When Alien: Romulus ends, it’s not hard to see that a sequel can easily follow the horrific story that it told. With the movie doing well at the box office, it’s not hard to imagine that Disney would want to move forward with a sequel.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Fede Alvarez revealed that he and co-writer Rodo Sayagues (Evil Dead) already have some sequel ideas in place.
In Alien: Romulus, “While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.”
The sole survivors of the mission are Cailee Spaeny’s character Rain Carradine and her android brother Andy (David Jonsson), who are hoping to find a better future on the planet Yvaga.
When asked about the possibility of a sequel, Alvarez said: “Yes, I definitely can [pitch a sequel right now]. We tend to do that naturally, not even thinking about sequels.
“For us, movies have not become franchises, tentpoles and sequels. This is a language that I’ve only learned in the last ten years of my life working [in Hollywood]. For me, it’s always been about story.”
He continued to tease where the story could go: “So, once we finished, we started thinking, ‘What do you think happens when or if they get to Yvaga? Is it going to be great? Or is it a terrible place?’
“We tend to believe it’s probably a terrible place that they think is great and fantasize about, so we naturally started thinking about where it goes and what’s going to happen.
“And then, a few minutes in, we go, ‘Oh, that sounds like a sequel.’ But we really try to think about it more in terms of story and if it needs another chapter and whether people want to know what happens next.”
“So we’ll wait to see what people think and if people ask for it. My philosophy is that you should never make [a sequel] in two years. You’ve got to get away. You’ve got to get the audience to really want it.
“If you think about Alien and Aliens, there’s seven years between them. But we definitely have ideas about where it should go.”
I hope that Alvarez and his team do end up getting to make a sequel. I would like to see the stories for these characters continue. There’s a really cool and interesting story to tell there.
What would you like to see explored in a sequel?
