Director Fede Álvarez has given an update on Alien: Romulus 2.
Alien: Romulus was released in United States theaters in August 2024 by 20th Century Studios. Directed by Álvarez, the science fiction horror movie is set between the events of Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens.
While a direct sequel to Alien: Romulus has not been officially greenlit at this time, Álvarez has said he’s interested in continuing the story, potentially with the survivor characters of the 2024 movie. 20th Century Studios president Steve Asbell also noted late last year that ideas for an Alien: Romulus sequel are still being worked out.
Speaking with Empire Magazine, Álvarez provided an update on where things currently stand with Alien: Romulus 2.
What did Fede Álvarez say about Alien: Romulus 2?
“[Co-writer Rodo Sayagues] and I are working on that right now,” Álvarez said. “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.”
He added, “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.”
Álvarez says that he doesn’t want to make an Alien: Romulus sequel just because the first one made money; rather, he and Sayagues are on the hunt for the right story to tell in a continuation.
“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,” he said. “But I wouldn’t do it unless we have a really good idea for it, something that’s worthy of the title.
Alien: Romulus is now streaming on Hulu.
