Fans may have watched Cailee Spaeny get terrorized by Elvis Presley in Priscilla, but now she’s going to be terrorized by a more literal monster in Alien: Romulus.
The movie is expected to come out later this month, and we have a new featurette focusing on the franchise’s new lead, Rain. Check this out:
Though the Alien franchise has had quite the story over the decades, Romulus is looking to go back to basics with the film looking like a horror movie set in space.
Just like Ripley, Rain looks to be another normal citizen who is just somehow thrust into this nightmare situation filled with aliens and facehuggers. But seeing as this is a big studio movie, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was something special about Rain that the movie is actively hiding in the marketing.
Though I am happy that the Alien franchise is circling back to practical horror, I am hoping that they find a way to satisfyingly end David’s (Michael Fassbender) arc that was started in the Prometheus movie. Covenant had David incubating his ‘perfected’ xenomorph in a ship headed toward human civilization. Maybe it’s the very same ship that Rain and her crew will end up in.
I still have my fingers crossed that David will make one final appearance. You’d think Fassbender would be available for at least one scene.
Watch out for Alien: Romulus when it creeps its way into theatres on Aug. 16.
