Again in March, phrase arrived that Evil Lifeless director Fede Álvarez had cracked the code on getting the nod from Alien franchise overseer Ridley Scott to work on a brand new movie within the collection. And it is clearly gathering steam, as Deadline experiences that The Craft: Legacy‘s Cailee Spaeny is in talks to star.

Many of the particulars are being saved in a gestation chamber past the truth that it will not be a direct sequel to the unique Alien films or observe Scott’s Prometheus-spawned prequel collection. It should, nevertheless, be set in the identical universe, so we are able to anticipate loads of xenomorph horror.

No matter it accommodates, Álvarez has delivered his newest draft of the script to twentieth Century Studios and Scott Free and now the intention is to have the film taking pictures subsequent yr.

As for Spaeny, she additionally has just a few different jobs lined up, together with enjoying Priscilla Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla.

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