New Alien film in preparation with Prisoners writer

In space, you may not hear anyone shouting, but you may hear the click-clack of a keyboard.

Aaron Guzikowski, who wrote Denis Villeneuve’s English-language debut Prisonerswas tapped to write a mystery feature film project Alien for 20th Century Studios and Ridley Scott.

The project marks a reunion between the writer and Scott, as the two worked together on Raised by wolvesthe highly rated sci-fi drama streaming on HBO Max. Guzikowski created the series while Scott produced it and directed the first two episodes, his first television work since he began making films in the 1970s.

Scott is not directing at this point the Stranger project, I just produced it, with Michael Pruss through their Scott Free production banner. No director is attached.

And even if much of it remains shrouded in secrecy, we know that it is not a sequel to Extraterrestrial: Romulusthe final Alien film and the one that reinvigorated the franchise when it released in 2024. (The sequel remains in limbo.)

This would be linked to both Stranger the films directed by Scott in the 2010s, Prometheus And Extraterrestrial: Alliance. Connective Tissue, according to sources, is the amoral android played by Michael Fassbender. Fassbender is not attached at this point.

Sources say Scott turned to Guzikowski to revive the project. Stranger project, which JR Young is overseeing for the 20th century.

The Scribe is known for its brutal dramatic elements, as evidenced in films such as PrisonersVilleneuve’s child abduction drama starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, and the remake of Butterfly which starred Rami Malek and Charlie Hunnam. Guzikowski also created and executive produced the series. Red Road which starred Jason Mamoa for The Sundance Channel.

Guzikowski remains one of the busiest screenwriters in town and is currently writing an original sci-fi feature for Jon Watts at Twentieth, adapting a Philip K. Dick short story for Sony Pictures and writing the adult-oriented animated feature. Death Stranding based on the hit action-adventure video game by Hideo Kojima. He is repped by Verve and Adam Kolbrenner of Lit Entertainment Group.

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