Of course he’s going to say that, but somehow this is the first I’ve heard that Fede Álvarez is directing an Alien movie. It’s hard to be optimistic about a new Alien announcement lately, but I’m hoping this gets a treatment similar to Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey. It’s also a Hulu release so we’ll see.
I know the franchise has been on a downhill, but I really loved Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey and felt that it breathed life into the Predator as a menace once more. Maybe all Alien needs is a nice, smaller budget, more classically focused sci-fi horror film to revitalize the franchise. I don’t know if Fede is necessarily the prime choice, Dan at least had the excellent 10 Cloverfield Lane under their chops, but I think giving relatively new directors tired franchises is great.
Prey was amazeballs!
I watched all of the Predator series except for “The Predator” before watching “Prey” and “Prey” captures everything that made “Predator” amazing!
This was exactly my thinking as well. And I’m cautiously optimistic that Fede may take Alien back to its horror roots.
Not sure what you mean here. Fede has 3 feature films under his belt already, one being the Evil Dead reboot. Dan only had 1 film before making Prey. Fede will also have around twice as many years of experience as Dan did when he made Prey. Fede’s first feature was a decade ago, not exactly new.
That’s fair, he’s certainly been making films for awhile. I didn’t really think too much of the Evil Dead remake, it was fine but Sam Reimi casts a wide shadow. I saw Don’t Breathe as well, and found the finale to be more yuck than spook. I don’t think either have been a breakout hit in the way 10 Cloverfield Lane was, but you’re certainly right about experience.
I dunno if you’re just letting your preferred movies cloud what you consider success but while the Evil Dead remake didn’t do too well, Don’t Breathe made $157M worldwide, compared to 10 Cloverfield Lane’s $110M. Evil Dead did worse, but not by much ($97M). None of them have been these runaway successes.
Look, I absolutely love Dan Trachtenberg and for more than even directing, and I think his movies blow Fede’s out of the water, but this picture you’re painting of 10CL being this breakout hit, especially compared to Fede’s movies are just not supported by facts. Not trying to bust your balls, but I believe it’s important to form opinions based on evidence and not just feeling.
It’s an artistic opinion, it absolutely doesn’t need to be informed by evidence. Feeling is the whole point of art. I can feel like a director is lesser than another based upon my experiences with their previous work. My opinion is not fact, I’m sure there’s people out there who really like Fede’s work and feel differently. Trying to use objective measures like profit margins to prove a piece of art as superior to another is missing the point entirely.
what? You’re the one that said Fede’s films weren’t as successful as 10 Cloverfield Lane.
I’m wholly agreed that you can have a subjective artistic opionion, but you described it as a breakout hit, which is what you say when a movie is financially successful. A “breakout” also assumes acceptance by the masses, or at least more than not, which is not at all what a subjective or artistic opinion would entail. I could maybe go with it if you said cult hit, but breakout means something else entirely.