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Fede Alvarez’s ‘Alien’ Movie Takes Place Between the Original ‘Alien’ and James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’
Before Noah Hawley’s TV series comes to FX, we’re first getting a brand new movie set in the world of Alien, this one directed by Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe).
We don’t yet know all that much about Alvarez’s Alien movie – we don’t even have an official title at this time – but we do know it’s slated for theatrical release on August 16, 2024.
And according to star Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) in a new chat with Variety, the untitled Alien movie takes place in between the first two films.
“It’s supposed to slot in between the first movie and the second movie,” Spaeny tells the outlet. “They brought the same team from Aliens, the James Cameron film. The same people who built those xenomorphs actually came on and built ours.
“So getting to see the original design with the original people who have been working on these films for 45-plus years and has been so much of their life has been really incredible.”
The project has been described as “an original standalone feature,” one that “will focus on a group of young people on a distant world.” Spaeny leads the cast alongside Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu.
Fede Alvarez co-wrote the script with Rodo Sayagues (Evil Dead). Ridley Scott is on board as producer for the film, the first movie in the franchise to be released by Disney.