20th Century Studios’ new Alien film starring Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Easttown) will begin production in Budapest on March 9th.
- Joining Spaeny in the cast are:
- David Jonsson (Industry)
- Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone)
- Isabela Merced (Rosaline)
- Spike Fearn (The Batman)
- Aileen Wu (Away from Home)
- Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Don’t Breathe) directs from a screenplay he wrote with his frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues.
- Ridley Scott, who directed the original Alien and produced and directed the series’ entries Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, and Michael Pruss (Boston Strangler upcoming) are producing under their Scott Free banner.
- Brent O’Connor (Bullet Train), Elizabeth Cantillon (Persuasion) and Tom Moran (The Donut King) serving as executive producers.
- In this ninth entry in the immensely popular and enduring film series, a group of young people on a distant world find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
- The plans for the new film were originally reported back in March 2022.