alien: Romulus end with ships headed off to unknown planets, setting up future projects. Scott said that to him, a Covenant sequel actually makes the most sense of the two, due to how things were left off.

“Covenant is the best one [for a sequel] because it leaves the girl in the [cryo pod] and [Michael Fassbender’s killer android] David has alien eggs and 2,000 colonists hanging around. It’s a perfect beginning,” said Scott.

News of a new Scott Alien movie came last week, when a report from THR noted that the filmmaker was in the process of working with 20th Century Studios on a new entry in the franchise. Scott also directed Romulus, which itself is getting a sequel, and is also releasing the highly anticipated Gladiator II later this year.

Scott kicked off the Alien franchise in 1979 with Alien starring Sigourney Weaver. That was followed by James Cameron’s Aliens in 1986 and a number of other sequels, including 1992’s Alien 3 and 1997’s Alien Resurrection.

Scott’s next project, which is expected to begin filming early next year, will be a biopic about the disco group the Bee Gees for Paramount.