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New “ALIEN” film casts up, sets shooting date

The human prey has been lined up for the xenomorph’s latest attack.

20th Century Studios has announced that production will begin on the latest ALIEN chiller March 9 in Budapest. Fede Alvarez (DON’T BREATHE, the EVIL DEAD remake) will direct from a script he wrote with regular collaborator Rodo Sayagues, and the cast is headed by Cailee Spaeny (pictured, from THE CRAFT: LEGACY and PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING), David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu. Ridley Scott, who helmed the 1979 original as well as the more recent franchise entries PROMETHEUS and ALIEN: COVENANT, is producing with Michael Pruss under their Scott Free Banner. The synopsis: “In this ninth entry in the immensely popular and enduring film series, a group of young people on a distant world find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying life form in the universe.” At last report, this ALIEN (official title to be announced) will be a Hulu premiere.

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