Butdespite being the legendary director behind both of them, Scott didnt direct the sequels to either of them.

AfterAlienwas a box office success, 20th Century Fox executives were eager to get a sequel into development.

When the sequels went into development, Scott was never told or asked if he wanted to direct them.

Collage of a xenomorph in Alien Covenant, Ridley Scott, and the Bee Gees

2012sPrometheuswent back to explore the origin story of the bloodthirsty xenomorphs.

Ridley Scott has a newAlienmovie in development.

It weakened that terror to introduce the notion that they were genetically engineered to be humanitys worst enemy.

Michael Fassbender in Prometheus

UnlikeAlien,Blade Runnerwasnt an immediate success, critically or commercially.

the Extra-Terrestrial, so it effectively got buried at the box office.

Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is a hugely influential sci-fi masterpiece.

(Harrison-Ford-as-Deckard)–&-(Rutger-Hauer-as-Batty)-from-Blade-Runner-(1982)

But rewatching it today, 42 years after its release, it’s not all roses.

Sadly, history repeated itself.Blade Runner 2049bombed, but its quickly become a cult classic.

And not only that,Scott is already working onGladiator III.

Collage of Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049, Ridley Scott, and the xenomorph in Alien

Headshot Of Ridley Scott In The Premiere of ‘Napoleon’ at The Prado Museum

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