In 2012, Ridley Scott took the “Alien” franchise in a bold — and controversial — new direction.
“Prometheus” may not have been a roaring success with the critics, but it nevertheless scored an impressive $400 million at the global box office.
Five years later, Scott helmed “Alien: Covenant,” a less off-piste sequel that underperformed both critically and financially.
Nevertheless, “Covenant” ended on a cliffhanger-of-sorts, with David (Michael Fassbender) forcing Daniels (Katherine Waterston) into cryostasis before placing a pair of facehugger embryos into cold storage.And then …
nothing.
Despite the open-ended conclusion of “Covenant,” Scott has yet to return to the “Alien” universe, and the final installment in the franchise’s prequel trilogy simply never emerged.
So what went wrong? Why haven’t we seen this story’s conclusion hit theaters, and will it happen at all? Of course, it’s hard to say for sure — but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a decent guess.Read more: 12 Underrated…
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