Summary

Alien: Romulus
returns to its original horror roots under Fede Álvarez’s direction.
The film features a young space colonist crew encountering terrifying life forms in an abandoned space station.
The trailer showcases its claustrophobic ship scenes, facehuggers, a chestburster moment, and its new heroine Rain.

The final trailer for Alien: Romulus leans into its original horror roots. From Fede Álvarez, the director of Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe, the latest Alien movie is set between the events of the franchise’s first two films and follows a group of young space colonists who encounter the most terrifying life form in the universe while scavenging an abandoned space station. The Alien: Romulus cast includes Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu.

Today, 20th Century Studios released the final trailer for Alien: Romulus before its release in theaters. Watch it below:

The trailer starts with the crew flying to the titular space station, Romulus, which they plan to break into and steal highly regulated equipment. Once inside, they discover the terrifying life forms aboard, which begin to pick them off one by one.

Alien: Romulus
releases in theaters on August 16.

The Final Alien: Romulus Trailer Teases A Triumphant Return To Its Horror Roots

The final trailer for Alien: Romulus is just the latest piece of marketing for the movie highlighting how it returns to the franchise’s horror roots. The latest Alien movie is from Álvarez, known for directing 2013’s Evil Dead and the 2016 horror film Don’t Breathe, and he was specifically selected to bring his signature style to Romulus. Additionally, he co-write the script with his frequent collaborator, Rodo Sayagues. Romulus is also produced by Ridley Scott, who directed the original Alien, and the later prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.

While James Cameron’s Aliens was a sci-fi action film and Scott’s later prequels focused more on mythology, Romulus is a return to the franchise’s horror roots. Like the original Alien, Romulus returns to the claustrophobic confines of a spaceship. As shown in the final trailer, there are facehuggers aplenty, making for a tense and terrifying chase sequence. There is also truly horrifying moment involving Wu’s character, Navarro, and a chestburster, recreating the iconic moment from the original movie.

Related Alien: Romulus Just Teased Its Version Of Alien’s Iconic Chestburster Scene Alien: Romulus’s trailer features a chestburster death that promises to put a gruesome new spin on the Alien franchise’s most iconic death scene.

After Alien: Covenant proved somewhat divisive in 2017, a return to horror is the perfect way to recapture some of the original movie’s magic and introduce the franchise to a new generation of audiences. The final trailer for Alien: Romulus ends with a look at the most terrifying life form in space, a Xenomorph, facing off against Spaeny’s Rain Carradine, who appears to be the film’s final girl, wielding a pulse rifle similar to Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley, and the franchise’s new heroine moving forward.

Source: 20th Century Studios

Alien: Romulus 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.Director Fede Alvarez Release Date August 16, 2024 Studio(s) Scott Free Productions , 20th Century Distributor(s) 20th Century Writers Fede Alvarez , Rodo Sayagues , Dan O’Bannon , Ronald Shusett Cast Cailee Spaeny , David Jonsson , Archie Renaux , Isabela Merced , Aileen Wu , Spike Fearn Expand