Overview

• Alien: Romulus, the new movie in the Alien franchise, will be set in the 57-year gap between the original Alien and its sequel, Aliens.
• The film is directed by Fede Alvarez and stars Cailee Spaeny, who revealed the movie's timeline in a recent interview.
• Alien: Romulus will be the first Alien movie under Disney's reign following the studio's acquisition of Fox in 2019.
• The same team that built the xenomorphs for the original Aliens movie has been brought on for Alien: Romulus.
• The movie is set to premiere in theaters on August 16, 2024.