Michael Fassbender is open to re-entering the Alien franchise. This veteran of director Sir Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Covenant’ prequels to ‘Alien’ had performed the double role of androids David 8 and Walter One and expressed his great desire to return for some more work in this sci-fi saga.
“Ridley, is someone I love working in tandem with. It’s been lovely,” he said during the interview. “He’s great. A major inspiration. He does these big – really, incredibly hard-to-put-together-as-a-movie movies—but he’s a craftsman. He’s the real deal. He’s phenomenal.”
Katherine Waterston, who shared the screen with Fassbender as the android David in the ‘Alien’ prequels, expressed her wish to return for the third film as well. “Keep David coming,” she told Inverse. “ He’s such an incredible character. I like to think that Daniels got out of the pod, but I’m not sure.” “I do love that world. The man is an absolute joy, he is a phenomenal person and an amazing collaborator,”
Overall, I’d love to have a chance to work with him again. Even if I weren’t a part of it, I’d be so excited to go and see it in the movies.
When “Alien: Covenant” was released in 2017 it notoriously bombed with reviews and fans alike, but over recent years the perception of this film has changed with many fans beginning to like the film.
Riding the wave of her new-found fame, the ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ star feels that now is the time to complete the prequel story.
She went on, “With ‘Covenant’, I really felt that every year more people were getting attached to it, coming up to me and sharing their views. As a fan, I’m feeling the same.”
Having directed the original ‘Alien’ film in 1979, Scott went on to other projects outside the franchise, like ‘Blade Runner,’ letting various other filmmakers including James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet helm later installments.
The octogenarian director of ‘Gladiator II’ has since admitted to regretting not being “more involved and having complete ownership of the property” following the success of the original film.
"We just weren't paying attention," Scott told Deadline. “My team-who are not with me a hundred percent (and no doubt they weren’t either)-I take some culpability because I was busy on something else on another movie. That’s why it got put on the back burner, which should not have happened.”
Scott left the series; Cameron directed the 1986 follow-up ‘Aliens,’ then Fincher and Jeunet were doing ‘Alien 3’ and ‘Alien: Resurrection’ in 1992 and 1997, respectively.
He went on to say that looking at ‘Aliens,’ it was Cameron’s movie and the huge success of that film which brought him back to the franchise, leading him to direct ‘Prometheus’ with an obviously worried Damon Lindelof.
Montebello New York, July 1st, 2012 New York Silvercup Studios. Director, ‘Napoleon’ “…After several years, I came across this violent film that seems to be shown every night around the world on various platforms. There’s still life in the best." Hence, a discussion was held with inventive writer Lindelof, wherein they trudged back through the ‘Prometheus’ period and how it was coming out of ‘Alien’.
