Again in November, Cailee Spaeny grew to become the primary identify hooked up to Fede Alvarez‘s upcoming “Alien” film. Now Deadline has the identify of her first solid mate: Isabela Merced, who provides Alvarez’s movie to her bundle of different upcoming tasks that features “Madame Internet” and “Turtles All The Manner Down.”
What’s on the market on Alvarez’s “Alien” movie? Subsequent to nothing, besides that twentieth Century and Scott Free are on board to supply. However Spaeny and Merced’s castings make it clear that Alvarez doesn’t plan to deviate the franchise’s penchant for main ladies dealing with off in opposition to the xenomorphs. However the query now turns into with the 2 co-stars be extra like Sigourney Weaver‘s Ripley or Katherine Waterston‘s Daniels from “Alien: Covenant“? (to be honest: Waterston’s efficiency is without doubt one of the highlights of Ridley Scott‘s messy 2017 movie).
Merced’s current work consists of “Rosaline,” one other twentieth Century venture, that’s a revisionist tackle Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet.” That movie streams on Hulu now. She additionally lately starred in Warner Bros.’ remake of “Father Of The Bride” with Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan. “Turtles All The Manner Down,” an adaptation of John Inexperienced‘s best-selling novel, hits HBO Max later this yr. As for Sony Photos‘ “Madame Internet,” that movie bows subsequent yr on February 16, 2024.
Fede Alvarez’s “Alien” movie shall be his first since 2018’s “The Woman In The Spider’s Internet.” However since then, he additionally has story and government producer credit in 2021’s “Don’t Breathe 2” and the abysmal “Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath” that landed on Netflix final yr. Let’s hope he, twentieth Century, and Scott Free cook dinner up one thing higher than that trash hearth for his or her “Alien” venture. Isabela Merced and Cailee Spaeny’s castings are a promising begin there.
