Sir Ridley Scott believes there is more ''mileage'' in the 'Alien' franchise and is keen to explore more stories.
Sir Ridley Scott believes there is more ''mileage'' in the 'Alien' series.
The 82-year-old director helmed the original film - which starred Sigourney Weaver and Sir John Hurt - in 1979 as well as prequels 'Prometheus' and 'Alien: Covenant' and he explained there are still stories to be told in the sci-fi franchise.
Ridley told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: ''I still think there's a lot of mileage in Alien, but I think you'll have to now re-evolve.''
The 'Gladiator' filmmaker added suggested a new story could explain how the deadly Alien was set loose on the Nostromo ship in the original movie.
Ridley explained: ''What I always thought when I was making the first one (was) why would a creature like this be made and why was it travelling in what I always thought was a kind of war-craft, which was carrying these eggs. What was the purpose of the eggs?
''That's the thing to question - who, why, and for what purpose is the next idea, I think.''
It was reported last year that Scott was returning to the franchise to helm a third prequel and he admitted he jumped at the chance to work on a new project.
He said: ''They sent me a script and I read it. I loved it. I was in Hollywood within 32 hours.''
Scott had previously cast doubt over the future of the series after this disappointing box office performance of 'Alien: Covenant' in 2017 and hinted that the future projects would focus on artificial intelligence.
He remarked: ''I think the beast has almost run out, personally.
''I think the evolution of the alien himself is nearly over, but what I was trying to do was transcend and move to another story, which would be taken over by AIs.''
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