The “Alien” franchise is getting back to basics. That’s what it looks like in the new trailer for “Alien: Romulus,” from Fede Alvarez, director of “Don’t Breathe” and the 2013 “Evil Dead” remake. Gone is the grand mythology that director Ridley Scott explored in the most recent “Alien” films, “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” replaced with a visceral horror story that recalls Scott’s original 1979 movie.
Cailee Spaeny, a recent breakout star thanks to her roles in “Priscilla” and “Civil War,” stars as the movie’s Ripley-like protagonist, one member of a salvage crew investigating an abandoned space station, where they encounter some very familiar-looking creatures that are about to seriously mess them up. Like the original “Alien,” “Romulus” looks like it focuses on a small group of people in a confined space, terrorized by a frightening, deadly enemy.
