‘Alien: Romulus’ is coming to Disney+ very soon

nme.com:

Alien: Romulus will be arriving on the Disney+ service on January 15, an official press release has revealed. The seventh instalment in the main Alien franchise was a hit at the box office, and featured highly in NME’s 20 Best Films of 2024.Directed by Fede Alvarez, Alien: Romulus’ story is set between the first two Alien films.

Cailee Spaeny stars as one of a group of space colonisers who come face-to-face with the deadly Xenomorph while scavenging a derelict space station.

NME’s five-star review described it as being “as thrilling and scary as the original”, and “a movie that comes close to the brilliance of Ridley Scott and James Cameron”.The film is heavily influenced by the franchise’s beginnings, bringing back the terrifying facehuggers and making numerous references to Alien movies of the past.

The director of the first Alien film, Sir Ridley Scott, described it as “a huge film” when he watched an early preview.Ridley Scott shares the advice he gave to director Fede Álvarez after he watched a cut of #AlienRomulus for the first time pic.twitter.com/XiDJuzyel7— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 13, 2024The streaming release comes on the heels of the news that David Jonsson, who played android Andy in the movie, has been nominated for BAFTA’s prestigious Rising Star Award for 2025.