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‘Alien: Romulus’ Director Fede Álvarez Explains How His Film Escaped a Hulu Debut and Unites the Franchise Timeline: ‘We Have to Embrace Them All’
‘Alien: Romulus’ director Fede Álvarez explains how the sequel escaped Hulu and united the franchise's convoluted timeline.
In a franchise better defined by prequels, digressions and canonical side quests than a clear and straightforward timeline, he has conceived an installment that takes place approximately 20 years after the events of Ridley Scott’s original film, which puts it another few decades ahead of James Cameron’s propulsive follow-up. Drawing from a seemingly endless — certainly well-documented — reservoir of world-building, Álvarez splits the difference between Scott and Cameron for his aesthetic, while delivering a story, and crowd-rocking thrills, that feels fully modern. Though cutting to a dusty helmet or primitive computer monitor may prompt joyful feelings of nostalgia for veteran “Alien” fans, he suggests that replicating that recognizable aesthetic is an intermediary step, rather than a destination, in his effort to thrill audiences.
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