Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez posted a behind-the-scenes video featuring a realistic facehugger prop in celebration of Alien Day.

Alien: Romulus release date, cast, and everything else you need to know about the new movie Fede Álvarez's Alien movie

Ridley Scott’s “Alien” is back in theaters Friday for its 45th anniversary and to get audiences excited about the new installment coming in August. The Alien franchise has sunk its teeth into different genres over the years,

T he line between homage and pandering can often become blurred, and the upcoming Alien: Romulus has stirred up a simmering pot of expectations and reservations among the Alien Saga’s fanbase and myself.

Director Fede Álvarez teases fans with a creepy behind-the-scenes video of Alien: Romulus ' facehugger. The upcoming film picks up between Alien and Aliens, promising gut-busting horror with a new cast. Scott praises Álvarez's vision for the franchise, utilizing practical effects to make the facehugger truly eerie.

Alien: Romulus is supposedly set between events of Ridley Scott's Alien and James Cameron's Aliens, and will be a back-to-basics reboot, with a (seemingly) simple premise: "While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe."

Alien: Romulus is a standalone film that follows a young group of space colonists trapped on a remote station infested with xenomorphs. Aside from Spaeny, its cast includes David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu. Alien: Romulus hits theaters on August 16, 2024.

Alien: Romulus is bringing back the haunted-house terror of Ridley Scott's original Alien movie but it needs to borrow something else to succeed.