Ridley Scott Says He's 'Done Enough' With the Alien Franchise: 'I Just Hope It Goes Further'

Legendary manager Ridley Scott has indicated helium has moved connected from the Alien franchise, declaring: “I deliberation I’ve done enough.”

The 87-year-old English movie manager and producer, who directed 1979’s seminal sci-fi fearfulness Alien earlier reviving the franchise with 2012’s Prometheus, told ScreenRant successful a caller interview: “Where it’s going now, I deliberation I’ve done enough, and I conscionable anticipation it goes further.”

Scott has near Alien successful susceptible hands, with the palmy Alien: Romulus from Fede Álvarez and FX TV bid Alien: Earth from Fargo creator Noah Hawley. Alien: Romulus did truthful good a sequel is successful the works. And determination are a fig of Alien crossover references successful the upcoming Predator: Badlands.

In the aforesaid interview, Scott talked astir however the Alien franchise dropped disconnected aft 1997’s Alien: Resurrection, and however that fueled his tendency to revive the bid with Prometheus. Scott followed up connected Prometheus with 2017’s Alien: Covenant, wherever the Alien franchise was near successful presumption of mainline films until past year’s Alien: Romulus.

"I deliberation I felt it was deadened aft 4," helium said. "I deliberation excavation was beauteous damn good, and I deliberation Jim's [Aliens manager James Cameron] was good, and I person to accidental the remainder were not precise good. And I thought, 'F**k, that's the extremity of a franchise which should beryllium arsenic important arsenic bloody Star Trek oregon Star Wars,' which I deliberation is phenomenal."

He added: “A fig of years after, I said, 'I'm going to resurrect this,' [and wrote] Prometheus from scratch — a blank expanse of paper. Damon Lindelof and I sat past hammered retired Prometheus.

"It was precise contiguous and precise welcome. The assemblage truly wanted more. I said, 'It needs to fly.' No-one was coming for it, [and] I went erstwhile again [and made] Alien Covenant, and it worked too. Where it's going now, I deliberation I've done enough, and I conscionable anticipation it goes further."

While Scott has ruled retired directing different Alien movie, helium was a shaper connected Alien: Romulus and is an enforcement shaper connected Alien: Earth via his accumulation company, Scott Free. Speaking of Alien: Earth, its archetypal afloat trailer near plentifulness to chew connected for fans.

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