The last Alien movie to hit the big screen was 2024’s Alien: Romulus , written by Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues and directed by Álvarez. The extent to which Ridley Scott, director of the first Alien film and long considered the steward of the franchise, was involved with Romulus is a little murky. He was a producer on Romulus , and Álvarez told the Los Angeles Times in 2024 that “Ridley was always the person I went to in order to show him where things are and to debate with him and to have his blessing and also his criticism and pushback on some things. It was a creative collaboration where we met in the middle.” In that same article, though, Scott downplayed his feedback, saying, “It is hard work with anybody and their mother giving you advice—the last thing you want at a certain point is advice.…