Director talks about the connection of the Romulus ending to Resurrection and the engineers of Prometheus

Warning: Major SPOILERS for “Alien: Romulus” follow!

Although it was initially presented as a back-to-basics story for the franchise, director Fede Álvarez breaks down Alien: Romulus‘ surprising connections to resurrection And Prometheus. Co-written by Álvarez and his frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues, Romulus is set between the first two films of the franchise, with the main characters going to an abandoned space station whose scientists have discovered the remains of the Xenomorph from the USS Nostromo in the original film. This in turn leads to a whole series of new Facehuggers and Xenomorphs being born and the hunt for the Alien: Romulus Cast of characters.

During a recent interview with diversity In honor of the film’s release, Álvarez gave some insights into Alien: Romulus‘ connections to previous parts of the franchise. While he humorously admits that the Alien: Rebirth Parallels to a human-Xenomorph hybrid only occurred to him when his son pointed them out to him at the premiere. However, he explained that the connection to Prometheus‘ Engineers was a conscious decision to bridge the gap between the prequels and the originals, hence the birth of the hybrid. Read what Álvarez explains below:

(My son) recently watched all the Alien movies with a buddy, and when the offspring comes out, he says, “It’s like Resurrection.” I hadn’t really processed that in that way — but it’s true, it’s this abomination that comes out. (I was more focused on the mythology of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.) I was hoping people understood the whole part with the Engineer. The black goo is the root of the whole thing that was introduced in Prometheus. It’s the root of all life, but the Xenomorphs in particular come from that thing, which means it has to be in them. It’s almost the sperm of the Xenomorphs. So we thought if it affects your DNA, and the Engineers clearly came from the same root of life, it made perfect sense to me that (the offspring of a human and a Xenomorph) would look like that.

Alien: Romulus finally made some of the promises of the prequels come true

Given the mixed reaction of fans of the series to both parts, it seemed likely that Alien: Romulus If one were to completely abandon Ridley Scott’s prequel films, Prometheus And Alien: Covenantin favor of a return to the more straightforward formula of the original films. Nevertheless, Álvarez and Sayagues have instead finally bridged the gap between the prequels and the original films in several ways, most notably the return of the black slime from PrometheusIntroduced by Ian Holm’s Rook, it turns out to be the lifeblood of the Xenomorphs and the scientists aboard the Romulus tried to synthesize it and the “perfect” human.

Despite their efforts, however, this not only led to a new outbreak of facehuggers and xenomorphs, but also to Alien: Romulus In the end, Isabella Merced’s Kay injects herself with the Prometheus strain to prevent her impending death. The strain, in turn, turns her baby into a deadly xenomorph-human hybrid, similar to the engineers from Scott’s prequels who quickly drained her of her blood to continue its growth. When Cailee Spaeny’s Rain tries to eject the hybrid via a cargo drop, its face begins to melt, similar to Prometheus‘ Opening sequence.

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With Alien: Romulus finally a more concrete connection between the prequels and the original films after FederalWith the cliffhanger ending of The Last Movie, Álvarez and Sayagues have finally delivered on many of the promises of the previous films. Although there are still many unanswered questions that Scott raises in The Last Movie, Prometheus And Alien: Covenantnamely the fate of Michael Fassbender’s David and Katherine Waterston’s Daniels, the deeper explanation behind the nature of the black slime and Weyland-Yutani’s interest in it, provide a better understanding of the franchise’s broader lore.

Source: Variety

Alien: Romulus

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Alien: Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien series. The film was directed by Fede Álvarez and focuses on a new group of young characters facing the fearsome Xenomorphs. Alien: Romulus is a standalone film and is set in a time not yet explored in the Alien series.

director

Fede Alvarez

Release date

16 August 2024

Studio(s)

Scott Free Productions, 20th Century

Sales Partner

20th century

Authors

Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues, Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett

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