New ALIEN trilogy planned?

In an interview with Shadow Locked, original Alien art director Roger Christian confirmed that Ridley Scott's upcoming Alien prequel will be in 3D, and suggested a trilogy might be in the works.

"Ridley told me some of his ideas when we were here in Toronto," Christian said. "He has a very clear understanding of where this should go. They kind of stopped dead one of the greatest horror franchises there's ever been, and it had legs to go on. So I'm hoping he'll revive another three. The world certainly wants it, and the fans want it - everybody."

Well, not necessarily everybody. I'm still dicey on the prospect of one prequel, let alone a trilogy. The original film is a masterpiece and it is exciting to see Ridley Scott return to the franchise... But the guy hasn't made a sci-fi movie since 1980-something, and all this talk of 3D and trilogies has me worried. Frankly if they'd stopped after the original film in 1979, I would've been fine with that. I don't think the franchise improved on it any.

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