Alien: Romulus Title & Its Connection To New Characters Explained By Director

Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez teases the film’s new characters and how they connect to the real meaning of the title. Taking place between 1979’s Alien and 1986’s Aliens, Álvarez’ upcoming film follows a group of youth as they encounter a Xenomorph while aboard a spaceship in deep space. Cailee Spaeny leads the new installment in the decades-spanning franchise, with other newcomers including Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Aileen Wu, and Spike Fearn.

Ahead of the Alien: Romulus release date, Àlvarez drops additional information about the younger cast of characters and their connection to the movie’s title during a recent interview with EW. Check out his comment below:

“My first instinct, just to try something different that hasn’t been seen before, was to approach it from the angle of characters who are not professionals or scientists; they’re not even adults.

“I liked this concept of putting people in the front seat of the story who are closer to what the audience is — not that the audience is young, more that the audience is completely virgin to the realities of space. When the characters are professionals, they know more than you do. But when they’re still in their early 20s, they don’t know how to operate the f—ing airlock.

“All their parents probably worked on the same ship when they were kids, and that’s how they got to know each other. There’s a lot of history between them because they’re the only family they have. They truly act more like surrogate siblings; some of them even lived under the same roof. A lot of the big themes of the movie are about siblinghood and what does that mean? The Romulus of it all, and the bigger plot with Weyland-Yutani, is actually connected to that as well.”

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Source: EW