Ridley Scott: ‘I’ve Done Enough’ With ‘Alien,’ but This Series ‘Is as Important’ as ‘Star Wars’
Multiple Oscar nominee Ridley Scott said in interview with ScreenRant that “I’ve done enough” when it comes to the Alien franchise, which he started 46 years ago.
Scott produced last year’s Alien: Romulus movie, and he’s an exec-producer on Noah Hawley’s upcoming FX series Alien: Earth.
But Scott’s days of directing “Alien” projects is over, as he summed up: “Where it’s going now, I think I’ve done enough, and I just hope it goes further.”
“I think I felt it was deadened after 4,” Scott said. “I think mine was pretty damn good, and I think Jim’s was good, and I have to say the rest were not very good. And I thought, ‘Fuck, that’s the end of a franchise which should be as important as bloody “Star Trek” or “Star Wars,”‘ which I think is phenomenal. At least, I think the first one by George is seminal. It was as seminal as ‘2001.’ To me, it was that important in terms of film language and where you go next.”
Scott was offered “Alien” a year after “Star Wars,” although as he explained: “I was the fifth fucking choice. Why you’d offer Robert Altman ‘Alien,’ God only knows. Altman said, ‘Are you kidding? I’m not going to do this,’ and I went, ‘Are you kidding? I have to do this,’ because it borders and verges on heavy metal. So that’s where I went, and then it died.”
Next up for the Alien franchise is the debut of Alien Earth on August 12, and undated film sequel to Alien: Romulus that will likely feature the return of director Fede Alvarez.
