‘Alien: Romulus’, the new film in the ‘Alien’ saga, will start shooting early next year

‘Alien’, the popular sci-fi and horror film saga that debuted in 1979 with Sigourney Weaver at the helm, continues its expansion. More than five years after ‘Alien: Covenant’, the franchise returns to the fray with ‘Alien: Romulus’, the new film in this universe that aims to recover the prestige it enjoyed in the past.

While not much is known about the project yet, ProductionList is reporting on it The filming of ‘Alien: Romulus’ will start in early 2023, precisely on February 6 in the capital of Hungary, Budapest. Plot details are still a mystery, but The Hollywood Reporter indicated in March that it won’t be connected to the previous installments. Uruguayan director Fede Álvarez (‘Posesión infernal (Evil Dead)’, ‘Don’t Breathe’) is responsible for directing and writing the script, the latter together with Rodo Sayagues. ‘Alien: Romulus’, starring Cailee Spaeny (‘Boys and Witches’), is a production of 20th Century Studios and Scott Free, the producer of Ridley Scott, the creator of the “Alien” saga.

Álvarez, who has stated on several occasions that he is a big fan of the saga, explained to Ridley Scott a few years ago the idea he had in mind for a new film in the saga and Scott, happy with what he heard, contacted him .to get to work. Steve Asbell, president of 20th Century Studios, explained earlier this year that the reason they decided to have Álvarez was “Based on Faith’s idea, it was a great story with a lot of characters you’ve never seen before.”

It will come out on the small screen.

The latest notes that The Hollywood Reporter has released on the premiere of “Alien: Romulus” are these the film will not be released in theaters, but through the streaming platform Hulu, which means that in Spain it will arrive on Disney+. There is no official release date yet.