{"id":518431,"date":"2026-03-12T04:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/518431\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:46:14","slug":"michael-sarnoski-could-direct-alien-romulus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/518431\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Sarnoski Could Direct &#8220;Alien: Romulus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/michael-sarnoski-could-direct-alien-romulus.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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/michael-sarnoski-could-direct-alien-romulus.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"michael-sarnoski-could-direct-alien-romulus\"\/><\/a>20th Century Studios<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Michael Sarnoski (\u201cPig,\u201d \u201cA Quiet Place: Day One\u201d) is reportedly under consideration to direct the \u201cAlien: Romulus\u201d sequel reports <a href=\"https:\/\/nexuspointnews.com\/exclusive-michael-sarnoski-eyed-to-direct-the-alien-romulus-sequel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nexus Point News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed in September last year that the first film\u2019s writer and director, Fede \u00c1lvarez, would not be returning to direct the follow-up. <\/p>\n<p>He and co-writer Rodo Sayagues did pen the script for the film, with that script finished that month, and \u00c1lvarez will be back as a producer.<\/p>\n<p>The hunt was on for a director, and now it appears they have found a \u2018preferred candidate\u2019 according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson are expected to return for the new film, which will take place after the events of \u2018Romulus\u2019.  That film was set in 2142 \u2013 20 years after the original \u201cAlien\u201d and 37 years before those of \u201cAliens\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sarnoski\u2019s next film is the Hugh Jackman-led \u201cThe Death of Robin Hood\u201d set to open later this year.  He remains attached as director of the film adaptation of Hideo Kojima\u2019s \u201cDeath Stranding\u201d game franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/will-ferrells-the-hawk-first-look\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Ferrell\u2019s \u201cThe Hawk\u201d First Look<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/supergirl-changes-its-composer-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSupergirl\u201d Changes Its Composer Again<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20th Century Studios Filmmaker Michael Sarnoski (\u201cPig,\u201d \u201cA Quiet Place: Day One\u201d) is reportedly under consideration to direct&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[137872,88,206],"class_list":["post-518431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}