Published Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT
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**Ridley Scott** just can’t help himself when it comes to **returning to Alien** and, if we’re honest, we’re always going to be curious about what he’s got up his sleeve. After his last directorial sojourns to space and to visit his xenomorph buddies, we were left with far more questions than answers but now, nine years later, Scott is officially returning to the world he helped create.
A new Alien movie connected to Scott’s Prometheus and Alien: Covenant is officially in development at 20th Century Studios, with Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) attached to write the screenplay. According to a report by TheWrap, Scott will produce the project through his Scott Free banner alongside Michael Pruss, although it’s as yet unknown if he’ll be directing. Given that he seems to direct something every minute of every day, it’s possible.
Prometheus followed the crew of the ship of the same name as a team of scientists and explorers travel to the darkest corners of the universe searching for the origins of human life. Instead, they find a dark, twisted world that hides a terrifying threat capable of destroying them, and all mankind. Truly awful when that happens.
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
Alien: Covenant was a direct sequel to Prometheus, following the crew of a colony ship that was en route to a distant planet when they stumble across what appears to be a luscious, vibrant and untouched world. But little do they know, it’s home to the sinister android David, played with icy venom by Michael Fassbender, who has been experimenting with creating terrifying new forms of alien life, some of which are going to look very familiar.
The movie ends with David taking control of the Covenant and continuing his experiments, leaving the surviving colonists in an extremely dangerous position. That unresolved ending has frustrated fans for years, particularly as Scott had previously discussed plans to continue the story and explore the origins of the franchise’s famous Xenomorphs. The Alien franchise is undergoing a critical resurgence at the moment, thanks to the excellent Alien: Romulus and the expansion of the universe into television with Alien: Earth, but this movie might finally get to answer all those lingering questions we had.
20th Century Studios has not announced a release date for the new Alien movie. Stay tuned at Collider for more.
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