{"id":930537,"date":"2026-10-16T18:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930537\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:14:12","slug":"whalefall-helmer-talks-the-next-alien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930537\/","title":{"rendered":"Whalefall&#8221; Helmer Talks The Next &#8220;Alien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/alien-romulus-sequel-likely-shelved.jpg\" data-caption=\"20th Century Studios\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/alien-romulus-sequel-likely-shelved.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"alien-romulus-sequel-likely-shelved\"\/><\/a>20th Century Studios<\/p>\n<p>A few months back came the rumour that \u201cWhalefall\u201d writer\/director Brian Duffield was writing a new \u201cAlien\u201d film at 20th Century Studios.  Now, out promoting that diver-swallowed-by-a-whale survival thriller, Duffield has cleared up those reports.<\/p>\n<p>When they initially came, it was never clear if it was a new project or a new draft of the proposed \u201cAlien: Romulus\u201d sequel.  Confusion has also stirred regarding just where the franchise will go next and how involved Ridley Scott will be as he\u2019s expressed interest in doing a follow-up to \u201cAlien: Covenant\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/whalefall-brian-duffield-test-screening-challenges-alien-1236730147\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">THR<\/a> this week, Duffield did confirm he did some rewriting on an \u201cAlien\u201d project, but his involvement was brief:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not doing an Alien movie. I know how the rumor started, but no one\u2019s ever asked me to direct an Alien movie.  20th needed some [writing] help for a couple of weeks, and I helped while I was doing \u2018Whalefall\u2019 because it\u2019s the same people and studio. So that\u2019s not what\u2019s next for me, but hopefully they get it up and running soon. Those actors are so awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Duffield didn\u2019t go into specifics regarding whom he meant by \u201cthose actors,\u201d but rumours continue to swirl that \u201cAlien: Romulus 2\u201d has stalled despite a high-level 20th Century Studios exec denying such a claim back in August.<\/p>\n<p>We do know Fede \u00c1lvarez has stepped away from directing the \u201cAlien: Romulus\u201d follow-up but will stay on board as a producer.<\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/the-street-fighter-reviews-are-in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The \u201cStreet Fighter\u201d Reviews Are In<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/series-teaser-samuel-l-jackson-in-frisco-king\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Series Teaser: Samuel L. Jackson In \u201cFrisco King\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20th Century Studios A few months back came the rumour that \u201cWhalefall\u201d writer\/director Brian Duffield was writing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,344],"class_list":["post-930537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}