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Alien: Romulus going back to basics with a reliance on practical effects

March 25, 2024 by EJ Moreno

If you like your Alien movies without too much CGI, you’ll love what they are cooking up with Alien: Romulus.

Director Fede Alvarez just unleashed the trailer for the seventh Alien movie, an upcoming follow-up to the iconic original, and it has delighted fans of the series. 

Many were hesitant about traveling back to the horrifying world of outer space, especially with some lackluster entries in recent years. One significant gripe has been about the fake-looking sets and overly digital creatures, which Alvarez hopes to fix.

Speaking to THR in a new interview, the Evil Dead director talked about the trailer and gave us a preview of what to expect regarding visuals.

“For the creatures, we brought in all the guys from Aliens.,” said Alvarez. “They were in their early twenties when they made Aliens, and they were a part of Stan Winston’s [special effects] team. And now we had them at the top of their game. They have their own shops, and so we brought them all together to work on all the creatures, because we went with all animatronics and puppets at every level. I even got the chance to be under the table with them, puppeteering all these animatronics.”

The filmmaker adds, “I have this obsession with no green screens, so we built every creature and set. Everything had to be built so we were really living and breathing in these spaces. But I’m not an anti-CG guy. I come from a background where I know how to build the effects myself. I still do VFX shots in my movies to this day. It’s just whatever is best for the shot, and when it comes to face-to-face encounters and moments with creatures, nothing beats the real thing.”

Check out the Alien: Romulus trailer below…

“While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonisers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.”

Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising, Priscilla) leads the cast of the film alongside David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu. 

Alien: Romulus arrives in cinemas on August 16th.

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Romulus, Fede Alvarez

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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