NEW “ALIEN” FILM IN THE WORKS FROM FEDE ALVAREZ AND RIDLEY SCOTT

By Scott Holland

The director of the Evil Dead remake and producer of the latest Texas Chainsaw Massacre is now taking on a bigger-scale franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fed Alvarez will write and direct a new stand-alone Alien movie for 20th Century Studios, with original director Ridley Scott producing.

Like the upcoming Predator entry, Prey, the film is being made for Hulu, which is intended to give Alvarez more freedom than if it was produced for theatrical consumption.

20th Century’s Steve Asbell tells the trade, “It’s not a film that has to be all things to all people with those gargantuan budgets. They get to be authentically what they are. And this is closer to its genre roots.”