The «Alien» franchise started with Ridley Scott’s hit film of the same name in 1979 and received a successful sequel from James Cameron in 1986 — but most of the subsequent sequels did not receive the same reception from the audience.
The fifth film, «Prometheus», which attracted stars such as Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron, marked Scott’s return to the franchise and was supposedly a box office success, but received mixed reviews — in fact, the director himself seems to believe that the film was actually a failure.
«I was talking to a great screenwriter, Damon Lindelof, and we were reconstructing the resurrection of the era with «Prometheus» and how it evolved from «Alien». But by that time, we were asleep at the wheel
In English, the idiom «we were asleep at the wheel» means that someone was not focused on their work, which caused some problems. . Advisors who, frankly, are no longer with me, were asleep at the wheel. And I partially blame myself for the failure of»,” Scott said in a new interview with Deadline.
Later in the commentary, Scott mentioned his busy schedule at the time, which prevented him from paying more attention to «Prometheus».
This year, the series continued with Fede Alvarez’s work titled «Stranger: Romulus». And Scott even sent instructions to his colleague— however, the note contained only one short phrase: «Just don’t screw it up». The film earned $350 million at the box office and became the second highest-grossing film in the series (second only to the aforementioned «Prometheus») — and the scores on review aggregator sites were also quite decent, with the only criticism about «lack of originality».
This year, Scott himself released a sequel to its «Gladiator» (also rather controversial, but with a successful box office debut), which considers it the best movie of his career, and is preparing a return to the «Alien» franchise with a new project.
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