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The sequel to Alien: Romulus gets a surprising new update, with director Fede Álvarez confirming his departure. Released in 2024, the seventh installment in the mainline Alien franchise moved away from Ridley Scott's prequel storyline in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017).
Cailee Spaeny leads the Alien: Romulus cast as Rain, one of a group of young space colonists who encounter a Xenomorph while aboard a derelict space station. The film was a success, with Álvarez's considered to have injected fresh life into the franchise, and it was confirmed not long afterward that a sequel is in development.
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