New ‘Alien’ movie in the works from 'Don’t Breathe's Fede Alvarez & Ridley Scott

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Alvarez’s take is being kept deep inside the studio’s chest, but sources describe it as unconnected to the previous movies.

According to sources, Alvarez is a rabid fan of the franchise and casually pitched a take to Scott many years ago. The idea remained implanted in Scott’s brain until late last year when he called Alvarez out of the blue and asked him if the younger filmmaker was still up for it. Alvarez didn’t have to be asked twice.

20th Century picked up the project “purely off the strength of Fede’s pitch,” said division president Steve Asbell. “It was just a really good story with a bunch of characters you haven’t seen before.”

Asbell, who recently spoke to THR about the future of 20th Century Studios, said by doing the project for Hulu, there wouldn’t be the pressure to whittle down the potential edginess that could come with theatrical considerations. “It’s not a film that has to be all things to all people with those gargantuan budgets. They get to be authentically what they are. And this is closer to its genre roots.”

Alvarez is certainly a filmmaker who loves his genre work. He has gained a following for his unsparing horror projects, including writing and directing a 2013 remake of Evil Dead and co-writing and producing Netflix’s remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He found commercial and critical success with the thriller Don’t Breathe, a story he co-wrote and directed. Breathe engendered a sequel that was released in 2021.