When can we expect news about Alien: Covenant sequel?

[whiterabbit]

http://variety.com/exec/ridley-scott/ - claims Covenant 2 is in pre-production.

Hmmm. Can we confirm this? When was this published?

That could just be an assumption made by the reporter but I think Ridley has been given the green light to do one more movie.

[Baron Von Marlon]

The reporter could've gotten it from Imdb.

[Corporal Hicks]

We know that Ridley and Watts are exploring story directions -

"It was a disappointment, but I trust Ridley [Scott] and Emma [Watts] to know the right story when they find it. When universes are as rich as "Alien," they can stay in a too familiar groove — in which case you're in trouble — but they can also find a planet or a storyline or a villain that also lives in that universe that can be groundbreaking."

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2017/09/20/20th-century-fox-ceo-talks-future-alien-franchise/

[Highland]

"It was a disappointment, but I trust Ridley [Scott] and Emma [Watts] to know the right story when they find it

When they find it..... sounds brilliant already.

[Rudiger]

"It was a disappointment, but I trust Ridley [Scott] and Emma [Watts] to know the right story when they find it

When they find it..... sounds brilliant already.

It's in a bin marked Blade Runner rejects.

[0321recon]

"It was a disappointment, but I trust Ridley [Scott] and Emma [Watts] to know the right story when they find it

When they find it..... sounds brilliant already.

It's in a bin marked Blade Runner rejects.

[PierreVW]

"It was a disappointment, but I trust Ridley [Scott] and Emma [Watts] to know the right story when they find it

When they find it..... sounds brilliant already.

It's in a bin marked Blade Runner rejects.

IF All The Money In The World and The Cartel are hits back to back, Ridley Scott is leaving this franchise by his own decision.

Alien: Covenant and Blade Runner 2049 were flops and his OTHER(GLADIATOR, THE MARTIAN) movies were the biggest successes of his career.

[SM]

By what measure was Covenant a "flop"?

[Ingwar]

By what measure was Covenant a "flop"?

1. By huge expectations.
2. By comparison to Prometheus which made 400 millions at box office.

[SM]

So - change the meaning of flop ,so then it can become a flop.

Right.

[PierreVW]

So - change the meaning of flop ,so then it can become a flop.

Right.

Then, a big disapointment. But Blade Runner 2049 is really a flop. 250 against 155(Budget).

2 Dying franchises(Alien and Blade Runner). It seems Ridley Scott has way better luck in his other movies.

[SM]

Disappointing is more apt.

[Scorpio]

Prometheus was in 3D, though.  And 3D tickets are more expensive.

If you actually break it down by number of tickets sold instead of $$$.

[SM]

If you actually break it down - what?  What are the figures?

Not everyone watched it in 3D.

[BishopShouldGo]

Prometheus was in 3D, though.  And 3D tickets are more expensive.

If you actually break it down by number of tickets sold instead of $$$.

K, and Covenant had Alien in the title and xenomorphs, which were supposed to drive more people to watch it to make up for that non-3D deficit.