New Stand Alone Alien film In the works from Fede Alvarez

I remain cautiously optimistic until further news is shed on the project

Been very busy tonight finally got this news front paged! I'm sad it won't continue on from Covenant... but I am curious about how they plan to approach this standalone film.

I agree. I'm sad David seems to be abandoned. Regardless of the flaws with the prequels, I'm a big fan of David 8 and wanted to see his story concluded. Though I will I'm happy it's a stand alone story and not a nostalgia bait sequel that brings Ripley back just because money.

It's good to se that it won't be a David-adventure. Get someone that can write characters and focus on the humans (capital H). Please give me more about the Engineers in some way

Hulu? I don't have it so I won't be able to watch

I get the feeling thanks to Disney this will be a more straight forward Alien movie especially considering Alvarez's body of work. Evil Dead is a fast paced horror movie and Don't Breathe is a fast paced thriller. Even the recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre he produced was fast paced and straight forward.

Ughh, Fast Pacedness is the bane of horror. I mean even James Cameron's Aliens was slow in the beginning

Xenomorphs without David = no fun.

It's basically the Disney model. Be safe and familiar as possible for maximum profit. Though since it is being sent to Hulu hopefully there's a little more freedom in how they can do it.

"Xenomorphs without David = no fun"

Well this a Touchy Subject for some ;)

Originally then David was NOT the Creator of the Xenomorph even as of 2014 this was NOT the Case..... but it seemed he WOULD go and Create something!

MISTAKE 1!  Alien Covenant.

Alternatively they should have GONE for a Parallel Sequel.... David is OFF on a Big Adventure with Dr Shaw... but we Do-Not go there.... NOT YET!

We get a Sequel where a Investigative Mission goes to LV-223 in Search of WHAT had Happened to the USCSS Prometheus....... there are at LEAST another 4 Temple Complexes on LV-223.

You have a Movie that is more Action, where we can Uncover more Murals, we can have a Organism or SHOW how we get to ONE that is Similar but Different to our Xenomorph.  Where as we get enough Clues to HOW a Xenomorph could have came to be, and HOW its Connected to LV-223.

We END with LV-223 being DESTROYED... but someone Escapes (or a Probe or some other way to Obtain Information) that Alludes to another Engineer Ship being on LV-426 for Thousands of Years.......   THIS leads to Special Order 937 and Closes the Door to ALIEN.....

David and Dr Shaw are FREE to go off and we could get a STORY that does-not have to have Xenomorphs or Connect to ALIEN........ But what about Fassbender he would NEED to be in the Sequel..... prior to where David goes?

YES there could have been another David Model sent to LV-223!

MISTAKE 2!  Giving Up on Alien Covenant Sequels...

Again this is SIMILAR to the First Idea..... David and the Covenant are OFF to Origae-6.........     The Advent Message to the Company could LEAD them to go to LV-223 and have a PLOT/STORY as i Suggested prior...

OR.... we have a Mission that arrives at Planet 4 where we have Xenomorphs.

Again we have  a more Action Packed Movie..... we see the Engineers Arrive at the END.... (maybe a Human Ship Escapes but there is NO need for Survivors)....

We END with some Engineers with Walter, they seen such Potential in a None-Organic Creation, they are also Impressed with the Xenomorphs (have some Dialog in Engineer with Subtitles).   The Engineers take away Walter and some Eggs..... we see them Loaded onto a Ship...... it leaves...

END CREDITS.... in the Background you show as Credits Roll a Ship heading to what looks like LV-223....   Fade to Black.... as the Credits Roll you show the Ship Landed near the Outposts on LV-223..... Black in/Out to inside a Outpost a Engineer is Experimenting with Walter, and the Eggs....  you then BREAK from Credits..... you have ONE of the Engineers looking at a New Egg.. and they SAY something about Discovery that Perfection Lies Beyond Organic Creation, then another will SAY....  NOW all we have to do is TEST IT.

Credits Continue..... UNTIL they END....

We then get a AFTER CREDITS Scene.... a Engineer (or few) are on some Platform they Observe a Massive Egg Cargo Hold... they Use some Device and a BLUE FIELD covers the Eggs... they walk to a DOOR that OPENS... they Depart the Cargo Hold....   We then Focus on the Egg Hold and....

A EGG OPENS........ the END.

This would Indicate the Engineers would be Impressed with the Xenomorph Created by David but also with the Synthetics.... they would TAKE some Eggs and Walter to LV-223 where they Experiment in using Walter and the Xeno to CREATE a HYBRID a Bio-Mechanical Variant that they MASS PRODUCE and LOAD onto SHIPS.

What we have is the Engineers go and PERFECT the Creation of David, but then we have it that WITHOUT the Engineers Knowledge and Black Goo then David would NOT have Created the Proto-morph and so David becomes the MIDDLE-MAN.

Then SHOULD  they Continue with where David is going then THIS would leave them Freedom to NOT have Xenomorphs or Shoe-Horn into ALIEN.... we could have David Create something ELSE!