With final casting just completed, the latest installment of the Alien horror/sci-fi franchise will begin shooting in Budapest this week, as reported by many sources, including the venerable Daily Variety. This will be the fourth sequel based on the original Alien, not counting the two Alien vs Predator crossover films. Ridley Scott, who directed the original Alien, will be producing the stand-alone Alien: Romulus. This won’t be the Hollywood icon’s first time in Budapest. He had a huge success almost a decade ago with The Martian, much of which was shot in Hungary. Moreover, his Scott Free Films had a hand in producing Blade Runner 2049, which was shot at the state-of-the-art Origo Studios in Budapest. To complete the Budapest pedigree, the director of Alien: Romulus, will be Fede Alvarez, whose smash horror film Don’t Breathe was shot in both Detroit and near Budapest, in Pomáz, at the Stern Film Studio.

A plot for the latest Alien installment has been kept under wraps, but according to an Aliens wiki, “The film, an original standalone feature based the original sci-fi horror movie released in 1979, will follow a group of young people on a distant world, who find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying life form in the universe.” Other sources report that economic inequality will play into the script.

Hungary has become a go-to spot for horror films, with Midsommar, The Rite, Underworld, Howling V, Season of the Witch, Hellboy 2, The Raven, World War Z, and the series The Witcher all having at least some of their production here. With all those scary companions, the big-budget ‘Alien: Romulus’ will feel right at home.

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