{"id":2032675,"date":"2025-09-18T20:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2032675"},"modified":"2025-09-18T20:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:56:36","slug":"fede-alvarez-shares-rationale-for-why-he-wont-direct-another-alien-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fede-alvarez-shares-rationale-for-why-he-wont-direct-another-alien-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Fede Alvarez Shares Rationale for Why He Won&#8217;t Direct Another Alien Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Alien franchise is alive and well right now, with the recent success of Alien: Romulus and Alien: Earth. The franchise has actually been a great springboard for incredible young directors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ridley Scott wasn&#8217;t a big name until the first Alien, David Fincher&#8217;s first film was Alien 3 and Aliens was the first film James Cameron directed after The Terminator. Fede Alvarez was further along in his career than those filmmakers when he directed Alien: Romulus, but he wants to follow in Cameron and Fincher&#8217;s first steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What does that mean? It means he&#8217;s vowing not to direct another Alien film in the future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI don&#8217;t think I was ever going to [direct Romulus 2],\u201d Alvarez said at HorrorHound, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3901328\/fede-alvarez-explains-that-he-never-planned-on-directing-the-alien-romulus-sequel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:via Bloody Disgusting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">via Bloody Disgusting<\/a>. \u201cWe always knew right when we finished \u2013 this is one of those things where you come in and you do one, and get out. Cameron, Fincher \u2026 all those directors I love, they went and did one. Obviously, Ridley created it, he has the right to make a bunch of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe did want to write it. Honestly, it\u2019s because we love the characters we created so we want to make sure no one kills them right at the beginning of the next one. They went and killed Hicks and Newt just like that, hey let\u2019s not let that happen. We wrote it and made sure they stayed alive, and now we can let someone else make it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alvarez&#8217;s logic makes a lot of sense. He&#8217;s a director with a lot of juice right now, so there&#8217;s no reason to commit himself to a franchise that he didn&#8217;t even create. It&#8217;s unclear who will direct the sequel to Romulus, but it would be fun to give an up-and-coming filmmaker a chance to play in that playground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/sigourney-weaver-praise-alien-earth-153506231.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Sigourney Weaver\u2019s Praise Of Alien: Earth Is Spot On, Right Down To The \u2018Awful Things\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Related: Sigourney Weaver\u2019s Praise Of Alien: Earth Is Spot On, Right Down To The \u2018Awful Things\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alien franchise is alive and well right now, with the recent success of Alien: Romulus and Alien: Earth. 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