Fox Reassessing Ridley Scott’s Planned ‘Alien’ Movies

NO more Riple, NO matter what.

What's wrong with a totally unique script? Why is it one or the other? Entertain ALL possibilities!

The franchise is cursed.

Fox need to RS booked in to finish this up so they can move forward.

We had a u-turn after Prometheus and we got A:C

Now the person who was delivering this vision is off doing other things. So either Fox dont want him or RS dont see it as a priority.

Fans lose every time

EDIT: Ripley return is a bad idea on so many levels IMO

At this point, from my pointy of view, we really have nothing to lose.  I have lost faith in RS.  He shoots a great movie but these stories are way off the mark.  Hell, I'd be for starting from scratch with one, brand new single Alien prequel...then follow up with something after Aliens.

NO MORE RIPLEY! Get back to the direction Prometheus was going and continue the Engineer storyline!

I liked 'Prometheus', but did not like 'Alien: Covenant' (same for my wife, who is not as big a fan as I am).  I think Fox should allow Ridley Scott one more movie to redeem himself and tie everything in to 'Alien'.  Leaving it hang where it is now would be a poor decision as I think it would alienate (pun intended) fans of both movies and the franchise as a whole.  I personally would like to see the Engineers get much more screen time in the tie in from 'Alien: Covenant' to 'Alien' if it ever happens.

And sorry Blomkamp, I am done with Ripley.  I have no interest in her story.

I just read that article. It says "sources say Fox will have to reassess two intended sequels".

So Fox has said nothing of the sort. THR did.

Yes, according to THR (The Hollywood Reporter) sources, Fox is reassessing two intended sequels.  I think only one is warranted... a tie in from 'Alien: Covenant' to 'Alien' and be done with it.  However, it may require a 2 1/2 hour movie.

It does not say Fox "is reassessing". Two of the articles just reference THR. THR just says "Fox will have to reassess", but there has been no statement from Fox about anything.

It just sounds like typical unsourced Hollywood media opinion to me.

Correct.  There have been no official statements from Fox Studios at this time regarding a "reassessment" of the 'Alien' franchise.

Kethol, I'm with you, the line

"sources say Fox will have to reassess two intended sequels"

equals to

'my friends say Fox should reassess two planned movies'...

Plus, why would they say something similar before the Japanese opening and the blu-ray release? I'm sure they will announce something official about the future movies after this September.

So, Daszkowski, please delete/change the title of your topic! :D

Most of the audience did not like Covenant. Now it even holds a "rotten" score of 59% from the audience at rottentomatoes. And all the top reviews from imdb are nothing but hate. As the article says, the film inflicted great damage to the franchise and 20th Century Fox won't greenlight anything that further damages the brand. 

At this point, I would rather not have the prequels connect to Alien. If they did, watching Alien would lose some of its mystery. It would have to be really tight if they did it.

I don't get it.....I loved AC. I liked Prometheus.I can't remember a big budget movie this devicive.

Only critique I have is the CGI could have been better and I think AC would have benefited from an extra 20 or so minutes.

I want a sprawling epic 3 1/2 hour movie next to wrap it up.

Raven

I want a sprawling epic 3 1/2 hour movie next to wrap it up.

Agreed. I think it is time.

That tears it...

I am formally de-coupling my interpretation of the ALIENverse from FOX's trainwreck. They have no idea WTF they're doing, and I'm doing trying to play catch-up to the indecisive, random-wander way they've been handling it.

Folks can consider mine an alternative-universe, or whatever, but my works will no longer be bonded to the laughably disorganized 'Canon'.

a bunch of monkeys could helm this franchise better.

Too bad,... I really hope that Scott could make two more or at least more to finish what he has started. The smaller budget wouldn't really affect his creativity. I think it would be interesting to see what could be possible. On the other side, Blomkamp could get his chance and thats good. I watched Elysium some days ago and it's pretty good. A fresh vision, good-looking production design and social criticism. 

Haha this franchise is dead.  Congrats Ridley, you should have stuck to your guns when you said "the beast was cooked".  It certainly is now.  Overcooked, even.  Prometheus 2 would have performed so much better.

Same old crap.

The mental midgets told us how bad Alien3 was and how it killed the franchise !!1!

No more Alien movies!!! Lol!

The mental midgets told us how bad Alien:Ressurection was and how it killed the franchise !!1!

No more Alien movies!!! Lol!

The mental midgets told us how bad Prometheus was and how it killed the franchise !!1!

No more Alien movies!!! Lol!

The mental midgets told us how bad Alien: Covenant was and how it killed the franchise !!1!

No more Alien movies!!! Lol!

I think any future prequel film would be better off without Ridley as director, he's made too many changes which I think were mistakes, at least for me.

Removing the engineer speaks scene springs to mind.

The problem though, is he never reads reviews of his work, so he never learns from his mistakes, he's too cocky and arrogant.

@joylitt - "Most of the audience did not like Covenant."

Me thinks your math may be a bit off :) 59% is more than 41%, but RT has turned into a hate fest and personally I care for how their scores are skewed. All the aggregate movie scoring websites show the majority of audience and reviewers liked Covenant.

IMDB = 6.7 out of 10

Tomatometer - 71% score

Metascore = 65 score

Fandango = 4.5 out of 5

IMDB is much more representative of the average movie goer than the other aggregate sites and Metascore is the same on the reviewer side. I actually think Amazon's user review scoring hit's the mark of how the public feels about a movie much better, especially since they come from after the marketing hype is over. Even this early with the DVD/Blu Ray/streaming not even out, they show 4.5 out of 5 stars.

In the real world (not on the web) I know 8 people who have seen it so far. Two of them loved it. The rest liked it but not as much as Prometheus. None disliked it. They were hoping for a direct continuation of Prometheus, as I was.