Ridley Scott has revealed that he’s currently working on a sequel to 2017’s Alien: Covenant.
In an interview with Scott for Variety, tied with Alien‘s 40th anniversary, it was confirmed that a script for a third prequel – following both Prometheus and Covenant – is currently in development. Scott will once more return to direct.
The Alien franchise has come under the ownership of Disney as part of the Fox merger, with the company having already stated that it has plans for more Alien films down the line.
Scott also shared an anecdote with The Hollywood Reporter about how the iconic chestburster scene almost went very wrong.
He explained that the one-take event almost went awry as cameras were rolling, which would have spoiled the organic reactions he wanted for the cast.
“I had four or five cameras running that morning on that set, and there’s power lines, air lines, that will blow blood everywhere,” he said.
