Alien: Romulus Star Reveals Blunt Advice He Got From Ridley Scott
Summary
The competition for the year’s most memorable popcorn bucket continues to heat up, withAlien: Romulusnow teasing its own addition to the race. Waves were made earlier this year when the sandworm-themed popcorn bucket forDune: Part Twobecame a viral sensation thanks to its unintended sexual connotations. Not to be outdone, however, Ryan Reynolds promised to raise the bar withDeadpool and Wolverine’s own popcorn bucket, and the finished product shaped as Wolverine’s face did not disappoint.
Now,AMC Theatershaveteased their newAlien: Romuluspopcorn bucketvia Instagram. Check out their post below:
Steering away from the more overtly adult themes of this year’s more shocking bucket designs, theAlien: Romulusmerch featuresa life-sized Facehugger wrapped around a more traditional popcorn bucket. While not as amusing asDune: Part Two’sorDeadpool and Wolverine’scontributions, the eye-catching design would no doubt appeal to fans of the franchise and its frightening creatures.
Alien: Romulus’ Popcorn Bucket Highlights Its Return To The Franchise’s Original Creatures
The LaterAlienSequels All Tried To Put Their Own Spin On The Classic Creature Designs.
Alien: Romulus,however, seems set to bring viewers back to Giger’s original designs, a move which is also being celebrated in the movie’s own popcorn bucket.
Few movie creatures are as memorable or as frightening as theAlienfranchise’s Facehuggers and Xenomorphs. Initiallydesigned by renowned Swiss artist H.R. Gigerfor Ridley Scott’s 1979Alien, Giger’s other-worldly creatures played directly into some of humankind’s most deep-seated phobias. Yet as fearsome as a fully grown Xenomorph may be, with its eyeless face and inner pharyngeal jaw, the creature’s parasitoid form is perhaps the franchise’s most unsettling.
Alien: Romulus Avoids A 22-Year-Old Franchise Mistake With New Xenomorph Reveal
The latest trailer for Alien: Romulus reassures viewers that the upcoming sci-fi horror won’t repeat one earlier mistake from the franchise’s history.
Resembling a pair of skeletal hands fused together with a prehensile tail, theFacehugger’s arachnid-like appearance has been the stuff of nightmaresfor generations of moviegoers. Moreover,trailers for this year’sAlien: Romulushave not been shy about teasing the creatures’ highly anticipated return, with some scenes promising a swarm of Facehuggers moving at frightening speed throughout the space station that serves as the movie’s claustrophobic setting. This kind of celebration of Giger’s original designs will likely come as some relief for fans, given theAlienfranchise’s later sequels were all intent on delivering their own Xenomorph variations.
BetweenAlien 3’sdog Alien, or the human/Xenomorph hybrid inAlien: Resurrection,theAlienfranchisebegan to increasingly steer away from the classic creature design of the first movie in favor of putting their own spin on cinema’s most iconic extraterrestrial monsters.Alien: Romulus,however, seems set to bring viewers back to Giger’s original designs, a move which is also being celebrated in the movie’s own popcorn bucket.
Alien: Romulus
Cast
Alien: Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien franchise. The movie is directed by Fede Álvarez and will focus on a new young group of characters who come face to face with the terrifying Xenomorphs. Alien: Romulus is a stand-alone film and takes place in a time not yet explored in the Alien franchise.
