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Director Fede Alvarez, who successfully revitalized the "Alien" franchise last year with the box office and critical hit "Alien: Romulus," is not only developing a sequel but has also expressed interest in tackling a new "Alien vs. Predator" film. During a recent special IMAX screening for "Romulus," Alvarez elaborated on how he would want to shoot—and even market—such a crossover movie.
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"My approach, most likely—if I could pull it off, because it’s so hard to keep secrets online these days—is that the ideal 'Alien vs. Predator' would be a movie where you don't know it's an 'Alien vs. Predator' film until one of them finally shows up," Alvarez explained. "You'd think you were watching a 'Predator' movie, you see them land somewhere, and then some creatures appear, and you're like, 'Holy sh*t! Those are Aliens!' That would get me so excited. It works the other way around, too. You think you're watching an 'Alien' movie, but suddenly a mysterious creature appears, you hear that familiar sound, see the invisible camouflage, and realize, 'Is that a f*cking Predator?!' Yes, it is. Don't you think that's how it should be done? If you just put both their names in the title, you're spoiling it."
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Alvarez added that he originally intended to use this same secrecy tactic for "Alien: Romulus." "I was actually going to do that. We started talking about 'Romulus' back when Ridley Scott was making 'Alien: Covenant.'" Alvarez said he pitched the idea for "Romulus" long before the prequel series stalled. "When they asked what kind of movie I wanted to make, I pitched this story. I told them, 'Why don't we make it as a spinoff? And we don't mention it's an 'Alien' movie. We just give it some generic sci-fi title, introduce some young protagonists and a planet, and then when they walk into a room, they discover there are Xenomorph eggs.' Imagine the audience at the SXSW Film Festival premiere, 30 minutes in, before they realize they're actually watching an 'Alien' movie. That was the original plan."
via： Collider