Ridley Scott Confirms Another Alien Film Is In The Works

Scott directed the original 1979 classic, with James Cameron taking over for Aliens, David Fincher for Alien 3, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Alien: Resurrection.

Then, in 2012, he returned to take over the reins for Prometheus, and then again for Alien: Covenant five years later.

He said: "That's in process. We went down a route to try and reinvent the wheel with Prometheus and Covenant.

"Whether or not we go directly back to that is doubtful because Prometheus woke it up very well. But you know, you're asking fundamental questions like, 'Has the Alien himself, the facehugger, the chestburster, have they all run out of steam? Do you have to rethink the whole bloody thing and simply use the word to franchise?' That's always the fundamental question."

These latest comments echo what the veteran director said back in June when he admitted that there were some questions that needed answering.

At the time, he said: "I still think there's a lot of mileage in Alien, but I think you'll have to now re-evolve.

"What I always thought when I was making it, the first one, why would a creature like this be made and why was it traveling in what I always thought was a kind of war-craft, which was carrying a cargo of these eggs.

"What was the purpose of the vehicle and 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's just really a clear creative problem, working on a script, and if we can ever get it to a place... Ridley's working on it, it's really just a question of whether we can get it to a place where it feels worthy to make it. It's a real challenge."