Ridley Scott's New Alien Movie In the Works As Sci-Fi Franchise Taps Writer

The Alien franchise is still going strong with another exciting update.

Following the success of Alien: Romulus, the classic science fiction property is moving forward with another installment. According to a new report, Ridley Scott will be producing the new movie. He will also be bringing one of his previous colleagues on board to help develop the next chapter of the long-running film series. Aaron Guzikowski, who has collaborated with him on the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves, has been hired to write the Alien movie for 20th Century Studios.

Guzikowski is no stranger to science fiction and intense thrillers. The writer has worked on several well-known projects in both genres. He previously wrote the screenplay for Denis Villeneuve’s 2013 thriller Prisoners. He is also the creator of the aforementioned show, Raised by Wolves, which was produced by Scott, who also directed the first two episodes.

Scott Aversano is overseeing development for 20th Century Studios. Scott will produce the currently untitled movie alongside Michael Pruss through their Scott Free production company. However, the filmmaker who helmed several of the Alien franchise’s projects will not be directing the project. A director for the new movie has not been revealed yet at the time of this article’s publication.

Although specific plot details are still shrouded in mystery, it can be speculated from the report that the new movie will have connections to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, the two prequels Scott directed in 2012 and 2017. According to The Hollywood Reporter, one of its sources claimed that the new movie involves David, an android who was portrayed by Michael Fassbender.

However, if the reports are correct and David is involved, the upcoming installment could revisit one of the Alien franchise’s biggest unresolved storylines. First introduced in Prometheus, David is an advanced synthetic created by the Weyland Corporation who develops a disturbing interest in humans and other species that exist in the prequel films.

David became a major part of the story in Alien: Covenant, which revealed his experiments on living beings and his willingness to sacrifice human lives to achieve his own goals. The 2017 movie ended with the character taking control of the Covenant spaceship from its surviving crew members.

The movie’s conclusion left several loose ends, which led to a lot of unanswered questions. The ambiguous ending left a lot of doors open for a large variety of storylines that the upcoming film could explore, as well as revealing the impact that his actions could have had on the Alien universe as a whole.