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‘Alien: Romulus 2’? Disney Actively Exploring a Sequel Following Rain & Andy
The Alien and Predator franchises are both back in a big way after the streaming success of Prey and the theatrical success of Alien: Romulus, with Dan Trachtenberg returning to direct not one but TWO new Predator movies that are both releasing next year. What about the future of the Alien franchise, you might be wondering? We’ve got an update this week.
Chatting with The Hollywood Reporter for a massive piece that dropped the surprising news about the Predator franchise’s two upcoming movies, 20th Century Studios head Steve Asbell has also revealed that a follow-up movie to Alien: Romulus is being actively discussed.
Asbell teases, “We’re working on a sequel idea now. We haven’t quite closed our deal with Fede [Alvarez], but we are going to, and he has an idea that we’re working on.”
“The two survivors, Rain and Andy, played by Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson, were real highlights of the film,” he adds. “And so I always think of it like, ‘Wow, where do people want to see them go next?’ We know there’s going to be aliens. We know there’s going to be great horror set pieces. But I fell in love with both of them and I want to see what their story is.”
Spaeny’s Rain is essentially the Ripley of Alien: Romulus while Jonsson’s Andy is her android brother, and both characters managed to survive the events of Alvarez’s movie.
Alien: Romulus was a massive box office success for Disney, scaring up $350 million worldwide on a reported $80 million production budget. More Alien is definitely on the way.
In fact, we already know that the franchise is headed to the small screen for the very first time with “Alien: Earth” next year, which will literally bring the franchise down to Earth.
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‘Skeletons’ – Creature Feature from ‘Strange Darling’ Director Receives Summer 2027 Release Date
Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner will reunite with their Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner for Skeletons, an upcoming creature feature that also stars Brie Larson and John Goodman. We’ve learned this week that it’s releasing in Summer 2027.
Skeletons will release in theaters from Sony on June 4, 2027.
The film’s cast will also include Ione Skye, Keith Carradine and Daithí Ó Haragáin.
From Sony Pictures, Skeletons is said to be a “modern take on the creature horror film.”
J.J. Abrams is producing. Mollner will direct from a script by Brian Duffield (Love and Monsters, No One Will Save You), based on the short story Fail-Safe by Philip Fracassi.
Skeletons is “told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.”
The film hails from Infrared, Bad Robot Productions, and Assemble Media.
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