Sure, Let’s Do Another Alien vs. Predator

This weekend Alien: Romulus It was met with fairly positive reviews and appears to have played a role in reviving the horror franchise. Predator Quite good as the series Prey It’s back in 2022. Both brands have solid movie stashes after the Disney-Fox merger, and some people are wondering if we Alien vs. Predator Would you do it again?

Fede Alvarez seems to think so too. Romulus On the red carpet, the director believes it’s worth doing primarily as a team effort. Prey “I wanted to do what Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez did,” said director Dan Trachtenberg. From dusk to dawn“Let’s do that. I’ll direct half of it and he’ll direct the other half. OK, here’s the pitch,” Fangoria says. Might be More specifically, it refers to the 2007 double feature film by Tarantino and Rodriguez. Grindhouse, The former Death Proof And the latter Planet terrorism. Either way, this is all just a gag project on Alvarez’s part, but perhaps there is a seed of an idea there that could blossom in a few years.

Director Fede Alvarez Reveals Alien vs. Predator Role: ‘I May Be Co-Directing With My Friend Dan[Trachtenberg]’ pic.twitter.com/HmhabAXN84

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original Alien vs. Predator It celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this week and holds a special place in people’s hearts. alien and Predator Fans may think this is silly. It’s silly, no doubt, but it’s a fun kind of silly, and Sanaa Lathan does it that way. (The sequels are just there.) It’ll be fun to see what kind of new showdowns will come about once both franchises are back, but it’ll probably take another movie or two for each to have a firmer foundation. At the very least, we’ll have more Predator movies. Badlands It is scheduled to be released in the near future. alien, There’s a 2025 show on FX. Alien: Earth, But there are no more movies Romulus Not yet. And if the crossover doesn’t happen, maybe someone from the 20th Century could step in and release the cartoons they made and have on the shelf?

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