Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Alien: Romulus is pitting the notorious xenomorph against a younger and more inexperienced space crew than ever before, which could amplify the film’s cosmic terror. Set to arrive in theaters on August 16, 2024, Alien: Romulus will revolve around a group of twentysomething space colonists who inspect a dilapidated old space station and end up encountering the most fearsome lifeform in the universe.
Vulnerable & Inexperienced Characters Will Heighten The Scares In Alien: Romulus At least Ripley knew what she was doing Close Álvarez didn’t just make the characters of Alien: Romulus a bunch of young kids to appeal to a younger demographic; he did it to make the xenomorph action even scarier. It’s always terrifying when a xenomorph happens upon a space crew and starts picking them off in the Alien universe.
In the timeless original Alien movie, the crew looks up to Dallas. But Alien: Romulus doesn’t seem to have a de facto leader like that. It’s possible that the people they’re taking orders from are off-screen, safely back on Earth. Traditionally, in Alien movies, the lowly space crew being targeted by the xenomorphs is at the mercy of “The Company.” In both Alien and Aliens, corporate loyalists attempt to bring back a xenomorph specimen for the company to reverse-engineer alien soldiers.
Cailee Spaeny's Rain Having A Synthetic Who Is Like A Brother Brings Interesting Challenges Previous Alien movies have featured android characters – but never as family Cailee Spaeny gives away some details about her lead character, Rain Carradine, in the Entertainment Weekly piece. She reveals that Rain’s brother, played by Rye Lane’s breakout star David Jonsson, is a synthetic, and that this relationship is the crux of her arc in the movie.