Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRidley Scott has claimed he revived the Alien franchise with 2012's Prometheus after 1997's Alien Resurrection performed poorly at the box office. The British director, who helmed the original 1979 Alien film, described his first entry as "the best one by far" before later re-establishing the series. Scott confirmed plans to complete his prequel trilogy, picking up after 2017's Alien: Covenant with Michael Fassbender returning as the android David. Discussing the recent 2024 film Alien: Romulus, Scott called it "OK" but stated he felt the franchise "needs some help", driving his decision to return. The filmmaker's update comes as FX renewed Noah Hawley's television spin-off series, Alien: Earth, for a second season. In fullRidley Scott says Alien 4 ‘killed’ the franchise before he revived it with PrometheusMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Ridley Scott claims he saved Alien franchise with controversial film
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRidley Scott has claimed he revived the Alien franchise with 2012's Prometheus after 1997's Alien Resurrection performed poorly at the box office. The British director, who helmed the original 1979 Alien film, described his first entry as "the best one by far" before later re-establishing the series. Scott confirmed plans to complete his prequel trilogy, picking up after 2017's Alien: Covenant with Michael Fassbender returning as the android David. Discussing the recent 2024 film Alien: Romulus, Scott called it "OK" but stated he felt the franchise "needs some help", driving his decision to return. The filmmaker's update comes as FX renewed Noah Hawley's television spin-off series, Alien: Earth, for a second season. In fullRidley Scott says Alien 4 ‘killed’ the franchise before he revived it with PrometheusMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
