Ridley Scottis wasting no time getting started on his nextAliensequel.Alien: Covenanthasn’t even hit theaters yet, but as you probably know by now,Covenantis only the first in aseries of films that connect the mythologyhe built inPrometheusto franchise roots in his 1979 classic.The script for theCovenantfollow-up has been in developmentfor a while now, and speaking withIGN UK, Scott revealed that they’re currently writing the screenplay and the plan is to head into production next year.
“We’re writing [a sequel] now, as we speak. I’ll be filming that within 14 months,” Scott told the outlet. Now, production schedules shift all the time, and that’s not quite an official studio confirmation, but it is the second time the director has recently suggested he’s planning to get back in theAliensaddle by next year.
Scott also spoke a bit Blomkamp’sscrappedAliensequel, which he seems to suggest was planned to be titledAwakening. However, Scottpreviously suggested thatAwakeningwas the title of a film that would fit along withPrometheusandCovenant, so that remains to be seen.Awakeningcertainly seems to fit in with the themes Scott is exploring in his prequel films, but either way, that’s probably a working title.
“They wanted to do Alien, er, Awakening - Neill Blomkamp… I said fine. I was going to be the producer. If I could have, I would have,” Scott said. “Except I do question - why have both (Blomkamp’sAlienand Scott’sAlien) out there? It seems like shooting your big toe off - it doesn’t make sense. But they didn’t go forward with it, Fox, so I just kind of kept out of it.”
The 2018 timing might allow the director to squeeze in one of his many other projects in development. Scott is also gearing up for Sony’sAll the Money in the World, theDavid Scarpa-scriptedGetty kidnapping drama, for which Scott is eyeing a lead inNatalie Portman. Then there’sThe Cartelat Fox, an adaption ofDon Winslow‘s bestselling crime drama, which is often calledThe Godfatherof drug war stories. Last year, there were also reports that he wouldreteam with hisThe MartianscribeDrew Goddardfor an adaptation of theS. Craig ZahlernovelWraiths of the Broken Land, which would be the first Western of his career. Finally, Scott’s also got a World War II drama centered on the Battle of Britain in the works at Fox.
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