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‘Alien: Romulus’ Trailer Revives the Franchise With Facehuggers and More Scares; Director Fede Alvarez Wanted to Restore Series’ ‘Handmade’ Roots
The first trailer for ‘Alien: Romulus’ has dropped and Variety talked to writer-director Fede Alvarez to explain his vision for the film.
The first teaser trailer for Fede Álvarez’ “ Alien: Romulus,” released March 20, hints at a return to the same kinds of thrills that audiences experienced back in 1979 with Ridley Scott ’s “Alien” — and that James Cameron delivered in the 1986 follow-up, “Aliens.” Opening with a parade of spaceships reminiscent of the Nostromo and Sulaco, the clip offers a first look at its young cast, which features Cailee Spaeny (“Priscilla”) and Isabela Merced (“Madame Web”). The crew navigates dimly-lit, hexagonal corridors, run from scurrying facehuggers, and deliver shrieks of fear that, despite the original film’s tagline (“In space, no one can hear you scream”), echo all too viscerally. According to Álvarez, he’s hedging his bets: set in between the events of Scott’s film and Cameron’s, “Romulus” will draw heavily upon those chapters in terms of style, story and tone.
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