Alien: Romulus director wanted his movie to look like Ridley Scott’s original so bad that he used the same concept art and even did side by side takes
Exclusive: Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez compared new shots with the 35mm print of Alien to stay true to the orignal
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Director of the upcoming franchise installmentAlien: Romulus,Fede Álvarez, reveals that right from the start he wanted his movie’s cinematography to mimic Ridley Scott’s Alien despite being made decades later.
This is not just a style choice but is vital to making the audience believe this film sits within the Alien world, as although Alien: Romulus is the newest movie in the franchise, it is actually set between the events of Scott’s Alien released in 1979 and James Cameron’s 1986 sequelAliens. The filmmaker continues: “Visually, half of the work is that: just making sure that it looks like you’re in that universe.”
The result? We will just have to wait and see. But what has been revealed so far including the trailer and the first look at the Xenomorph does feel rather reminiscent of the original.
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