Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez had a specific vision for his sci-fi horror movie as he wanted it to look like Ridley Scott’s original alien Movie.
In fact, he wanted the film’s visuals to mimic alien So bad that they went to great lengths to make it happen, including digging up original concept art and comparing his movie to Scott’s.
Alvarez shared with SFX Magazine: “We scanned the original 35mm print alien We put it on the screen side by side with ours.
“Obviously, if we don’t do our job well on the day, nothing will work,” he added, before saying the team had to light the set in a way that reflected the first film’s color grading.
The film is set in alien and alien Speaking about the visual effects, the filmmaker continued: “Visually, half the job is: making sure you look like you’re in that universe.”
To help achieve this, they looked at original concept art Ron Cobb Seek inspiration. “We dug up a lot of concept art that had been done for movies that wasn’t even used and found a way to get inspiration from that and put it into this movie,” Alvarez said.
I love that they took the time to achieve the look they wanted for the film, and it looks like all the attention to detail shows through.
In the film, a group of young space colonists encounter the most terrifying life forms in the universe as they search the depths of an abandoned space station.
movie star Kelly Spaeny, Archie Leno (Shadow and Bones), Spike Finn (After sun exposure), and newcomers Wu Ailin.
Alvarez directed from a script he wrote Rodo Sayagues. Ridley Scott He is also the producer of this film Michael Preuss (Boston Strangler) for Scott Free, Brent O’Connor (bullet train), Elizabeth Cantillon (persuade) and Tom Moran (donut king) serves as executive producer.
Alien: Romulus It will be released on August 16, 2024.